Definition of branding: The marketing practice of creating a name, symbol or design that identifies and differentiates a product from other products 

Your brand strategy is how, what, where, when, and to whom you plan on communicating and delivering your brand messages. Where you advertise is part of your brand strategy. Your distribution channels are also part of your brand strategy. And what you communicate visually and verbally is part of your brand strategy, too. Now how does this affect consumer's behavior? what do you need to do to drive positive consumer behavior 

Being consistent in marketing, advertising and the ideas behind the brand helps to create emotional ties which therefore bring trust and loyalty to the consumer. Consistent, strategic branding leads to strong brand equity, which means the added value brought to your company's products or services that allows you to charge more for your brand than what identical, unbranded products command.