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Every living being has its own challenges. Brands too are living entities. They breathe like normal human being. Brand communication challenges will always be part of brand’s cycle. Knowing this early will help brand custodians and communicators to be proactive instead of being reactive. The good thing about challenges though is that it keeps the [...]

Many brands dream of the future they will not feature in. It is not because these brands have no potential to be there. Neither is it because the space available in the future cannot accommodate all. The sad stuff is that the future is in most times impatient with lily- liver brands. Dreaming and wishing [...]

Brand leadership is a great and enviable position every brand aspires. But as we know, there is a lot of difference between wishes and realities. If wishes are horses, every beggar will ride. Brand leadership is not a day journey. It entails a continuous hard work on the vision. To add to this, everyone in [...]

Digital communication is no longer an issue of if brands want to; it is more of how to do it well. Digital communications today offer valuable opportunities which brands can use to prospect, connect and build valuable relationship with potential and actual consumers. The major advantage associated with digital marketing is its fast and cost [...]

Two days ago, the world celebrated twenty years of real world wide world inauguration that led to web 2.0 rave. Tim Berners-Lee created the first web browser, World Wide Web and posted some stuff live on the internet. The introduction of World Wide Web has changed the way we all live today. I am just [...]

Those who do know understand success is not magic. It is based on progressive achievement of laid down goals. They have demonstrated and proven that a strong determination to excel is stronger than the will to blend in. We were examining great people like Seth Godin and Chris Brogan yesterday in a group discussion. Many [...]

Being top of the mind brand is not a day’s job. Most top of the minds realise staying at the top and maintaining the status quo is a journey not a destination. Brand needs a lot of inputs, dedication and high level of commitment to achieve top of mind status. To remain there also needs [...]

Running a successful campaign offline is a great work for many. I have been asked severally why I think most campaigns do not achieve their aims. I do think some of the reasons for this include the reason, wrong strategy and lack of appropriate planning as well as targeting. Running a campaign offline is hard, [...]

Today in history is important for Queen of England’s family.This is especially so for Prince Williams and kate. Lots of noise had been going on around the world since the two love birds formally decided to exchange engagement ring last year. The British traditional marriage is seen as larger than life event by many. The [...]

Content marketing is now a veritable weapon in creating brand awareness. Content creation has also been seen to help brand understanding, brand education, word-of-mouth, increase brand credibility and loyalty. Start-up and medium scale brands now have better chances in exposing their brands to their targets if they understand the secret of helpful and highly relevant [...]