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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 [...]

Platform 9.0 is  a yearly  event put together by one of Nigeria’s leading Non-Profits named The Platform. This outfit is    led by  Poju Oyemade. This year event was  tagged ‘Enterprise and Governance’. The event brought together local and international expert speakers selected to examine impact of governance on enterprise. The event also examined the [...]

Times are changing fast. Brand communication professionals around the world and Africa are discovering the old ways would not work again. What makes the matter worse today is that it appears all spaces are taken. The best way to do it for some is to narrow down from mass market to unique niche or to [...]

Winning online advocacy and sales war requires sound strategy crafted by those who understand the language of advocacy and sales wars. Those who know what branding is understand the battle for the minds may be more intense than physical ‘gun-carrying’ situation. In mind possession, same tactic still holds. The General who win at war do [...]

Social media is the current game every marketer and communication professional wants to play now. The sophistication and speed of the web are making efforts on social media breathtaking. The challenge here is every professional athlete or player knows the importance of learning, practise as well as having a coach who helps sharpen their skills. [...]

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, [...]

Brand perception is vital to brand success. Like we know, perception is everything. An audience may hold negative perception about a brand without any good reason. That is their opinion. Their opinions affect the success of your brand. So effort must be made to ensure audience perception of your brand is exactly what you want [...]

In today’s overcommunicated world,brand communication cannot be pushed to the corner. The challenge though is that many brands have not gotten  their communication strategies right. The level of technological breakthrough is fast phased. Communication is essential when a brand intends to build stronger bond with its stakeholders. Good communication builds companionship and comradeship. It also encourages [...]

It is no longer news that Social Media helps businesses generate better connections with target audiences and creates awareness, leads generation which in due course improves ROI. Brand visibility today is non-negotiable business strategy. The world is now a tab away. Those who think staying in a local physical terrain and remaining there is the [...]

There are several ways to engage in brand marketing. There is the old way of careless abandonment of real values. One great way do brand marketing well is through cause marketing. For those who know, it is one thing for brand to be involved in cause, it is another thing to use the cause as [...]