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5 September 2011 4 Comments

How to engage the right audience/target


For many brands, engaging right and most profitable target is a nightmare. They keep casting their nets in different directions and hoping they will get it right one day. Many brands’ efforts are concentrated on pleasing every tom and harry. At the end, they often waste their energies and resources on a wild chase. Two [...]

25 July 2011 88 Comments

Brand Influence or Popularity: Which camp are you?


We live in the age of buzzword, noise, conversation. Every strong brand today understands the impact of third party endorsement, word of mouth as it tends to reduce cost of marketing and other allied costs. No wonder, every brand tries to outdo the others in building strong engagement with its stakeholder at both online and [...]

11 March 2011 3 Comments

Brand communication: employees and brand awareness


Whether we acknowledge this or not, employee or internal audience can be a veritable tool for brand awareness. Most employees are on major social media platforms. There have been arguments for and against the need to permit employees to use social media sites during office hours. Many employers believed that will amount to wasteful use [...]

26 August 2010 13 Comments

Personal Branding: How to make your brand a showpiece


Recently I was reading an interview in the latest edition of Personal Branding Magazine by Dan Schawbel. The interview is centred on Monica Von Neumann giving initiative. Some of the points  I gained from the interview informed the creation of this piece. A peculiar trait issue I have noticed  in many people is  that they [...]

9 August 2010 35 Comments

Creating Brand Credibility


Branding is no doubt an essential part in business growth and development in recent times. Many businesses have been able to surmount tough market challenges as a result of the application of branding concepts. Many are still in the process of creating valuable perception in the mind of their prospects and buyers with the use [...]

29 July 2010 19 Comments

Brands:How to make impacts with what you have


We know most brands are yet to recover from the recession. Most brands’ corporate social responsibilities have suffered a lot of setback because of this. Not only in our climes but I do believe everywhere. The last two years has increased the level of financial stress for Nongovernmental organizations that rely on funding from donor [...]

12 July 2010 22 Comments

Brands: How to fund your social and cultural capital


We live in the age of information, connection and conversation. Any brand that will be successful today must understand generosity to thrive. To make impact you must go all out to help both established and upcoming brands. I am beginning to understand that you must be ready to give without a demand for returns immediately [...]