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Brand’s performance and wellbeing is tied to several factors. One of such and very critical foundation is the Brand platform. Brand platform helps brand to identify the position it seeks to gain in the marketplace. In my research on what a brand platform really is, an online resource captures the essence of what brand platform [...]

Every brand will encounter crisis in its lifetime. No brand is immune from crisis. There are varied degrees of crises. Some are known, based on associated brand environment. Certain crisis may be unknown, unpreventable or what is considered crisis beyond human control. For instance, crisis like earthquakes, flood often come when we do not expect [...]

Brand relevance speaks volume when we consider influence, significance, importance and bearing a brand has over a particular market. Every brand cherishes been recognized, positioned at the top of the market. But this is impossible without some sorts of trustworthy credentials that can provoke a high level of believability, reliability, authority and standing. Brand relevance [...]

I was having a conversation with someone yesterday around the former Libya Head of state. Gadafi as a brand comes across to several people in different feelings. Some believe the brand was misrepresented while there had been praises for him in few quarters.  Brand Gaddafi started well and achieved some major feats  other African Leaders [...]

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 communications aim at influencing patterns, attitudes of target towards a brand positively. In most cases, a the goal of a brand communicator is ensuring brand perception is accelerated positively. A clear knowledge to all is that no brand communications strategy can succeed on falsehood forever. It may bring immediate ‘success’ but when the falsehood [...]

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 [...]

Today I will be examining the power of habit in human and brand’s success. Habits are formed and no one is born with one. I stand to be corrected on this though. Habit is seen as a pattern of behaviour, lifestyle, routine, custom, inclination and conventions. It is an old cliché that says ‘we form [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]