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I am sure by now we all know the benefits of social media use to personal and corporate growth. Many things have been said and written on the need to invest time, energy and money in it to make a success out of it. This is a common truth as there is nothing worthwhile without [...]

Brand communication is an art that can be learnt. It is also a science which follows basic process. Gaining recognition or to be successful in this process may not come cheap. Being a brand communicator today requires a form of expertise and passion. The reason behind this assertion is obvious. If you are not an [...]

Every brand desires to be great. But real greatness has price tag. We know there is nothing like overnight success. Every real overnight success has several nights of doing without sleep (in-between). Social/Online Media has become part of our brand communication tool. No serious brands have any need of long preaching to appreciate this. You [...]

The main idea of marketing is the reconciliation/negotiation of possibilities of a company and customers’ desire in order to appease both sides. Every marketing initiative is a process and not an event. If this is not true then you may be running towards bankruptcy.  We live in an interesting age and time. People say nothing [...]

Brand communication success does not rest solely on how effective the message is, as it were, but on the level of emotional feeling it is communicating to the supposed client. Aside from the fun, why do family go out for dinner in certain restaurants while they bypassed several before they get to the restaurant of [...]

Effective brand communication rests on certain pillars. Some of which include listening, speaking: oral or writing, message, medium and target. Each pillar is important and none can be overlooked if brand communication effort is going to be successful. In this piece, we will be looking at one of the pillars which is listening. Listening is [...]

Brand relationship marketing or management in the time past used to solely relied on an act of ensuring a brand builds and gains the support of relevant offline  industry influencers who can invariably help influence the market in favour of the brand. Beyond this, every step is put in place to ensure brand’s clients are [...]

Brand communication strategy in yesteryears mainly hinged on Newspaper and print Media adverts now. If brand did not have enough fund then, it could be a mirage to think of gaining any eyeball at all. The advent of internet, technology is changing the game plan. But now it is sheer foolishness  crying because our brands [...]

Citizen journalism in Nigeria or elsewhere is a slippery terrain. It can be compared to a two- edged sword: it has capacity to help and hurt at the same time. We now live in open universe where nothing is hidden anymore. The consciousness of this should help us to organize our brands’ lifestyle in a [...]

The dimension of changes we are witnessing in brand exposure strategy is becoming interesting. As we know, the power of brand indispensability is based on relevance, positioning and exposure. Several routes are now available in achieving this goal. There is an old way of doing stuff where all a brand needs to do is to [...]