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30 January 2012 0 Comments

Brand Marketing: When you must increase profit with little cost.


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 [...]

10 January 2012 1 Comment

Brand Communication: How feelings affect the equation


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 [...]

4 January 2012 0 Comments

Brand Communication: essence of listening


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 [...]

21 December 2011 2 Comments

Brand relationship marketing: How to get it right online


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 [...]

20 December 2011 1 Comment

Brand Communication: Creating awareness through SEO


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 [...]

19 December 2011 0 Comments

Citizen Journalism: The other side of the divide


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 [...]

13 December 2011 0 Comments

Brand exposure: social or commercial opportunity route?


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 [...]

5 December 2011 14 Comments

Brand Positioning: best ways to maximize 2012 opportunities


Those who understand the secret of the future know how to master the future before it arrives. They do not wait till early January before they start their New Year resolution. At the time many are still working on their resolutions, the wise brands have gone ahead through proper positioning of the brand for greater [...]

15 November 2011 1 Comment

Brand relevance: 7 ways to strengthen your position


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 [...]

10 October 2011 8 Comments

5 Hot tips to secure your brand’s future.


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 [...]