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27 January 2012 0 Comments

Brand Communication: Can you differentiate your crowd?


Knowledge about brand is unending. It is only a foolish person who says he knows it all. Today, I am able to confirm I do not know as I ought to know. We have been working hard on convincing ourselves on a better way to enlighten a friend who feels with thousands of followers, he [...]

13 December 2011 2 Comments

Brand marketing: Keeping with the changes.


Landscape of marketing is changing in a disruptive manner. Whoever thinks it will go back to the traditional practice needs a rethink. Marketing terrain will never remain the same. All we need to do is to understand and take advantages of the new phase we find ourselves. Today, it is no longer news; customers do [...]

31 May 2011 4 Comments

Brand communication in Africa: Why social media use is now essential?


Africa landscape today is ripe for social media use. There may be challenges starring the people at face, but when a brand sees and gives huge attention to challenges it will never make any outstanding move. Many B2C brands in Africa whose products are focused on grassroots appeal are still wondering, concerned about the population [...]

18 May 2011 2 Comments

Brand communication: How to maximize your social networking value


Online social networking today is a big business. It offers opportunity to position one’s brand beyond the local circuit. When I say ‘business’, someone may ask what do I mean? You may ask Mark Zukerberg how much the young man is worth today. Aside from providing the platform, social networking activities require planning, strategy to [...]

13 April 2011 11 Comments

Brand marketing: how to make brand investment in cause count


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 [...]

24 February 2011 5 Comments

Brand communication: how to cut through the cluster and drive effective dialogue


Last year October I was privileged to be part of a top-notched 20 African media (main/social) experts that was drafted to suggest new communication perspective for a UN Agency in African Region. The Agency aimed to increase its relevance, visibility and give prominence to its work in the continent. In the course of the meeting, [...]

19 February 2009 1 Comment

Getting the best of brand’s conversation


We have established that brand needs to establish conversation with its audience. This ensures that brand can remain above the murky water of economy today. Besides this, the continuous existence of brand in today’s economy is dependent on this. When a brand is engaged in conversation, the customers, audience do the talking on behalf of [...]