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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 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 [...]

Brand crisis may neither be pleasurable nor desirable but they do occur. Any wise brand or institution needs to prepare for crisis of all forms. While there are some crises that are preventable, some come naturally and need lots of strategic designs to curb. Many brands and institutions never remain the same after a crisis. [...]

Brand monitoring is no longer new to serious minded brands. The difference here is the degree of response to the need. Brands need to monitor brand’s name and equity across platforms. Our casual observations showed that many still continue to think along the line which believe not much damage can be done without brand monitoring. [...]

Success in brand communication begins with strategy. Every brand has chances of success. Every brand, no matter how bad the climate, has chances of ‘thriving’ if there is a clear goal, will power, strong determination to be a value accelerator. Opportunity usually swings its ball in every direction. All brand custodians need to be at [...]

We all try to avoid crisis if we can. Even though crisis presents better opportunity for certain brands to make profits. In some cases, crisis may be associated with what a brand should do or what it has done that should not have been.  Life itself is a risk and as long as we remain [...]

Most times what leads to crisis is often subtle, careless approach to issues. Though there are clear cases of crises that are product of act beyond human control. Every crisis begins with issue that is not properly identified or managed before it generates into a major crisis. Crisis like strange disease or epidemic often begins [...]