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6 October 2011 10 Comments

6 branding lessons according to Steve Jobs’ Life


Yesterday marked the sun set of a great icon. Today present an awesome moment around the world to re-asses what really matter in the lifespan of any brand. This is because one of the world’s inventors, shinning light, leaders, fighters, Entrepreneurs, innovators and brightest individuals born in the second half of the 2oth century just [...]

18 April 2011 9 Comments

Online reputation Management: a wakeup call for African Brands


Online reputation management is no longer optional in today’s techy- savvy world. Only those who live in the world of illusion will consider it an addendum. But the present general attitude of most African brands is still lukewarm.  Many still believe online reputation management is not  important or ripe in Africa for now. According to [...]

8 November 2010 6 Comments

Brands and online reputation: are you watching your back?


The web is now an essential part of brand’s daily living. Surviving without the web today is becoming a near impossible task. We live in the age of conversation. Almost everyone is talking. Those who have something worthwhile to say and those who just want to express their opinions. Any brand that ignores the web [...]

18 September 2009 14 Comments

Stages, process of online brand crisis


Crisis is part of life. We may be able to avoid some through adequate planning, strategy. Crisis explosion is now given a wing to fly online, brand must add knowledge. Recent cases are there to access. Crises do strike many brands but it affects unprepared brands more than the ever ready brands. Interestingly most crises [...]

16 September 2009 51 Comments

Brand building: Trust or reputation, which way will your brand follow?


Time is changing gradually. Knowledge too is spreading like wildfire. What used to be politically correct few years ago are being reviewed. I was just considering these two words as they relate to professional usage recently and I discovered that many brand drivers may be breaking the thin line between the two. Reputation is what [...]

19 May 2009 73 Comments

How to handle brand’s damage, attacks


No one wants or desires attack but we can not afford that once in a while. Sometimes the attack may not be intentional or it may be a result of mis-directed angst. Attack may be justifiable also. A careless press of computer buttons by an individual can spell a viral damage and the hard earned [...]