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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’s performance and wellbeing is tied to several factors. One of such and very critical foundation is the Brand platform. Brand platform helps brand to identify the position it seeks to gain in the marketplace. In my research on what a brand platform really is, an online resource captures the essence of what brand platform [...]

A brand’s life, like that of human is full of dynamics. Not obeying these dynamics as at when due makes life worthless. It is no longer news the great brand-Kodak, is gone and never to remain relevant again. The hand writing on the wall was obvious for this former strong analog film brand. It had [...]

Every communication effort and process needs proper planning to succeed. That a platform permits easy access or next to nothing in terms of cost does not mean lack of knowledge in its operations will be overlooked. A concerned online friend asked me a question yesterday and he would like me to discuss my response on [...]

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 [...]

Trust is a social capital. Often it may be stronger in weight than any other factors which dictate brand’s well-being. Someone has noted ‘we may not be able to measure the value of trust in a relationship but often we know the cost of it when violated’. Most times we undervalue what trust may cost us. [...]

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 [...]