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Many brand owners, drivers often overlook a critical point that can help in making their strategies work. Because of this many brand investments often fail to achieve purpose. This may not be attributed to the veracity of the brand’s strategy but an oversight by the strategists. In a recent article by Chris Helle, Chris maintained [...]

Quite an age. It is has been close to two weeks of silence. Sure many of our community members out there would be wondering what happened. So sorry about that. I have being working on something and trying to find out a better way to help our community. When that is finalized, we will communicate [...]

In the course of dealings with individuals in the area of personal and executive branding, I have noticed a flow of thought prevalent among many. People need a quick fix it answers. A tip of a sort. A wheel that one can swing in minutes and get result. My response to that is that there [...]

No one wishes to fail. But our actions or inactions will point to which direction we are all heading. Brand uniqueness guarantees profitability and success. The success of any personal brand is hinge on determination, persistence, strategy, communication with extra commitment to the commitment. Personal Branding is a journey not a destination. As you move [...]

Editor’s comment: The piece below is a guest post by one of our blog community-Kinglsley obom-Egbulem. This is based on his true experience. The opinion expressed here are his. Happy reading. There was this new comedy  show on television a couple of months ago. It’s actually a television commercial-the Stanbic IBTC Bank television commercial announcing their [...]

Reputation has to do with standing, status, repute and character. Every brand must embrace the truth in the saying that says “learn from yesterday, live today and strategize and hope for tomorrow’. Reputation like integrity is a social capital that can be spent tomorrow and especially during recession. But it seems many brands here do [...]

Linked In  ,YouTube ,Flickr , Del.icio.us, echnorati ,Twitter,Facebook.  Social media has become part of us. No one will deny the fact that social media can be addictive too. Because it has become a veritable weapon to connect and gain visibility for brands: personal, corporate, product.In this new age of personal branding, one of the best [...]

Not quite long,I read a recent Harvard Business review which discusses strategy. The article got my whole attention and part of what I learnt is what I shared with you here today. I do think if you have anything to do with idea development or strategy, it will be a good read. In a previous [...]

Personal assitant/Executive Assistant evolved over the years as result of pressure on senior executive and the need to have someone who can help them solves other important details that they may not have time for. At the beginning, what is today called Executive/Personal  assiatnt is called Confidential secretary among other names.The role they played then [...]

To establish a premium brand-personal or corporate-in any niche is not an easy job but it is achievable. The first thing to do is to match delivery of expectation beyond what is available as well as manage the experience exceptionally. Consistency is also important. Consistency does not imply rigid attachment to old ways that are [...]