Reviews are the new brand, only more effective

Reviews are the new brand, only more effective

Brand, the buzzword for advertising for so many decades, has changed substantially from what it once was since the advent and supremacy of online commerce. Years ago brand was the holy grail for businesses and by extension advertising companies. Brand was splashed...
Make your feedback valuable

Make your feedback valuable

I was reading an article online recently with guidelines on how to leave great feedback – whether positive or negative – and it reminded me that at its core – feedback is a conversation. What I mean is that the words we choose in the feedback we...
Abusing reviews for personal vendettas

Abusing reviews for personal vendettas

Online reviews are to meant give guidance to our peers based on our experiences and subjective opinions. Unfortunately, if allowed to be, they can also be used to damage the reputations of businesses when absolutely no service was provided or product purchased. When...
My last dalliance with an irritating brand

My last dalliance with an irritating brand

A month ago my phone decided that its sure and steady trek to oblivion was getting tiresome and decided to quicken the pace. I had the phone for a year. It was a refurb – that’s refurbished for those who still take pleasure in avoiding the need to shorten...
The power of the apology

The power of the apology

In a perfect storm of irony I was all set to write about the power of apology in business this week, and wouldn’t you know it, I was served up the ideal how not do it by celebrities in Lalaland. For those of you who missed it, Will Smith decided to let rage and...