Define What Your Brand Stands For, Its

The Advent Of Google+ And The Emergence Of The Personalized Web Means This Is More True Than Ever. Brands, And Their Advertising Partners, Must Wake Up To This Challenge And Define Themselves With Clarity, Consistency And Authenticity. Otherwise They Just Might Find Themselves Shouting In A Ghost Town.

In Fact, I Believe The First Companies That Make An Effort To Develop An Authentic, Transparent, And Meaningful Social Contract With Their Fans And Customers Will Turn Out To Be The Ones That Are The Most Successful In The Future. While Brands That Refuse To Make The Effort Will Lose Stature And Customer Loyalty.

The Social Business Marketplace Is Effectively Forcing Brands To Engage With Consumers On The Basis Of Something That Is Meaningful To Them. More Often Than Not, This Takes The Form Of Some Core Value That Finds Expression In A Non-profit Cause.

Consumers Now Have A Voice. And The Fact That Consumers Can Be Creators, Producers And Distributors Means They Can Push Back Against Brands To Punish Them For Their Socially Irresponsible Behavior Or Reward Them For Their Responsible Behavior.

Social Media Demands A Lot Of Us On Top Of Our Already Demanding Lives. So Let's Disconnect As We Need To And Renew Our Interest And Ourselves.