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How Nigerian Brands can Adopt TikTok

TikTok is a platform where users create and share short videos, often dancing or lip-synching to a soundtrack. A Brief TikTok History TikTok started as Musical.ly in 2014, attracting millions of users worldwide. In 2018, ByteDance, a Chinese tech company, acquired Musical.ly and merged it with its lip-synching app, Douyin. The result was TikTok, which debuted in August…

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Is Marketing Inherently Evil?

You might be wondering why I chose to write on whether marketing is inherently evil. Let me explain. A friend recently asked me for a loan, and while doing so, he complained bitterly about how he had been manipulated into spending all his money on a device he didn’t need – simply because of a…

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#ENDSARS Protest: What It Means for Brands

Though this awakening did not start today – its signs have been evident since the advent of the internet – technology has acted as a catalyst, providing protesters with an unparalleled level of connectivity to unite and effectively mobilise, unhindered by geographical boundaries or time constraints.

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An Important Marketing Lesson from Viviana Zelizer’s Study

Recently, I’ve been taking an online course on Financial Markets with Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller. During the course, Shiller shared an insightful study by Viviana Zelizer on how life insurance was marketed in the 19th century. I found a valuable marketing lesson in her research and decided to share it. Before we dive into…

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Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull

When I picked up Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration on the recommendation of a senior colleague, I had no idea what to expect. But the moment I read the first paragraph of the introduction, I was hooked: “Every morning, as I walk into Pixar Animation Studios—past…

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