{"id":197,"date":"2015-03-03T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.ambogdan.com\/wiad-2015-bucharest-multiple-personality-brands\/"},"modified":"2020-10-09T00:19:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T00:19:25","slug":"wiad-2015-bucharest-multiple-personality-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessbooster.ro\/wiad-2015-bucharest-multiple-personality-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Personality Brands"},"content":{"rendered":"
My second lesson on happiness learned at WIAD 2015 Bucharest<\/a> has everything to do with digital content and how multiple personality brands fail to manage it.<\/p>\n Those who know me know I\u2019m all for good content and there are few things I would not do to convince a client why content is so important and why it needs to be treated with special attention. \u00a0Therefore, it would have been impossible for me not to love Raluca Bailescu<\/a> and Alexandra Enachescu<\/a>\u2019s daring presentation on digital content and multiple personality brands. I used \u201cdaring\u201d because it\u2019s not easy to publicly denounce (and for good reasons) the way some brands mistreat their content and customers.<\/p>\n MakeSense team\u2019s analysis of the Romanian brands suffering from multiple personality brands should be nothing but a great free of charge lesson and a waking-up signal for the many ignorant stakeholders.<\/p>\n Content is both a business asset and a long-term commitment. Unfortunately, not all stakeholders realize that content cannot take care of itself and requires ongoing care, development and update. \u00a0In other words, they forget or maybe they do not even realize that once you promote your content online, you become a publisher, and like any good one you need to be ready to face criticism as well as positive feedback.<\/p>\n Most probably you\u2019ve already met them!\u00a0 They see themselves as perfect, untouchable, otherwise, I wouldn\u2019t understand why they are always talking about themselves \u2013 and not about their customers, using bombastic attributes such as the best, the most, outstanding or awesome, performance, exceptional results,\u00a0<\/em>etc. \u00a0These brands still feel they can afford to be arrogant. Well, I have got news for you, amazing brands\u2014Sanador in particular, that time is long gone!<\/p>\n Experts say these brands are lively, dramatic, vivacious, enthusiastic, and flirtatious. They are also associated with egocentrism, self-indulgence, continuous longing for appreciation, and persistent manipulative behaviour to achieve their own needs. Raluca brought to our attention Deichmann brand. Well, it\u2019s true we haven\u2019t seen traces of seductive or flirtatious behaviour, enthusiasm, quite the contrary we would say, but we did find good quality footwear for all ages, unbeatable prices, unmistakable positioning, and synergetic effects. I would only add that this is an unhappy way of expressing strong emotions with an impressionistic style and bad results.<\/p>\n Also known as an emotionally unstable personality disorder. Brands suffering from this disorder are characterized by impulsivity, instability, and lack of consistency. These patterns occur across a variety of situations and contexts, including online channel. In this last case, what happens is that you can easily see that there\u2019s no alignment between their digital content and the self-declared brand values. I seriously doubt that Coana Chiva\u2014the middle age lady born and raised in the traditional Romanian village, an expert in milky topics such as cheese and yoghurt, would walk, talk and be interested in getting a sylphlike silhouette she can show off on the Mediterranean beaches.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yes, we do have a broad brand offering, including antisocial ones. What characterizes them is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others. They can display impulsive or aggressive behaviour; they can easily ignore others\u2019 opinions; basically, they do not seem to care about anything or anyone. Raluca and Alexandra\u2019s choice was a well-known financial brand, namely Raiffeisen Bank. The examples proved that even successful brands turn a deaf ear to customers\u2019 feedback by ignoring their complaints or show a lack of respect when using the odd RomEn (aka Romanian & English) language.<\/p>\n The last but not least important, obsessive-compulsive brands\u2019 own intrusive thoughts generate uneasiness, apprehension, fear or worry (obsessions), repetitive behaviours aiming to reduce anxieties (compulsions), or a combination of such obsessions and compulsions. They tend to be rigid, unapproachable, and difficult to understand. And that\u2019s exactly what Cargus, a Romanian courier, does when using a difficult to understand language or irrelevant sentences, or by not providing all the information a user needs to know before sending a package.<\/p>\n The good news for all these brands suffering from acute multiple personality disorder is that there is hope. There are many pills available, they just need to see the right doctor\u2026 it may be an agency who understands brand values, gets users and knows what it takes to be successful with social media. Or, it may be a class, a course you can send your team to learn. MakesSense<\/a> and GROW<\/a> are two doctors I highly recommend.<\/p>\n Are you still thinking about what\u2019s so happy about this story? Here\u2019s my answer to you. Happiness is also about being honest, fair and staying true to yourself. You do not often see agencies taking the risk of losing a potential client just because they want to speak their mind. Raluca & Alexandra, you\u2019ve done the right thing! Chapeau!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My second lesson on happiness learned at WIAD2015 Bucharest has everything to do with digital content and how multiple personality brands fail to manage it. A story told by MakeSense team with humour and irony! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[54,74,75,76,77,78,79,66,80,69],"yoast_head":"\nPublishing Means Taking Responsibility<\/h1>\n
Narcissistic Brands<\/h1>\n
Histrionic Brands<\/h1>\n
Borderline Brands<\/h1>\n
Antisocial Brands<\/h1>\n
Obsessive-Compulsive Brands<\/h1>\n
Multiple Personality Brands & Happiness<\/h2>\n