Work With Your Competitors When The Interest

The Keys To Brand Success Are Self-definition, Transparency, Authenticity And Accountability.

There's An Adage That Is An Apt Description Of The New Dynamic At Work Between Brands And Consumers Connected Through Social Media: People Support What They Help To Build. But Now That Many Brands Are Launching Community-driven Cause Marketing Campaigns, The Challenge Becomes What To Do Next?

There Are Many Individuals, Companies And Even Countries Operating In What I Call A 'me First' Mentality, Which Is Effectively A Purely Competitive Approach To Life, Treating The Planet As If It Has Infinite Resources And Pitting One Country Against Another For Supremacy.

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.