We’ve argued before that commercial brands coming from emerging countries such as Brazil, China and India should use their nationality as a marketing asset more, and that they can do it across many industries. But they are not alone. Even…
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Palestinians to embark in nation branding too
Palestine might not be a country yet, but it’s a nation to most people – which qualifies them to rightfully do some nation branding. And as it turns out by this story on the Financial Times, they’ve just started to…
Branding Kenya video
Last week we looked at a video about Slovenia’s nation-branding efforts. Now it’s the turn for yet another keynote from the Berlin International Congress held earlier this year. It’s now Mary Kimonye, who some of you will remember from previous…
Video keynote – I feel Slovenia
We’ve refered to Slovenia’s nation-branding efforts before – and also to the country’s promotional ‘I feel sLOVEnia” tagline as early as in 2007. In this speech, Valerija Mencej, Head of the Slovenian State Promotion Section explains the strategy behind the…
South Korea entering the top-ten most valuable country brands?
Perhaps no nation has garnered more advances in economy, exports, international standing and culture in the last decade than South Korea. Samsung is now in the same league as Sony, Korean soap operas are very popular across South-East Asia, Hyundai…
Brand new country – South Sudan
It’s official now. Throw your atlases to the bin – they’re useless now. A new country’s born today. It’s provisionally called South Sudan, which will be the baby country’s name while a better, proper name is found (to have a…
Can a nation be rebranded?
A brand is a mental blueprint for consumers. Virtually anything can be branded. Branding can be organic. Branding can be deliberate. Branding is malleable to an extent. You can virtually brand anything including products, people and objects. Nations, too, come…
The messenger is the message
There’s a famous adage by Marshall McLuhan most of you will know – ‘The medium is the message’, which means that the form of a medium embeds itself in the message, creating a symbiotic relationship by which the medium influences…
India – Brand that country!
With its impressive performance, Brand India is a recurrent topic on the nation branding field as the rapid changes taking place in the country force old perceptions to be updated and cope with the image of the new India rising….
Nicolas Papadopoulos’ remarks on nation branding
One of the most knowledgeable academic experts in nation branding and the country of origin effect, Nicolas Papadopoulos, answered some questions in a recent interview – this is his remarks on the nation branding field: What must a successful branding…
The Ripple Effect of Country Branding
Daniel Florian, associate director at the Berlin-based public affairs consultancy Dimap Communications, mentions a study by the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) whose conclusions are pretty interesting: A study by the renowned Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) found…
10 tips to improve South Korea’s image
As you all are well aware of, South Korea is embarked in a nation branding project that should enhance its image in a few years time. The country feels a little like the ugly duckling that wants everyone to know…