Brand Spur Volume 1 - Maiden Edition | Page 23

Can’t imagine Coke Beer. Can’t imagine Orijin Zero… Orijin is not a soft drink! It just cannot be. If it ever becomes, its sister is bound to be ail. I also make bold to say here that Star Radler, a half beer, half soft drink cannot sit in that middle if it has to be a Star. Star is a beer. It cannot be a hybrid. I will tell you why. A brand begins to do well and suddenly its minders begin to think it was time to give it more responsibilities. It is just like a woman who gives birth to triplets and the husband begins to dream of how she could also carry quintuplets. It hurts. Brands sure have strong shoulders. But there is a limit to what should be placed on its head. Even trucks have load limits beyond which it becomes unsafe to drive on the roads… Zeroing in on Orijin Zero You see, the burden we place on brands can be as heavy and as large as the space we create for them in our minds can accommodate. This is because the DNA of brands exist more in the imagination than in the tangible thing we see and consume. Credits: BrandishNigeria