tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4894466057448828481.post8101606825472552576..comments2023-12-31T22:56:27.920+02:00Comments on On comms design: Country branding :-(Bogdana Butnarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02096720247480363854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4894466057448828481.post-35732917635533422832008-02-01T20:16:00.000+02:002008-02-01T20:16:00.000+02:00Ramona, I wish you luck with that. Somehow with th...Ramona, I wish you luck with that. Somehow with the latest things happening i find it harder and harder myself. I met a Danish friend a couple of days ago and he said he liked the people in Romania and nothing else :-)...and you know how we treat foreigners so i guess that just isn't going to work eitherBogdana Butnarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096720247480363854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4894466057448828481.post-4215511559795655742008-01-22T22:27:00.000+02:002008-01-22T22:27:00.000+02:00Every since I left the comment I've been trying to...Every since I left the comment I've been trying to find something good that's strong enough on it's own... and I couldn't. Found some small stuff, no big differentiator though. I like to think that it's out there and that I just can't see it yet. Hope's the last to go:)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07987863438919329086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4894466057448828481.post-30414182961873404222008-01-22T22:01:00.000+02:002008-01-22T22:01:00.000+02:00Phil, we appreciate your kind commentaries of cour...Phil, we appreciate your kind commentaries of course and you may be right and me just a bit pessimistic.<BR/>Ramona, I agree with you on the outlining the good stuff but as I was saying in a previous post, sometimes there is no good stuff and until now no one has been able to definitely say what is so great about Romania :-)Bogdana Butnarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096720247480363854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4894466057448828481.post-89171967766281181382008-01-19T20:29:00.000+02:002008-01-19T20:29:00.000+02:00I'm not a big fan of Romanian realities either. Ho...I'm not a big fan of Romanian realities either. However, when it comes to branding and the product, I think that Romania stands at a bit more unpleasant end.<BR/><BR/>With enough money you can make any product justify a premium brand. All the money in the world can't make a state flawless, or anything near that. <BR/><BR/>Romania has it's issues, sure. So does any other country. In order to change the perception on Romania, we have to find the strongpoint that is capable of overshadowing all the negatve ones. Emphasise on the good side and prove that the bad side is an exception from the rule. <BR/><BR/>The US isn't seen as the Bronx, although the Bronx is famous enough, right? :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07987863438919329086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4894466057448828481.post-31222385990109666002008-01-18T23:54:00.000+02:002008-01-18T23:54:00.000+02:00Prior to my first vist to Romania a couple of year...Prior to my first vist to Romania a couple of years ago, I received nothing, but damming reports of the place and its people from others of all nationalities, especially the Czechs (I was based in Prague at the time). <BR/><BR/>I have to say that I enjoyed working there and came away at the end of a short contract, feeling that Romania was a country the enthusiasm and ethic of who's people would enable it to prosper quickly as new EU members.<BR/><BR/>I much prefered working with Romanians than I had done Czechs for instance, who by contrast I feel are negative, unjustifiably arogant and lazy.<BR/><BR/>I liked the people I was working with at one of Romania's biggest organisations, but I realise that they were perhaps untypical. This report really just underlines this and supports the views that were expressed to me before my visit.<BR/><BR/>I am fascinated by national branding and have touched on the subject in a short post on my blog. Romania is a challenge for sure, but I still beleive it has bags of scope, so I will still be looking for new opportunities to contribute to the development there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com