Lend Me Your Brand…

A few years ago, the concept of personal branding became all the rage.  In the age of social media, people no longer build their reputations -solely- based on location and between real friends and business associates, but can have a reputation that exists beyond your...

Some Thoughts on Branding

This past weekend, I spent some time visiting social spaces where I haven’t “hung out” in some time.  I poked around to see what I had been missing in groups and forums I used to be a regular participant in, to see what was still worth while, and...

Finding Your Social Media Voice

I started talking to a friend the other day about this idea of “finding your voice”.  To many, it sounds like a fortune cookie, and doesn’t seem to make very much sense at all, and to others, there’s an instant resonance.  So to bridge this...

Apple as a Monopolist?

This morning, I heard a report that anti-trust enforcers might be considering an investigation against Apple.  So I started to do a little research.  Business Week reported the story as follows: U.S. antitrust enforcers are considering an investigation of Apple Inc....

Searching Walled Gardens…

I’m still getting caught up on podcasts that got the better of me recently, but the one that caught my attention was one of NPR’s Planet Money podcast about Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, and an effort to make certain media content...