Sorry, Social Media, But Marketing Is Still Cool

Marketing is cool

As social media continues its assault onto the mainstream audience, one of the side-effects has been the emergence of the view that marketing isn’t allowed in the space. Conversations on blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn and elsewhere are vocal in the opinion that marketing is dead; we choose who we buy from and whose reputation we ruin; [...]


Introducing Sunday Brunch

Sunday Brunch with Danny Brown

Last week, I asked for your help in coming up with a name for a new series I’m starting on the blog. With more than 80 comments (some including multiple suggestions), it was really hard to choose from the very awesome names you came up with. After a sifting process and a lot of back [...]


The Butterfly Effect of Entrepreneurship

Butterfly effect

Breaking out on your own is hard. Just ask anyone that runs their own business, and you can pretty much guarantee that the one answer that will be consistent across the board is that it’s hard to be your own boss. No guaranteed pay-check; no water-cooler conversations to split the day up; no big corporate [...]