Social Media Shitdiots and Hijacking the Toronto Police #RIDE Hashtag on Twitter

Social media shitdiot

Over on Twitter, Toronto police are using the #RIDE hashtag to counter drunk driving this holiday period. Standing for Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere, #RIDE aims to educate against drunk driving, and offer alternatives from the Toronto police on getting home safely. You’d think it’s a great use of Twitter, and an important topic to be… [Continue Reading]

Is This Google’s First Steps in Full Product Integration with Google+ and Core Products?

Google sidebar

So today I opened the Google home page to check my Gmail account, and I was greeted with this funky image: As you can see from the left-hand sidebar, the core products from Google are there for you to access immediately, as opposed to links within your account. Which makes me wonder – could this… [Continue Reading]

How smoyz Helped Kleenex Deliver the Feel Good Factor Online and Offline

Kleenex

For me, the best marketing or advertising success stories are exactly that – real stories. People connect with people, and that’s when the magic happens. Sure, brands and products are important – but if you don’t touch that inner emotion that takes a potential customer from intent to the buying trigger, then you won’t get… [Continue Reading]

A Christmas Video Message

Christmas

I just wanted to say thank you for reading, commenting and making this blog better. While I may write, you make the magic happen in the comments and social conversations elsewhere – and I’m so grateful for that. Here’s to more of the same in 2012 and beyond – let’s continue to grow together. Personally… [Continue Reading]

Are You Returning on Human Investment?

Inspired

I was speaking to a friend recently, and we got to chatting about charities and how supporters are almost like investors along the lines of venture capitalists, or stocks and shares guys. Yet these supporters are much more than a standard investor – as  well as donations, they invest time, resources, energy and much more… [Continue Reading]

If You Want To Kill Your Competition Then You May As Well Kill Your Goals

Competition

Why do you want to kill your competition (this is a generic you)? Why do you want to put on your size 42 boots, kick them in the sack and then trample them into the dirt? Why do you want them to fail so badly that the only people left they can come to is… [Continue Reading]

Three Things I Would Have Done Differently If I Started Blogging Today

Engagement from Scratch by Danny Iny

The following post is an excerpt from my chapter in Danny Iny’s new book, Engagement From Scratch: How Super Community Builders Create a Loyal Audience and How You Can Do the Same. It features lessons in community building and content marketing from the likes of Guy Kawasaki, Brian Clark, Mitch Joel, Kristi Hines, Gini Dietrich… [Continue Reading]

Why Speed of Resolution Over Speed of Response is Key to Social Media Success

Make it work

Last week, Jay Baer wrote a post about how brands are responding on social media. Jay’s premise was that companies that can respond within minutes on the social sphere are sending out a far more positive message than those that dilly-dally. It’s a really interesting read, and the comments after the post sparked a great… [Continue Reading]

Book Week at DannyBrown.me – Humanize by Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter

Humanize

It’s been a while since I did any book reviews here. Mainly because many of the business books I read in 2011 were okay, but nothing to write home about. Thankfully that changed with the release of Brand Against the Machine, by John Morgan, which you can read about here, and easily one of my favourite… [Continue Reading]