• It Isn't Always the Brands to Blame for Social Media Screw Ups
    When a brand screws up in social media, critics are swift and often unforgiving, as is the current case with Toyota. But is it really the brand that we should be blaming? 
     http://dannybrown.me/2012/02/09/it-isnt-always-the-brands-to-blame-for-social-media-screw-ups/
  • Something Old, Something New, Something Blue
    In which I share details of the lull in activity on the blog, which includes a new arrival called Salem, and pointers on the finer points of cussing and dog poo. 
     http://dannybrown.me/2012/02/06/something-old-something-new-something-blue/
  • If LinkedIn.com Fails in the Social Network Forest, Will It Make a Sound?
    While LinkedIn is the professional social network of choice, it may not be all it's cracked up to be, as Kevin Green shows in this guest post. 
     http://dannybrown.me/2012/01/30/if-linkedin-com-fails-in-the-social-network-forest-will-it-make-a-sound/

Grow Some Balls

Nov 19 2010
Posted By Danny in Insights
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Grow Some Balls

We need to grow some balls. Not all of us – there are some folks that have balls the size of Jupiter and show them every day. But they’re becoming fewer in numbers, and that’s a shame. A lot of folks blame social media for this. I can see why. If you question someone and they’re a person of “influence”, usually you get a shit-storm of comments about you being a hater. Right, like having an opinion means you hate…read more

Stagnation & Self-Righteousness

Jul 6 2010
Posted By Danny in Insights
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Stagnation & Self-Righteousness

We’re a funny bunch in social media. We bitch and complain that the medium we’re practicing in doesn’t get taken seriously as a medium, and that many businesses are still way behind when it comes to adopting. We call brands out – companies and individuals – because they don’t do something the way we feel it should or could have been done. We regale folks with the notion that social media will change the way we do things forever, but…read more

Why Being Yourself is the Only Thing That Matters

Jul 1 2009
Posted By Danny in Insights
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Why Being Yourself is the Only Thing That Matters

I’m getting a little jaded currently by various professionals, consultants and business “superstars” on their blogs and other online forums. The biggest issue is where a point’s been made by the author, someone disagrees because of a personal opinion, and the author backtracks and jumps the other way. Why? If you didn’t believe in the thing you wrote about or spoke of in the first place, why mention it? Was it to court popularity? Or appear that you’re agreeing with…read more

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