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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/

Smart Is Not Last Year’s Model

Nov 10 2011

Posted By Danny in Insights

How smart are you? How do you rack up compared to your peers; your competitors; your parallel people? There’s all sorts of smart, but only one that counts. It’s not high school diploma. It’s not college degree. It’s not university PhD. It’s experiential smart. Your experience. Your knowledge. Your ability to act. Your ability to react. Your ability to pro-act. It’s your fluidity. Your flexibility. Your awareness that smart is not not being dumb; it’s not being the dumbest. Smart marketers…

Looks Aren’t Everything

Nov 8 2009

Posted By Danny in Insights

Each day I commute via train. Each day I might see up to a couple of hundred different people coming and going at various stations, and that’s just on the train. Then there are the thousands that pass by in the station and on the road. When I get to the Maritz building, I interact with up to 400+ people on a daily basis, although the core interactions are probably around 30. These are some of the smartest people I…