After one too many tweets appeared in my stream using the terms personal brand and personal branding I’d had about as much as I could take…

After one too many tweets appeared in my stream using the terms personal brand and personal branding I’d had about as much as I could take…
This is not the blog I was going to write. I had a whole different one started about setting expectations. But then while reading an art…
If you are starting a new business, I think the key ingredient to success, more than funding, more than ideas, more than planning and strate…
It all started with a treat offered to me by my hairdresser. “You’ve got to try a piece of this chocolate,” she said, almost like she was of…
I’m going to make it short and sweet this week. I’ve recently had a number of conversations with people where my brand advice to them ended …
Something strange happened last year. Metro Trains, who are not especially known for effective communications, decided (were convinced) to m…
It’s coming up to the big daddy Hallmark holiday of the year, Valentine’s Day, so it seemed appropriate to share some love. Last week I …
Last year I did a feature on SME brands that I like and got such great feedback I decided to make it a monthly thing. It’s easy to look …
In the 2012 Interbrand survey of world’s most valuable brands three of the top 10 have been around for more than 100 years each; three for m…
Subway is famous for their “foot-long sub”. It is one of the promises the brand stands on. They have talked about their “foot-long subs” for…
It probably seemed like a good idea at the time. A clever hashtag. A tweet. And then faster than you can say RT it all comes unstuck. I a…
Welcome to 2013. Playing a bit of email catch-up over the past few days I came across an article from Inc. magazine. While not directly rel…