brand
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Enough with the branding BS
The backlash against “personal branding” has begun. I saw it first in this post by Yvonne in BlogHer. Now you can feel the line begin to whip with Manifesto: I am Not a Brand, by Maureen Johnson, also in BlogHer. Bravo. The pull quote: “We can, if we group together, fight off the weenuses and hosebags… Continue reading
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Reputation vs. Branding
Branding has jumped the shark. The meme is stale. Worn out. Post-peak. If branding were a show on Fox, it would be cancelled next week. I can witness this trend by watching links going to three posts I made last month: Brands are Boring, Brands are Bull and The Unbearable Lightness of Branding The latest… Continue reading
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In defense of Craigslist
Here’s a job for the Citizen Media’s long tail: find the fist time anybody used the terms “Craigslist killer”, “Craigslist case” or “Craigslist murder”. What the effort will highlight are two issues for journalism. One is the absence of an engine that allows easy first-date or date-range search. (Unless I’m mistaken about that, which I’d… Continue reading