Posts for danny brown


Why You Should Love Your Competition

From Danny Brown
February 3, 2011 at 5:27 pm
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 ... (more)

Building a Culture of Success

From Danny Brown
February 3, 2011 at 10:30 am
No matter what business you’re in, your success can very often boil down to one thing – your people culture. You may have the greatest product with the big dollars ... (more)

Lessons from an Entrepreneur Turned CEO

From Danny Brown
February 2, 2011 at 11:17 am
This is a guest post from Gini Dietrich, CEO of Arment Dietrich, Inc. Nearly three years ago I had to make the transition from working in the business to working on the business. ... (more)

Why You Don’t Need to Impress Gini Dietrich’s Mom

From Danny Brown
February 1, 2011 at 1:32 pm
First, let me say right off the bat that Gini Dietrich’s mom is more than likely a very nice person. Heck, anyone that can put up with Gini’s wily ways has to be good, ... (more)

Sorry, Social Media, But Marketing Is Still Cool

From Danny Brown
January 31, 2011 at 10:15 am
As social media continues its assault onto the mainstream audience, one of the side-effects has been the emergence of the view that marketing isn’t allowed in the space. Conversations ... (more)

Introducing Sunday Brunch

From Danny Brown
January 30, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Last week, I asked for your help in coming up with a name for a new series I’m starting on the blog. With more than 80 comments (some including multiple suggestions), it ... (more)

The Butterfly Effect of Entrepreneurship

From Danny Brown
January 29, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Breaking out on your own is hard. Just ask anyone that runs their own business, and you can pretty much guarantee that the one answer that will be consistent across the board ... (more)

The Great Friends and Relationships Myth

From Danny Brown
January 27, 2011 at 1:08 pm
There’s a lot of talk about relationships in business, and how to make business more human. There’s also a lot of talk about how businesses need to be more like friends, ... (more)

21 Non-Business Blogs You Could Read Today

From Danny Brown
January 26, 2011 at 12:26 pm
While you might come here to read about social media; or marketing; or strategy; or statistics;  it’s always nice to step back and read blogs from outside the business ... (more)

Footprints in the Sand

From Danny Brown
January 25, 2011 at 6:43 pm
Footprints in the sand are fleeting – a transient snapshot in time that disappear when the tide comes in. Even the footprints that are further in eventually become invisible ... (more)

Why Affiliate Vendors Need to Start Taking the Rap

From Danny Brown
January 24, 2011 at 4:13 pm
There’s a lot of news about disclosure online at the minute. I’ve written about it a ton of times (and spoke about it over at Joe Hackman’s radio show), and ... (more)

Is Social Media Crowdsourcing Making Us Lazy?

From Danny Brown
January 23, 2011 at 1:46 pm
You’ve become lazy. You’re no longer smart. You’re a shadow of the clever person you really could be. Don’t feel bad – I am too. We all are. We used to be questioning; ... (more)

Help Me Choose a Name?

From Danny Brown
January 22, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Beginning on Sunday January 30, I’ll be running an ongoing series on the blog that answers a new question each week from you, the readers. It might be on strategy; marketing; ... (more)

What I’d Like to See From Location Based Marketing Services

From Danny Brown
January 21, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Location based (or geo-located) marketing is getting a huge amount of buzz at the minute, as Twitter apps connect location tweets to its service, Foursquare is credited with ... (more)

Is Your Marketing Message Being Diluted by Automated Advertising?

From Danny Brown
January 20, 2011 at 8:27 pm
This morning, I received the latest post from a popular blogger via the blog’s email subscription service, which runs on Feedburner. The post talks about marketing and how ... (more)

Stop Playing the Sympathy Card

From Danny Brown
January 19, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Being in business for yourself is difficult. Sure, you don’t have to answer to a domineering boss. Nor do you have to venture to a drab office on a biting cold day to be ... (more)

The Philosophy of Social Media

From Danny Brown
January 18, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Ancient philosophers believed life could be broken down into six different directions: Above, or Heaven – this reflects your dreams and hopes. Below, or Earth – this is your ... (more)

Why a Blog Disclaimer Is Just as Important as a Disclosure Message

From Danny Brown
January 17, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Last week, I spoke with Joe Hackman about blogger ethics and transparency (you can listen to the podcast here), and one of the things we chatted about was the topic of disclosure. My ... (more)

The Psychology of Being Memorable

From Danny Brown
January 17, 2011 at 10:00 am
Consumers love simplicity. We don’t want to be confused with multiple messages and options. We just want to buy the product or service that we need at that time and have it ... (more)

The Most Powerful Weapon in the World

From Danny Brown
January 15, 2011 at 12:18 pm
This is a guest post from Debbi Morello. It follows my recent post about child privacy and safety online, and draws on Debbi’s personal experiences to offer her take on ... (more)

Tell Us Your Social Media Success Story

From Danny Brown
January 14, 2011 at 1:06 pm
Over at Bonsai Interactive Marketing, we’re currently putting together our next ebook to join the likes of From Stats to Strats and others. And we’d like you to star ... (more)

Stepping Outside Social Media and All That Jazz

From Danny Brown
January 14, 2011 at 12:51 am
So this post has absolutely nothing to do with marketing. Nothing to do with social media. Nothing to do with PR, or communications, business or blogging tips (unless you count ... (more)

Because You Need To

From Danny Brown
January 13, 2011 at 5:46 pm
A lot of questions often get the same answer. Why do I need to be on social media? Because you need to. Why do I need to blog? Because you need to. Why do I need to make videos ... (more)

Could This Be Your Child?

From Danny Brown
January 12, 2011 at 2:49 pm
First off, I make no apology for the image used for this post. It’s taken from the website Child Sex Tourism, which aims to combat the child sex slave trade and, while this ... (more)

Discussing Blogger Ethics with Joe Hackman

From Danny Brown
January 11, 2011 at 4:54 pm
Blogger ethics and transparency is quite a big thing around here, as well as many other places online. I’ve written about it a few times, and commented on other posts around ... (more)