2010 is flying by and we are halfway through February already! Pretty soon summer will be here and gone and we’ll be putting up Christmas lights before we know it. Did you make a New Year’s resolution? Are you sticking with it? Better yet, do you even remember what it was?
This thought occurred to me [...]
I think the beautiful thing about the web, social media, marketing, and the business world is that fact that everyone is different.
We would like to sit here and say that there are TONS of companies that are the same. There are 30,343 graphic design firms in Indianapolis. Not true, but you get the point. I [...]
This thought is inspired by some comments that appeared on a blog of a friends’ today and made me revisit what might be one of my favorite blog posts in the history of blog posts. The post “The Posture of a Communicator” is from one of the brilliant marketing and business minds there is, Seth [...]
This past weekend the Brandswag team ventured down to Brown County on a mission to come out of the woods with a clear focus and plan for 2010. A scary thought at first, primarily due to the possibility of being un-plugged for three days, we were able to manage!
The weekend was nothing short of amazing, [...]
Actually, no I don’t, and you shouldn’t hate mine or anyone’s, for that matter. Some argue that there is a wrong and right way to tweet. I say arguing the matter is irrational – at least when it comes to personal Twitter accounts. People of the web have been discussing proper etiquette for years. Still [...]
I love it when remarkably simple concepts make a profound difference in an organization. This week, it was the power of thinking. Actually, the kind of thinking i’m trying to describe is really more profound than just simple thought, it is forward thinking. It is solving problems before they even exist. I believe every person [...]
I have been blessed to join a team of talented individuals at an emerging company whose goal is to help others succeed in their own efforts through web, social media and design. As web project manager at Brandswag it is my goal to establish and maintain a process which will efficiently and effectively support the [...]
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We have a half-day planning session at Brandswag today. You know how strategic planning goes… you go through values, vision and mission statements, marketing initiatives, and the like… However this is not why I am excited to attend the planning session. I am excited to see the power of six [...]
Seth Godin had, once again, a brilliant post yesterday about the meaning behind the actions you do, here is his post from yesterday:
You matter
When you love the work you do and the people you do it with, you matter.
When you are so gracious and generous and aware that you think of other people before yourself, [...]
Today, the State of Oklahoma House of Representatives shot down the Flaming Lip’s song “Do You Realize” to be the official State rock song. As a precursor to this post, this is not an opinion post on the Flaming Lips, their songs, or what they stand for. This is about communication.
For those that are not [...]