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Monthly Archives: August 2009
To Post or Not to Post
I’m looking for a new job, no secret there. I have been posting articles online for over 10 years now, there is a lot of stuff I’ve written. For the most part, it is pretty plain stuff, a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Brands, Corporate Life, Internet, Life, brand, branding, business
Tagged Facebook, Job search, Linkedin, Online, Personality, Twitter
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The Glenn Beck Boycott
I was watching Glenn Beck today and he seemed more subdued than he was before his vacation. So I did a little digging into the boycott I had heard about. What I found is a very interesting situation with lessons … Continue reading
Posted in Ad, America, Brands, Capitalism, Commercial, Consumerism, Marketing, Politics, Socialism, brand, branding, business
Tagged CNN, Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, Maddow, MSNBC, Obermann, P&G, Sargento, Wal Mart
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Stats Vs Algebra in Marketing Analysis
Over the last 10 years, marketing analysis has exploded. 20 years ago, pretty much anyone could get into marketing as long as they had a good way of talking their way through a presentation. That’s not the case anymore. A … Continue reading
The Latest Whole Food Boycott
I have an old blog that I don’t really post to that much anymore. I do keep it up because some of the posts on there consistently generate a sizeable about of traffic to warrant keeping it around. But last … Continue reading
Posted in Brands, Capitalism, Consumerism, Food, Marketing, Politics, Shopping, brand, branding, business
Tagged Boycott, Whole Foods
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So What is Branding?
I was talking with a friend about my latest book review and she asked the question, so what is branding? Sometimes you get so into something that you forget that not everyone else knows it. What a great time to … Continue reading
Book Review of Me 2.0
I had to read this book with more than one perspective. As someone with a masters in branding, looking at it through those eyes. And I tried to look at it via the way someone who does not, would read … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Brands, Corporate Life, Internet, Life, Marketing, Reviews, Work, brand, branding, business
Tagged Dan Schwabel, Me. 2.0
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Book Review of Poorly Made in China
There are a ton of books on business in China and I have read more than my fair share of them. Most of them do not tell you the real down on the ground story of what it is like, … Continue reading
Posted in America, Books, Capitalism, Consumerism, Economics, International, Reviews, business
Tagged China, Paul Midler, Poorly Made in China
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Don’t Complain About Boss on Facebook if You are Connected to Boss on Facebook
What a fun way to start the week. Here is a great link to a site that shows someone who apparently posted something nasty about her job on Facebook, only to later realize, her boss was a friend on Facebook … Continue reading
Second Order Simulacra
Second order Simulacra are symbols without referents. That is symbols with no real object to represent. Simply put a symbol is itself taken for reality and further layers of symbolism are added. This occurs when the symbol is taken to … Continue reading
Posted in Brands, Consumerism, Marketing, brand, branding
Tagged Nike, Simulacra, Starbucks
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KFC Subliminal Message in Ad
Most subliminal messaging is not illegal. Most people don’t know that, so this ad is not actually illegal. When found out, people normally freak out but that’s all they can do. I personally find it fun to spot these. Often … Continue reading
Posted in Ad, Commercial, Consumerism, Food, Videos, business
Tagged ads, kfc, subliminal
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