The “Chris Brogan Makes More Money Than You Do” Round-Up

Chris Brogan, famed communications consultant, author, and President of New Marketing Labs, set the social media world a-twitter (if you’ll pardon the pun) when he non-chalantly shared his consulting day rate in a recent blog post. The number, an impressive $22,000 a day, struck many readers as extremely high, particularly when juxtaposed against another blog [...]

Lessons from the Southwest Airlines/Kevin Smith “Too Fat to Fly” Debacle

I originally wrote this blog post for my company, ReputationDefender.

By now, the odds are good that you’ve heard about film director Kevin Smith’s recent clash with Southwest Airlines. If you haven’t yet heard the story, or you’re a bit fuzzy on the details, here are the essential details.
Kevin Smith, who is famous for directing Clerks, [...]

Web Celebs Extend Their 15 Minutes of Fame Thanks to Vizio

I originally wrote this blog post for Digital Pivot.

Like most of the marketing community, I was generally disappointed with this year’s Super Bowl advertising (see my post at Beyond Madison Avenue). Generally, I felt they were uninspired, they failed to make a strong connection with their intended audience, and with the exception of the user-created [...]