I thought it would be fun to take a look at my top 6 most popular blog posts from 2016 to understand what gets people fired up to like, comment or share content online. A few themes emerged that could benefit us all moving forward into 2017. This list involved using some high tech ranking sites and low tech observations from email exchanges, comments, likes and shares on other … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2016
Reputation is currency in the new trust economy
In a world where your brand is less what you say and more the collective shared interactions of those who have experienced it, you have to build trust. Trust is a commodity of value. Consumers not only want trust from their brands, but very quickly in our transparent online world, our own personas are being measured for trust. In her famous Collaborative Consumption TED … [Read more...]
Get real. Great brands have personality.
Have you ever been told to "get real?" According to the urban dictionary, "When someone tells you to get real, they want you to get a reality check and to stop behaving as though you’re living in a fantasy world." Envision for a moment "get real" rolling off the lips of a surely teen just told to clean the bathroom and retrieve a month's supply of spoons and bowls currently … [Read more...]
