Monthly Archives: September 2011

Building Brands and Brand Nations: Catching on.

True. It’s a little hard to feel sorry for the freakishly beautiful. It brings to mind the 30 Rock episode when Jon Hamm—Liz Lemon’s (Tina Fey) boyfriend—doesn’t understand that the average looking aren’t treated the same as the abnormally beautiful. … Continue reading

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Places that inspire. Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens.

The old South Street neighborhood was pretty desolate when I lived there. I rented a cheap room on nearby Kater Street alley and that 1890s working class rowhouse made no promise of being brought back to near-habitable decency any time … Continue reading

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Building Brand Nations with Social Media. Principle #3

Make your blog social. Sharing, conversation and creating community. That’s what meaningful Social Media is about. When you provide fresh content, invite commentary and create conversation, your blog becomes social and your value to your community increases Making your blog social is … Continue reading

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Building Brands and Brand Nations. Demystifying SEO, Part 2.

Google is constantly refining its’ search algorithms to help users find valuable content. Along with Google, the popular WordPress web site architecture and SEO plug-ins are helping search engines recognize relevant information and allowing users to create SEO-friendly content within their blog … Continue reading

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