Hard Knox Life Archives
Below are all posts from Hard Knox Life organized by category. Enjoy!
Book Review
- It's time for Brand Managers to think about Marketing With Meaning - October 6th, 2009
- A Dozen Books that should be on every Brand Manager's Bookshelf - July 22nd, 2009
- Buyology: Truth & Lies About Why We Buy - November 5th, 2008
- Paul Gillin unveils the Secrets of Social Media Marketing - October 13th, 2008
- Two must reads on Social Media - September 6th, 2008
- 4 ways Web 2.0 might be flawed - July 21st, 2008
- Don't fight pirates, learn from them - July 9th, 2008
- Taking Tequila Shots on Sunday - July 6th, 2008
- Accidental Branding is a must read for Brand Managers - June 10th, 2008
- Review: The Open Brand - April 14th, 2008
- Can a brand be built by accident? - April 9th, 2008
Brand Management
- SXSW Interactive through the eyes of a Brand Marketer - March 19th, 2010
- Brand Marketers need to watch how gaming is transforming popular culture - March 4th, 2010
- Super Bowl Ad shows Google's move from Tech to Consumer Marketer - February 7th, 2010
- How a Brand Manager can make a big difference - January 25th, 2010
- Don't make the mistake of giving up the Voice of the Brand - January 21st, 2010
- What is the definition of a Brand? - December 23rd, 2009
- Now is the time to become a Marketing Technopologist - December 21st, 2009
- The new job of a Brand Manager is to facilitate conversations & community - December 15th, 2009
- 5 Stocking Stuffers for Brand Managers - December 7th, 2009
- Movieclips makes it easy to share your favorite movie scenes - December 4th, 2009
- Fred Wilson's perspective on the rise of Social Recruiting - November 15th, 2009
- Can Cincinnati be the Silicon Valley of consumer marketing? - October 20th, 2009
- Don't do away with Brand Managers... Just start to embrace marketing again - October 12th, 2009
- Brand Managers Need to Practice Consumer Collaboration - October 10th, 2009
- It's time for Brand Managers to think about Marketing With Meaning - October 6th, 2009
- What's Next in Marketing & Advertising - 2009 Edition - September 16th, 2009
- Harvard Business: 5 Tips for Stranded Evangelists - September 14th, 2009
- Marketers need to realize that we are all publishers now - September 11th, 2009
- On September 24 & 25, Don't Miss the 2009 Cincinnati Digital Hub Conference - September 10th, 2009
- Brand Managers Need To Practice "Everywhere Shopper Marketing" - July 27th, 2009
- A Dozen Books that should be on every Brand Manager's Bookshelf - July 22nd, 2009
- Want a Brand Manager's attention? Think Business Development, not Sales - July 20th, 2009
- A Case of Why Brands Need to "Be Awesome" More Often - July 11th, 2009
- Brands I Love: Knob Creek tells the world "Thanks for Nothing" - July 1st, 2009
- Why Consumer Reviews Matter to Brand Managers - June 29th, 2009
- John Battelle's Thoughts on Online Marketing - June 23rd, 2009
- Why Sharing Matters to Brand Managers and Marketers - June 16th, 2009
- Best Buy's CMO recognizes that "The Future is Digital" - May 15th, 2009
- There is no better time to be a marketer - May 5th, 2009
- A Brand Manager's Call for Change - April 29th, 2009
- 5 Reasons Yahoo Might Buy Twitter - April 11th, 2009
- PepsiCo shows brands how NOT to crash the party at SXSW - March 16th, 2009
- Ads, Brands and ESPN: How W&K looks at Brand Building - March 9th, 2009
- Digital Darwinism will change the marketing ecosystem for Brand Managers - March 3rd, 2009
- Should brands start thinking like start-ups? - March 1st, 2009
- One Year Later: A Recap of Hard Knox Life - February 24th, 2009
- Coming this April: Connect! by The Project 100 - February 23rd, 2009
- Brand Managers need to pay attention to the potential of Mobile Marketing - February 20th, 2009
- Is the "Exclusivity of Creativity" coming to an end? - February 18th, 2009
- Weekly Round-Up: 2-3-09 - February 3rd, 2009
- Did Mitch Joel Miss the Mark On His 10 Twitter Users That Marketers Should Follow? - January 30th, 2009
- Even a Brand Manager needs their 10,000 hours of practice to be great - January 26th, 2009
- A great video to illustrate change in the marketing landscape - January 21st, 2009
- eBay's Holiday Contest SNAFU a lesson for all eMarketers - December 22nd, 2008
- Congratulations Motrin. You just proved why every brand needs to understand Social Media - November 16th, 2008
- Seth Godin: The Marketer's Attitude - November 12th, 2008
- Forrester Research is a tremendous partner for Brand Managers to keep their marketing edge - November 11th, 2008
- Two weeks, two great conferences - October 27th, 2008
- Politics aside, Wassup 2008 is a brilliant marketing video - October 25th, 2008
- Nike continues brilliant "Leave Nothing" campaign with "Fate" spot featuring LT & Polamalu - October 21st, 2008
- Five lessons on brand building from Jim Stengel, P&G's former Chief Marketing Officer - October 20th, 2008
- Maker's Mark uses community engagement to turn the ordinary into extraordinary - October 17th, 2008
- Paul Gillin unveils the Secrets of Social Media Marketing - October 13th, 2008
- Consumer-centricity - October 3rd, 2008
- 5 Principles to Your Best Action Plan Ever - September 29th, 2008
- A Brand Manager's Take on MySpace Music - September 25th, 2008
- Nintendo Wii creates one of the most brilliant pieces of digital marketing I have ever seen - September 24th, 2008
- Hello, I'm a PC and I've been made into a stereotype - September 22nd, 2008
- What I Believe In: My Personal Leadership Philosophy - September 15th, 2008
- Day in the Life of a Brand Manager: 5 Steps for Succession Planning - September 10th, 2008
- Is it a digital revolution...or just an evolution? - August 31st, 2008
- The Art of (Brand Messaging) Storytelling in the Blogosphere - August 28th, 2008
- This One Time at BrandCamp - August 26th, 2008
- Al Ries and I don't see eye-to-eye on Megabrands - August 11th, 2008
- How to close the Brand Gap between strategy and creativity - August 10th, 2008
- My new gig - P&G Digital Brand Strategist - August 7th, 2008
- Has brand building changed in the digital age? - August 6th, 2008
- The Consumer is Boss - July 30th, 2008
- Young people are weird: A lesson on how to build lasting youth brands - July 29th, 2008
- How the Digital Revolution is leaving the consumer behind - July 27th, 2008
- Gillette recognizes true fans - July 11th, 2008
- "Where does he get those wonderful toys?" - July 10th, 2008
- Content Marketing = Brand New Marketing - July 3rd, 2008
- Another stellar video from Nike - June 27th, 2008
- How Should Brand Managers Think About Twitter? - June 25th, 2008
- PR / Influencer Marketing done the right way - June 24th, 2008
- Nike pushes the boundaries of what digital marketing means - June 24th, 2008
- Why should brands care about widgets? - June 16th, 2008
- Can P&G build "real brands" with soul, history & substance? - June 13th, 2008
- What does best-in-class digital marketing mean? - June 10th, 2008
- Accidental Branding is a must read for Brand Managers - June 10th, 2008
- A Day in the Life of A Brand Manager - 6/5/2008 - June 5th, 2008
- What is the future of media? - June 4th, 2008
- Brilliant trailer by Microsoft Advertising - June 2nd, 2008
- EliteXC needs a branding makeover to compete against UFC - May 31st, 2008
- Wii Fit will change the game of fitness - May 28th, 2008
- Brands I Love: Help Remedies - May 28th, 2008
- Klondike does it right by not walking away from a great campaign - May 26th, 2008
- Paid to blog about beer? Talk about a dream job... - May 19th, 2008
- Building Brands Through Community - May 12th, 2008
- Commit to a Personal Leadership Philosophy - May 7th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-2-2008 - May 2nd, 2008
- Which companies have the right to be VC's? - April 28th, 2008
- A Day in the Life of a Brand Manager - 4/24/2008 - April 25th, 2008
- Jaffe thinks the creative function should fade away? - April 14th, 2008
- TAG Records might just be the answer the music industry is looking for - April 11th, 2008
- Can a brand be built by accident? - April 9th, 2008
- If it looks like a Brand Manager and talks like a Brand Manager, that doesn't mean it's a Marketer. - April 8th, 2008
- Being like Dad isn't a bad thing - April 1st, 2008
- Microsoft makes things right - March 24th, 2008
- How do you measure Social Media? - March 24th, 2008
- What's Next in Marketing? - March 24th, 2008
- Can Starbucks get its groove back? - March 20th, 2008
- Brand Noise - Generations & Cultural Narrative - March 20th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 3-19-2008 - March 19th, 2008
- Nike - There are no Cinderella stories - March 12th, 2008
Brands I Love
- Have you placed your vote for the People's Choice Awards? - November 24th, 2009
- Etsy shows the power of consumer co-creation - October 21st, 2009
- It's time for Brand Managers to think about Marketing With Meaning - October 6th, 2009
- Brands I Love: Knob Creek tells the world "Thanks for Nothing" - July 1st, 2009
- Aardvark is completely changing how I get answers to questions - May 26th, 2009
- Brands I Love: Which Wich? Superior Sandwiches - September 17th, 2008
- Brands I Love - Refinding - August 3rd, 2008
- Brands I Love: Help Remedies - May 28th, 2008
- Brands I Love: Adidas - Impossible is Nothing - March 22nd, 2008
- Brands I Love: Innocent Drinks - March 12th, 2008
- Thrillist launches in Chicago and Las Vegas - March 11th, 2008
- Brands I Love: Potbelly Sandwich Works - March 3rd, 2008
- Brands I Love: You gotta get a Chumby - February 26th, 2008
Digital Marketing
- SXSW Interactive through the eyes of a Brand Marketer - March 19th, 2010
- A look at how sharing is becoming more common than creating - March 18th, 2010
- BlogWell is coming to Cincinnati to talk "How Big Brands Use Social Media" - March 7th, 2010
- Brand Marketers need to watch how gaming is transforming popular culture - March 4th, 2010
- The impact of the Social Media effect on great content - March 1st, 2010
- What is the "Point of Video" advertising? - February 10th, 2010
- "Hack vs Flack"...a social media point / counterpoint - January 28th, 2010
- Don't make the mistake of giving up the Voice of the Brand - January 21st, 2010
- The Virtual Goods Gold Rush - October 31st, 2009
- Etsy shows the power of consumer co-creation - October 21st, 2009
- Everyone is talking about Augmented Reality these days - October 19th, 2009
- Is there a "must-have" checklist for great content sites? - October 14th, 2009
- Don't do away with Brand Managers... Just start to embrace marketing again - October 12th, 2009
- P&G moves soap opera genre online - October 4th, 2009
- Thoughts on the 2009 Cincinnati Digital Hub Non-Conference - September 29th, 2009
- Want a Brand Manager's attention? Think Business Development, not Sales - July 20th, 2009
- Zappos pushes eCommerce boundaries with Social Shopping launch - July 18th, 2009
- Fluent: The Razorfish Social Influence Marketing Report - July 13th, 2009
- A Case of Why Brands Need to "Be Awesome" More Often - July 11th, 2009
- Don't Count MySpace Out Just Yet - June 30th, 2009
- Why Sharing Matters to Brand Managers and Marketers - June 16th, 2009
- Mad Avenue Blues: "Tech has taken us for a ride" - June 6th, 2009
- All Things Digital: Why Jon Miller Went to News Corp / MySpace - May 29th, 2009
- BusinessWeek ponders "What's a Friend Worth?" - May 23rd, 2009
- What kids think about the Future of TV - May 22nd, 2009
- Best Buy's CMO recognizes that "The Future is Digital" - May 15th, 2009
- There is no better time to be a marketer - May 5th, 2009
- CollegeHumor's take on "Twitter in Real Life" - April 30th, 2009
- The Story of SXSW Interactive '09 through Sketchnotes - April 5th, 2009
- Ad Age announces the 2009 Digital A-List - March 30th, 2009
- PepsiCo shows brands how NOT to crash the party at SXSW - March 16th, 2009
- My take on the P&G Tide Loads of Hope and #pgdigital - March 14th, 2009
- You can't help but marvel at the power of Social Media - March 12th, 2009
- Microsoft's view of the world in 2019 - March 5th, 2009
- Digital Darwinism will change the marketing ecosystem for Brand Managers - March 3rd, 2009
- GE's Plug Into the Smart Grid is plain and simple brilliant Digital Marketing - February 27th, 2009
- 6 Winning Strategies for Brands on Twitter - February 21st, 2009
- Did Mitch Joel Miss the Mark On His 10 Twitter Users That Marketers Should Follow? - January 30th, 2009
- Charlene Li outlines for the Future of Social Networks - January 28th, 2009
- Will Yahoo and Intel finally deliver on the promise of Internet-enabled TV in our Living Room? - December 29th, 2008
- Mashable says brands don't belong on Twitter - December 15th, 2008
- How should Brand Managers approach the Social Graphs of Facebook Connect and OpenID? - December 7th, 2008
- Congratulations Motrin. You just proved why every brand needs to understand Social Media - November 16th, 2008
- Why I'm Loving the new LinkedIn Applications - November 3rd, 2008
- Welcome to the Social World - October 30th, 2008
- Digital Hub Initiative brings a "non-conference" conference to Cincinnati - October 23rd, 2008
- 4 Reasons Digital Matters to Your Brand - October 15th, 2008
- Paul Gillin unveils the Secrets of Social Media Marketing - October 13th, 2008
- A Brand Manager's Take on MySpace Music - September 25th, 2008
- Nintendo Wii creates one of the most brilliant pieces of digital marketing I have ever seen - September 24th, 2008
- Social Media doesn't show any signs of slowing down - September 18th, 2008
- Entourage pairs up with Whrrl in a great partnership - September 8th, 2008
- Alan Wolk & New York Times Describe Social Media's Defining Moment - September 7th, 2008
- Is it a digital revolution...or just an evolution? - August 31st, 2008
- I know, I'm about 4 years late to this party... - August 24th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 8-19-08 - August 19th, 2008
- Mobile Marketing 101 from Deepspace Mobile - August 17th, 2008
- My new gig - P&G Digital Brand Strategist - August 7th, 2008
- Has brand building changed in the digital age? - August 6th, 2008
- The Xbox 360 is Microsoft's Trojan Horse - July 22nd, 2008
- 4 ways Web 2.0 might be flawed - July 21st, 2008
- Hard Knox Life on your iPhone - July 12th, 2008
- Digital Marketing is... - July 4th, 2008
- Content Marketing = Brand New Marketing - July 3rd, 2008
- Will Unbuttoned Films be a branded content success for Levi's? - July 1st, 2008
- How Should Brand Managers Think About Twitter? - June 25th, 2008
- Nike pushes the boundaries of what digital marketing means - June 24th, 2008
- Why should brands care about widgets? - June 16th, 2008
- What does best-in-class digital marketing mean? - June 10th, 2008
- Greg Verdino at MarketingProfs B2B Forum - June 9th, 2008
- What is the future of media? - June 4th, 2008
- Weezer creates a great homage to Viral - May 27th, 2008
- Klondike does it right by not walking away from a great campaign - May 26th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-23-08 - May 23rd, 2008
- Obvious but brilliant point on Word-of-Mouth - May 13th, 2008
- Building Brands Through Community - May 12th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-2-2008 - May 2nd, 2008
- David Armano on Micro Interactions - April 30th, 2008
- Social Media Skyrocketing According to Latest Internet Trends Report From Morgan Stanley - April 28th, 2008
- Which companies have the right to be VC's? - April 28th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 4-26-2008 - April 26th, 2008
- Super Brand Advocates aren't new but you need to listen to them - April 23rd, 2008
- Is your WeeMee going to Prom? - April 21st, 2008
- Yet another area the US is falling behind in - April 18th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 4-18-2008 - April 18th, 2008
- Jaffe thinks the creative function should fade away? - April 14th, 2008
- Microsoft makes things right - March 24th, 2008
- How do you measure Social Media? - March 24th, 2008
- Wired - "Rise of the Instapreneur" - March 23rd, 2008
- Etsy - Buy, Sell, Live Handmade - March 22nd, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 3-19-2008 - March 19th, 2008
- AOL buys Bebo for $850MM...did they get a good deal? - March 13th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 3-13-2008 - March 13th, 2008
- IEG Presentation - Youth is a Mindset - March 11th, 2008
- Thrillist launches in Chicago and Las Vegas - March 11th, 2008
- Conversation by Design - March 10th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 3-6-2008 - March 5th, 2008
- Mobile Advertising is Rising - March 5th, 2008
- Social Media Jobs on the Rise - March 4th, 2008
- What will the digital space look like in 2008? - February 27th, 2008
- Brands I Love: You gotta get a Chumby - February 26th, 2008
- Guess who just bought a professional sports team? - February 25th, 2008
Misc
- A big thank you to all the readers of Hard Knox Life - December 10th, 2009
- Interview with Smart Planet: Using social media to bring the outside in - August 31st, 2009
- Please Give 5 and Live United - June 1st, 2009
- Thank You for Ad Age's "25 Media People You Should Follow on Twitter" - May 30th, 2009
- A new look for Hard Knox Life - May 10th, 2009
- Changes for Hard Knox Life - January 17th, 2009
- Why won't someone develop a decent Twitter client for the Blackberry? - November 30th, 2008
- Upcoming guest writers on Hard Knox Life - September 28th, 2008
- Celebrate the World's Largest Ice Cream Social and Support the Make-A-Wish Foundation® - September 25th, 2008
- Gas mileage be damned... I want the Halo-inspired Hummer HX Concept - September 18th, 2008
- Social THIS! Fantasy Football Week 2 - September 13th, 2008
- Social THIS! Fantasy Football Draft Recap - September 1st, 2008
- Yeah it's an ego trap but still... - August 17th, 2008
- New look to Hard Knox Life - June 22nd, 2008
- Unbelievable trip - March 31st, 2008
- Guess who just bought a professional sports team? - February 25th, 2008
Music / Entertainment
- How to turn a $300 video into a $30 Million movie deal - December 19th, 2009
- The Virtual Goods Gold Rush - October 31st, 2009
- HBO's Hard Knocks puts the spotlight on the Cincinnati Bengals - July 30th, 2009
- CollegeHumor's take on "Twitter in Real Life" - April 30th, 2009
- 5 Reasons Yahoo Might Buy Twitter - April 11th, 2009
- PlaceVine Launches The Brand Integration Service - October 21st, 2008
- A Brand Manager's Take on MySpace Music - September 25th, 2008
- Entourage pairs up with Whrrl in a great partnership - September 8th, 2008
- Gillette and EA Sports launch the Champions of Gaming Tournament - August 29th, 2008
- Benjamin Del Shreve - Great band to check out - May 31st, 2008
- Weezer creates a great homage to Viral - May 27th, 2008
- Liberty City vs New York City - May 14th, 2008
- TAG Records might just be the answer the music industry is looking for - April 11th, 2008
- Viva Las Vegas - March 26th, 2008
- Fusion Table: I want one of these.... - March 18th, 2008
- Finding my voice, finding myself - March 3rd, 2008
- Brands I Love: Potbelly Sandwich Works - March 3rd, 2008
- Brands I Love: You gotta get a Chumby - February 26th, 2008
P&G
- Have you placed your vote for the People's Choice Awards? - November 24th, 2009
- P&G moves soap opera genre online - October 4th, 2009
- Exciting changes in my life... - October 1st, 2009
- My take on the P&G Tide Loads of Hope and #pgdigital - March 14th, 2009
- You can't help but marvel at the power of Social Media - March 12th, 2009
- Support Charity with a Tide Loads of Hope Vintage T-Shirt - March 11th, 2009
- Five lessons on brand building from Jim Stengel, P&G's former Chief Marketing Officer - October 20th, 2008
- Gillette and EA Sports launch the Champions of Gaming Tournament - August 29th, 2008
- My new gig - P&G Digital Brand Strategist - August 7th, 2008
- P&G thanks our agencies while poking fun at ourselves - June 30th, 2008
- Can P&G build "real brands" with soul, history & substance? - June 13th, 2008
- I blog to find the 1 percent - June 4th, 2008
- Partnership with Varsity Spirit featured in LA Times - April 2nd, 2008
- The V Curve of Risk Taking in Brand Management - March 25th, 2008
- What's Next in Marketing? - March 24th, 2008
- Wired - "Rise of the Instapreneur" - March 23rd, 2008
- Why Shopper Marketing matters - March 2nd, 2008
- Time to start anew - February 24th, 2008
Presentation & Stats
- A look at how sharing is becoming more common than creating - March 18th, 2010
- Brand Marketers need to watch how gaming is transforming popular culture - March 4th, 2010
- The State of the Internet [video] - February 26th, 2010
- Why the iPod Touch is the best way to reach teens & tweens - February 26th, 2010
- Twitter's rapid growth continues, now over 1 billion tweets per month - February 14th, 2010
- What is the "Point of Video" advertising? - February 10th, 2010
- Digital Strangelove (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Net) - October 24th, 2009
- Mary Meeker's Web 2.0 Summit thoughts on the Economy & Internet - October 22nd, 2009
- Great Resource for Brand Managers: Google Launches Internet Stat Center - September 28th, 2009
- Ian Schafer's Great Adweek Keynote: "Social Media is Mature. No It Isn't" - September 26th, 2009
- How Teens Use Media: A Day in their Life Might Just Surprise You - July 14th, 2009
- Fluent: The Razorfish Social Influence Marketing Report - July 13th, 2009
- What Grand Theft Auto Can Teach Us About Connecting with Consumers - June 3rd, 2009
- All Things Digital: Why Jon Miller Went to News Corp / MySpace - May 29th, 2009
- How HBO and Deep Focus created a true Social Media case study - May 28th, 2009
- What kids think about the Future of TV - May 22nd, 2009
- Best Buy's CMO recognizes that "The Future is Digital" - May 15th, 2009
- Long-term potential of the Global Online Media Landscape - May 4th, 2009
- Where is the Future of Advertising headed? - April 26th, 2009
- The Art & Science of Seductive Interactions - April 14th, 2009
- Facebook is 5th largest "country" in the world - April 8th, 2009
- The Story of SXSW Interactive '09 through Sketchnotes - April 5th, 2009
- A Brand Manager's take on Razorfish's Digital Outlook - March 19th, 2009
- The Future of Mobile according to Resource Interactive - March 11th, 2009
- Ads, Brands and ESPN: How W&K looks at Brand Building - March 9th, 2009
- Shut Up and Listen: A guide for better and bolder work - March 2nd, 2009
- Razorfish talks about the symbiotic nature of Web 2.0 - February 26th, 2009
- Screens Are Getting Boring - February 16th, 2009
- The major trends in online media & search in 2008 - February 8th, 2009
- Charlene Li outlines for the Future of Social Networks - January 28th, 2009
- David Armano's tips for Thinking Visually - January 18th, 2009
- eMarketer: Facts and Numbers for Teens / Tweens - November 19th, 2008
- Zappos.com: Building a Brand that Matters - November 8th, 2008
- Why I'm Loving the new LinkedIn Applications - November 3rd, 2008
- Why design should matter for Brand Managers - October 28th, 2008
- Why the Digital Shopping Experience should matter to Brand Managers - October 9th, 2008
- The web is buzzing about personal branding - September 9th, 2008
- Stop writing the obituary, Social Media hasn't killed e-mail - August 18th, 2008
- Mobile Marketing 101 from Deepspace Mobile - August 17th, 2008
- How to close the Brand Gap between strategy and creativity - August 10th, 2008
- You might be surprised where Gen Y is hanging out online - August 1st, 2008
- Young people are weird: A lesson on how to build lasting youth brands - July 29th, 2008
- Digital Marketing is... - July 4th, 2008
- Content Marketing = Brand New Marketing - July 3rd, 2008
- Do you know What Teens Want? - June 27th, 2008
- Why should brands care about widgets? - June 16th, 2008
- Greg Verdino at MarketingProfs B2B Forum - June 9th, 2008
- What is the future of media? - June 4th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-23-08 - May 23rd, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-15-08 - May 15th, 2008
- David Armano on Micro Interactions - April 30th, 2008
- Yet another area the US is falling behind in - April 18th, 2008
- Quote of the Day - Yogi Berra - April 15th, 2008
- Redefining luxury today and in the future - April 8th, 2008
- What's Next in Marketing? - March 24th, 2008
- Brand Noise - Generations & Cultural Narrative - March 20th, 2008
Shopper Marketing
- Brand Managers Need To Practice "Everywhere Shopper Marketing" - July 27th, 2009
- Zappos pushes eCommerce boundaries with Social Shopping launch - July 18th, 2009
- Microsoft's view of the world in 2019 - March 5th, 2009
- Why the Digital Shopping Experience should matter to Brand Managers - October 9th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-23-08 - May 23rd, 2008
- Shopper Marketing and Digital Marketing are one and the same - March 31st, 2008
- Costco Diversion Buying Strategy - March 24th, 2008
- Wired - "Rise of the Instapreneur" - March 23rd, 2008
- Can Starbucks get its groove back? - March 20th, 2008
- Fresh and Easy leaves me underwhelmed - March 10th, 2008
- Why Shopper Marketing matters - March 2nd, 2008
Startups
Thought Provoking
- Two Years Later - A Recap of Top Posts from Hard Knox Life - February 24th, 2010
- Is it wrong to "aim out of the ball park?" - February 1st, 2010
- Barrier to success...or key to success? - January 19th, 2010
- What Matters Now: Productivity by Gina Trapani - January 8th, 2010
- What Matters Now: Thnx by Gary Vaynerchuk - January 6th, 2010
- What Matters Now: Dumb by Dave Balter - January 4th, 2010
- What Matters Now: Evangelism by Guy Kawasaki - January 1st, 2010
- What Matters Now: Business is a Game by Tony Hsieh - December 30th, 2009
- What Matters Now: Vision by Michael Hyatt - December 28th, 2009
- What Matters Now: Things to think (and do) this year - December 25th, 2009
- Paul Gillin's "Message to Graduates" - December 13th, 2009
- Pondering the concept of holding "Office Hours" in business - December 3rd, 2009
- Sometimes it is better to not have an "end goal" in mind - November 11th, 2009
- Mary Meeker's Web 2.0 Summit thoughts on the Economy & Internet - October 22nd, 2009
- Don't do away with Brand Managers... Just start to embrace marketing again - October 12th, 2009
- And you wonder why a Brand Manager's job is tougher today? - October 7th, 2009
- Thoughts on the 2009 Cincinnati Digital Hub Non-Conference - September 29th, 2009
- Brand Managers and Consumers Rarely See Eye to Eye - July 9th, 2009
- The Generation M Manifesto - July 8th, 2009
- I have seen the future of TV...and it's not your Dad's Prime Time - June 22nd, 2009
- Mad Avenue Blues: "Tech has taken us for a ride" - June 6th, 2009
- Please Give 5 and Live United - June 1st, 2009
- BusinessWeek ponders "What's a Friend Worth?" - May 23rd, 2009
- What kids think about the Future of TV - May 22nd, 2009
- I get up every morning... - May 21st, 2009
- College Students should start on their 10,000 hours of practice to get ahead - May 18th, 2009
- There is no better time to be a marketer - May 5th, 2009
- Where is the Future of Advertising headed? - April 26th, 2009
- The Art & Science of Seductive Interactions - April 14th, 2009
- The Story of SXSW Interactive '09 through Sketchnotes - April 5th, 2009
- My take on the P&G Tide Loads of Hope and #pgdigital - March 14th, 2009
- Microsoft's view of the world in 2019 - March 5th, 2009
- Digital Darwinism will change the marketing ecosystem for Brand Managers - March 3rd, 2009
- Shut Up and Listen: A guide for better and bolder work - March 2nd, 2009
- Could you have a "Google Me" Business Card? - February 28th, 2009
- GE's Plug Into the Smart Grid is plain and simple brilliant Digital Marketing - February 27th, 2009
- Razorfish talks about the symbiotic nature of Web 2.0 - February 26th, 2009
- One Year Later: A Recap of Hard Knox Life - February 24th, 2009
- Screens Are Getting Boring - February 16th, 2009
- David Armano's tips for Thinking Visually - January 18th, 2009
- Business Inspiration for the New Year - January 5th, 2009
- Seth Godin: The Marketer's Attitude - November 12th, 2008
- Visual Map of Walmart's Growth - November 7th, 2008
- 10 bloggers who inspire Hard Knox Life - October 29th, 2008
- Why design should matter for Brand Managers - October 28th, 2008
- Why the Digital Shopping Experience should matter to Brand Managers - October 9th, 2008
- Consumer-centricity - October 3rd, 2008
- Should a leader be tech savvy? - October 1st, 2008
- 5 Principles to Your Best Action Plan Ever - September 29th, 2008
- What I Believe In: My Personal Leadership Philosophy - September 15th, 2008
- The web is buzzing about personal branding - September 9th, 2008
- Is it a digital revolution...or just an evolution? - August 31st, 2008
- I know, I'm about 4 years late to this party... - August 24th, 2008
- Stop writing the obituary, Social Media hasn't killed e-mail - August 18th, 2008
- Networking isn't a dirty word - July 29th, 2008
- How the Digital Revolution is leaving the consumer behind - July 27th, 2008
- 4 ways Web 2.0 might be flawed - July 21st, 2008
- What Hard Knox Life readers want to see - July 8th, 2008
- Taking Tequila Shots on Sunday - July 6th, 2008
- My 100th post - need your feedback - June 29th, 2008
- Have you thought about your User Experience - June 26th, 2008
- Passing of a great man - June 23rd, 2008
- Lessons of the Square Watermelon - June 18th, 2008
- Can P&G build "real brands" with soul, history & substance? - June 13th, 2008
- A little bit of inspiration every day - June 13th, 2008
- Brazen Careerist is speaking up for Gen Y - June 8th, 2008
- A Day in the Life of A Brand Manager - 6/5/2008 - June 5th, 2008
- I blog to find the 1 percent - June 4th, 2008
- What is the future of media? - June 4th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-23-08 - May 23rd, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-15-08 - May 15th, 2008
- Obvious but brilliant point on Word-of-Mouth - May 13th, 2008
- Commit to a Personal Leadership Philosophy - May 7th, 2008
- OSG - We all want this marketing measurement - May 5th, 2008
- David Armano on Micro Interactions - April 30th, 2008
- Which companies have the right to be VC's? - April 28th, 2008
- A Day in the Life of a Brand Manager - 4/24/2008 - April 25th, 2008
- Is it good or bad to be blogging daily? - April 24th, 2008
- Super Brand Advocates aren't new but you need to listen to them - April 23rd, 2008
- HELLO, My Name is... - April 21st, 2008
- Jaffe thinks the creative function should fade away? - April 14th, 2008
- TAG Records might just be the answer the music industry is looking for - April 11th, 2008
- Redefining luxury today and in the future - April 8th, 2008
- The birth of a blog - April 8th, 2008
- Future Department - The Next Issue - April 1st, 2008
- Principles of Innovation from Google - March 26th, 2008
- The V Curve of Risk Taking in Brand Management - March 25th, 2008
- How do you measure Social Media? - March 24th, 2008
- Costco Diversion Buying Strategy - March 24th, 2008
- Godin - why bother having a resume? - March 18th, 2008
- Damn I wish I thought of that - March 4th, 2008
- Missing the little things - February 26th, 2008
Weekly Round-Up
- Weekly Round Up: What caught my eye in recent weeks - November 23rd, 2009
- Weekly Wrap-Up: 8-10-09 - August 10th, 2009
- Digital Weekly Round-Up: 6-28-09 - June 28th, 2009
- Weekly Round-Up: 2-3-09 - February 3rd, 2009
- Business Inspiration for the New Year - January 5th, 2009
- Weekly Round-Up: 8-19-08 - August 19th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 8-13-08 - August 13th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-23-08 - May 23rd, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-15-08 - May 15th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-2-2008 - May 2nd, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 4-26-2008 - April 26th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 4-18-2008 - April 18th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 4-10-2008 - April 10th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 4-3-2008 - April 3rd, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 3-19-2008 - March 19th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 3-13-2008 - March 13th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 3-6-2008 - March 5th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 2-29-2008 - February 29th, 2008
Youth
- Lessons in Charitable Giving and Cause Marketing for Digital Millennials - December 19th, 2008
- Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup East with special discount for Hard Knox Life readers - October 8th, 2008
- IEG Sponsorship Report highlights my thoughts on Youth Marketing - October 6th, 2008
- Microsoft makes a bold move to understand direction of social networks with their latest new hire - September 22nd, 2008
- Is there such a thing as Consumer 2.0? - August 27th, 2008
- You might be surprised where Gen Y is hanging out online - August 1st, 2008
- Young people are weird: A lesson on how to build lasting youth brands - July 29th, 2008
- Don't fight pirates, learn from them - July 9th, 2008
- Do you know What Teens Want? - June 27th, 2008
- Brazen Careerist is speaking up for Gen Y - June 8th, 2008
- Wii Fit will change the game of fitness - May 28th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-23-08 - May 23rd, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up: 5-15-08 - May 15th, 2008
- Liberty City vs New York City - May 14th, 2008
- Is your WeeMee going to Prom? - April 21st, 2008
- Gen Y By Any Other Name... - April 16th, 2008
- OMG, what a lame campaign - April 7th, 2008
- Partnership with Varsity Spirit featured in LA Times - April 2nd, 2008
- Being like Dad isn't a bad thing - April 1st, 2008
- Brand Noise - Generations & Cultural Narrative - March 20th, 2008
- Weekly Round-Up 3-19-2008 - March 19th, 2008
- AOL buys Bebo for $850MM...did they get a good deal? - March 13th, 2008
- IEG Presentation - Youth is a Mindset - March 11th, 2008
- Thrillist launches in Chicago and Las Vegas - March 11th, 2008
- Mobile Advertising is Rising - March 5th, 2008
- Join me at IEG's Sponsorship Conference - March 1st, 2008
- Young guys dig Wal-Mart? - February 27th, 2008
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