Why achieving marketing accountability is harder than it seems

In driving for the marketing accountability in our organizations, business leadership has forgotten one key driver of accountability – authority.
You Don’t Have Weaknesses, Just Overdone Strengths

A realization that there are no weaknesses, just over-done strengths, changed my perspective on the world.
Marketing, PR and advertising are primed for a Quantum Leap

To keep up with dramatic changes in the consumer landscape, marketing, PR and advertising need to achieve a quantum leap level of change, beginning with leadership.
Social media gurus and the elusive state of forgiveness
Social media can help us connect in amazing ways but it can also be a hurdle to forgiveness when things go wrong. The answer? Baby pictures.
Marketing addiction. Is this the goal, or is this the problem?

Getting people “addicted” to a product seems like an aspirational marketing goal but now it’s actually happening in some cases. Is marketing addiction the solution or the problem?
What to do when your company is “sell sell sell” and won’t allow human content

Are you stuck in a company culture focused on sell, sell, sell? Here are tips to overcome and eventually work in a world focused on human content.
Five marketing leadership lessons from the Internet’s biggest scandal

This video blew up and created the Internet’s biggest scandal in years. What marketing leadership lessons can be distilled rom the underlying issues presented in this case?
Four ways I fight for freedom and digital citizenship in the era of fake news

Freedom is a core, human value. As stewards of responsible, digital citizenship, here are four ideas to begin the process of viewing freedom differently.
Can you blog effectively if you need to be liked?
Do you need to be liked? That factor may be getting in the way of you becoming an effective content creator. Instead, focus on being respected
Five things Facebook is doing right

The critics poke fun at Facebook but when you consider the complexity and financial success, Facebook is doing a lot right. A look at Facebook success