The BrandingWire posse is indebted to the many thought-leading bloggers who have influenced our thinking and encouraged our creativity. As we now launch our first collaborative posting, we’d like to acknowledge some of the many friends and fellow bloggers who are accompanying us on this journey:
Ed Roach, Brand Corral –
http://brandcorral.blogspot.com/
Darryl Ohrt, Brand Flakes for Breakfast –
http://www.brandflakesforbreakfast.com/
Mike Sansone, Converstations –
http://www.converstations.com/
Brian Clark, Copyblogger –
http://www.copyblogger.com/
Team Coudal, Coudal Partners –
http://www.coudal.com/
Joseph Jaffe, JaffeJuice –
http://www.jaffejuice.com/
Luc Debaisieux, Mindblob –
http://mindblob.typepad.com/mindblob/
Yaro Starak, Small Business Branding –
http://www.smallbusinessbranding.com/
Laura Ries, The Origin of Brands –
http://ries.typepad.com/ries_blog/
Michael Arrington, TechCrunch –
http://www.techcrunch.com
LittleJohn, Advertising for Peanuts –
http://advertisingforpeanuts.blogspot.com/
Gina Trapani, Lifehacker –
http://www.lifehacker.com/
Hanan Levin, Grow a Brain –
http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/
Team BoingBoing, BoingBoing –
http://boingboing.net/
Team NameWire, NameWire –
http://www.namedevelopment.com/blog/
William Arruda, Personal Branding –
http://blog.williamarruda.com/blog/
John Jantsch, Duct Tape Marketing –
http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/weblog.php
Peter Kim, Being Peter Kim –
http://www.beingpeterkim.com/
Tina Roth Eisenberg, Swiss Miss –
http://swissmiss.typepad.com/weblog/
Roberta Rosenberg, Copywriting Maven –
http://www.copywritingmaven.com/the_copywriting_maven/
Kristin Gorski, Write Now is Good –
http://writenowisgood.typepad.com/write_now_is_good/
Michel Fortin, Michel Fortin –
http://www.michelfortin.com/
Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone –
http://nevereatalone.typepad.com/blog/
Douglas Karr, Marketing Technology –
http://www.douglaskarr.com/
Spike Jones, Brains on Fire –
http://brainsonfire.com/blog/
Joe Stirt, Book of Joe –
http://www.bookofjoe.com
CB Whittemore, Flooring the Consumer –
http://flooringtheconsumer.blogspot.com/
Doug Meacham, NextUp –
http://nextup.wordpress.com
Phil Gerbyshak, Make It Great –
http://makeitgreat.typepad.com/makeitgreat/
Maria Palma, Customers Are Always –
http://www.customersarealways.com
Tim Jackson, Masiguy –
http://masiguy.blogspot.com/
Ron Shevlin, Marketing ROI –
http://marketingroi.wordpress.com/
Kevin Hillstrom, Mine That Data –
http://minethatdata.blogspot.com/
Todd Andrlik, Todd And –
http://toddand.com/
Amy Jussel, Shaping Youth –
http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog
David Reich, my 2 cents –
http://reichcomm.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Toby Bloomberg, The Diva Marketing Blog –
http://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/bloomberg_marketing/
Paul Mcenany, Hee-Haw Marketing –
http://heehawmarketing.typepad.com/hee_haw_marketing/
Mack Collier, The Viral Garden –
http://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com/
CK, CK’s Blog –
http://www.ck-blog.com
Seth Godin, Seth Godin’s Blog –
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/
Cam Beck, ChaosScenario –
http://www.chaosscenario.com/main/
Marketing Profs Daily Fix Blog –
http://www.mpdailyfix.com/
Mike Wagner, Own your Brand –
http://ownyourbrand.com/
David Armano –
http://darmano.typepad.com
John Moore –
http://brandautopsy.typepad.com
Greg Verdino –
http://gregverdino.typepad.com
Anna Farmery –
http://theengagingbrand.typepad.com
Stephanie Quilao –
http://www.backinskinnyjeans.com/
Deborah Schultz –
http://www.deborahschultz.com/deblog/
Heath Row –
http://www.mediadiet.net/
Shel Holz –
http://blog.holtz.com/
Tony Hung –
http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/
Mark Goren –
http://transmissionmarketing.ca/
Matt Dickman –
http://technomarketer.typepad.com
Loren Baker –
http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Kevin Roberts –
http://krconnect.blogspot.com/
Jack Yan –
http://www.beyond-branding.com/blog/blogger.html
David Taylor –
http://wheresthesausage.typepad.com/
Stefan Engeseth –
http://blog.detectivemarketing.com/
Bob Bly –
http://www.bly.com/blog/index.php
Shimon Sandler –
http://www.shimonsandler.com/
Robert Middleton –
http://www.actionplan.blogs.com
Buzzoodle –
http://www.buzzoodle.com
Rohit Bhargava, Influential Marketing –
http://www.influentialmarketingblog.com
Susan Getgood Marketing Roadmaps –
http://getgood.typepad.com
Chip Griffin , Pardon the Disruption –
http://www.pardonthedisruption.com
Steve Rubel, Micropersuasion –
http://www.micropersuasion.com
Josh Hallet, Hyku –
http://hyku.com/blog/
Joseph Thornley, Pro PR –
http://www.propr.ca/
Chris Thilk, Movie Marketing Madness –
http://www.moviemarketingmadness.com/blog/
Debbie Weil, BlogWrite for CEOs –
http://www.blogwriteforceos.com/
Neville Hobson – nevillehobson.com –
http://www.nevillehobson.com/
Scott Baradell – Media Orchard
http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/
Dave Parmet, Marketing Begins at Home –
http://www.parmet.net/pr/
B.L. Ochman, What’s Next Blog –
http://www.whatsnextblog.com/
Mike Manuel, Media Guerilla –
http://www.mguerrilla.com/media_guerrilla/
Chris Brown –
http://brandandmarket.blogspot.com
Matt McGee, Small Business SEM –
http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/
Chris Winfield, 10e20 –
http://www.10e20.com
Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land –
http://searchengineland.com/
Michael D Jensen, SoloSEO Blog –
http://www.soloseo.com
Aimee Evans, DigitalGrit blog –
http://digitalgrit.typepad.com/
Jonathan Mendez, Optimize and Prophesize –
http://www.optimizeandprophesize.com
Jennifer Slegg, JenSense –
http://www.jensense.com/
Andy Beal, Marketing Pilgrim –
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com
David Temple, SEM Scholar –
http://www.semscholar.com
Also, this effort grew out of previous collaborative efforts, especially the Age of Conversation eBook initiative. Authors who took part in that project include:
Gavin Heaton
Drew McLellan
CK
Valeria Maltoni
Emily Reed
Katie Chatfield
Greg Verdino
Mack Collier
Lewis Green
Sacrum
Ann Handley
Mike Sansone
Paul McEnany
Roger von Oech
Anna Farmery
David Armano
Bob Glaza
Mark Goren
Matt Dickman
Scott Monty
Richard Huntington
Cam Beck
David Reich
Mindblob (Luc)
Sean Howard
Tim Jackson
Patrick Schaber
Roberta Rosenberg
Uwe Hook
Tony D. Clark
Todd Andrlik
Toby Bloomberg
Steve Woodruff
Steve Bannister
Steve Roesler
Stanley Johnson
Spike Jones
Nathan Snell
Simon Payn
Ryan Rasmussen
Ron Shevlin
Roger Anderson
Bob Hruzek
Rishi Desai
Phil Gerbyshak
Peter Corbett
Pete Deutschman
Nick Rice
Nick Wright
Mitch Joel
Michael Morton
Mark Earls
Mark Blair
Mario Vellandi
Lori Magno
Kristin Gorski
Krishna De
Kris Hoet
Kofl Annan
Kimberly Dawn Wells
Karl Long
Julie Fleischer
Jordan Behan
John La Grou
Joe Raasch
Jim Kukral
Jessica Hagy
Janet Green
Jamey Shiels
Dr. Graham Hill
Gia Facchini
Geert Desager
Gaurav Mishra
Gary Schoeniger
Gareth Kay
Faris Yakob
Emily Clasper
Ed Cotton
Dustin Jacobsen
Tom Clifford
David Pollinchock
David Koopmans
David Brazeal
David Berkowitz
Carolyn Manning
Craig Wilson
Cord Silverstein
Connie Reece
Colin McKay
Chris Newlan
Chris Corrigan
Cedric Giorgi
Brian Reich
Becky Carroll
Arun Rajagopal
Andy Nulman
Amy Jussel
AJ James
Kim Klaver
Sandy Renshaw
Susan Bird
Ryan Barrett
Troy Worman
You can get to know more about these individuals through Arun Rajagopal‘s fine posts, giving a brief bio of each Age of Conversation author:
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
What about my blog : )
Way to kick it off Steve…gotta love dat logo!
Thanks for the mention, Steve. To be fair, I should note that Tim Kitchin, Johnnie Moore and others contribute to the Beyond Branding Blog, not just me. Most of us spun off from that into our own ones.
Thanks Steve! Congrats on the launch!
This was so very thoughtful to thank others and I want to recognize that….so thank you
. I’m so happy that so many of your inspirations are materializing–and so quickly. You branding brainiacs, you.
Hi Steve — Thanks so much for the mention; now I’m inspired!
I’m looking forward to seeing all the up-coming innovation and creativity.
Steve – Am honored to be counted in the “credits” along with so many talented marketers who now call social media “home.”
Congrats! and best of luck on your new venture.
Good luck to Steve and all the pundits. I’ll be reading.
Hi Steve and The Branding Team!
Congratulations on this new collaboration! I’m glad to have been part of your inspiration
Branding and customer service go hand in hand. Companies make their brand stand out by providing a great experience – which I think is a very important element in achieving success.
Looking forward to upcoming posts!
P.S. Just an FYI – You linked to Bloglines.com instead of CustomersAreAlways.com
Steve – thanks, I’m delighted to even be mentioned with these illustrious bloggers. Now you’ve gone and made my life harder since I’ll need to check out all the blogs I’ve missed. My reader is already overflowing!
Pleased to be part of your small circle of friends
Look forward to seeing more from you.
Congratulations and thank you for the kind mention. I’m anticipating scintillating brilliance
thanks for the mention. but the link is not correct
Steve,
This is going to be a really great resource for those businesses who look like your case studies. Congratulations to all on the launch and thank you for including me in the credits. I’m looking forward to the “journey”
Doug
Great concept, great thinking. All the best as you head off into the world of branding as a group. Kudos!
OK – I’m impressed with a ton of good ideas and enough to make me sit and rethink what I’m doing. I’m on the bleeding edge of hort e-publishing and want to become “the” source of gardening info. Given I’m up against some of the big guys, I’m doing pretty well (self-supporting and growing nicely) with 5 sites/ebooks/blog etc. But I need to tie this all together into one coherent package so I can move it forward. I’ll volunteer (gladly) to be a test case.
Hmmm, 16 comments of congratulations and only a couple that look at the information actually presented. Lotsa gloss, little substance.
1. Ask your customers:
What three things bring you here over all our competitors? What three things do you like best/impress you the most?
What three things do we need to improve?
Act on that information. Everything else is conjecture.
If the John Q. Public customers even mention the word “brand,” I would probably faint. That is marketing geek talk.