Danny Brown
Danny Brown
Danny Brown is partner at Bonsai Interactive Marketing, a full service agency offering integrated, social media and mobile marketing solutions. He is also founder of the 12for12k Challenge, a social media-led charity initiative connecting globally and helping locally.
Protecting Your Assets
My friend and business partner Troy Claus wrote an interesting post the other day, looking at personal versus professional branding. It raises some great...
Calls and Actions
We all know things are tough at the minute. Businesses are laying staff off or closing down altogether, contractors are finding less clients and people...
Create and Curate
We like to be entertained. We enjoy storytellers that can transplant us into fantastical realms and take our imaginations on rides that we'd never...
Setting Your Stall from Your First Blog Post
As I start to wind down for the year – and, I guess, with the ubiquitous year-end blog post to come – I looked...
Return on Investments
I was speaking to a friend recently, and we got to chatting about charities and how supporters are almost like investors along the lines...
Culture Club or Knowing Your Customer
Did you know that in Germany, you should always use a knife and fork to eat sandwiches? Or that in Italy you shouldn't yawn...
Mixing It Up
When you have a great meal, do you tell your friends about it? When you see a great movie, or hear a great CD,...
Personal Marketing with Canadian Pet Connection
How are you influenced? By adverts? Marketing campaigns? Email blasts? Word-of-mouth? A little bit of each? How about personal marketing? Would you be more inclined…
This Isn’t Rocket Science
If I want pizza, I call up and order a pizza. If I want to book a flight, I go online and book my...
Planning Ahead
There are just under three weeks left in 2010. Three weeks until a new year begins again, and we get to correct what we...
How a Q&A Session Saw Livefyre Change the Game for Blog Comment Systems
Two days ago, I watched something very cool happen on this blog. Using the Livefyre comments system as the platform, and the always awesome David...
Where Addressable Advertising Can Benefit from Social Media
I read an interesting piece over at Marketing Magazine the other day. It discusses cable company Cogeco and their move into "addressable advertising" next...
An Interactive Q&A Session with David Siteman Garland
Hey there, and welcome to a very special blog post. Today, from 12.00 noon Eastern / 11.00am Central / 9.00am Pacific time, the blog...
#HAPPO Day for PR Folks is December 8 2010
There's an event taking place tomorrow, Wednesday December 8, called Help a PR Pro Out, or HAPPO. Organized by two people I'm proud to...
A Charitable Social Media Mission for 2011
This post wasn't meant to be here – it sprung from a thought I had, which I then posted as a status on my...
25 Ways to Use the Web to Find Content for Your Blog
As a blogger, you know that sometimes the hardest thing to do is come up with content for your blog. Finding ideas for your...
Everyone Is Someone’s Child
Sometimes, through anger, we see our own frailties. Or maybe not frailties – but definitely nuances that could be shared better. The last few days...
Yes, You CAN Measure “Traditional Media”
In certain social media circles, there's the belief that social media is far better for marketing purposes than traditional media because it's easier to...
Don’t Be a Blogger If You Can’t Stand the Heat
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." Harry S. Truman. It's been a funny old week in social media. The natives...
9 Points on Why I’m Not a Social Media Expert
Over at Chris Kieff's blog today, there's a post on how to evaluate a social media expert in 9 ways. It offers tips on how...