From the category archives:

Monitor Reputation

Time Management in the Era of Social Networks and Microblogging: A Morning in the Life

If you’re new, or you don’t already, please subscribe to Elastic Brands by Email Or, subscribe via RSS 6:00AM. Wake up. Coffee. Pop Tarts in the toaster oven. Check that all of my computers have operated without interruption all night long — ensuring that I haven’t missed a Facebook update, an instant or skype message, [...]

Guilty of Schadenfreude: Economic troubles even harm Gartner

Thanks to industry colleague and friend Lance Shaw for this post to his Facebook profile: “Gartner cancels 2 upcoming ‘flagship’ conferences.” I wrote back at the time of the Gartner Symposium in Orlando – their surviving ‘flagship’ conference — pleading with their junior anal-ysts in particular to take a couple of affect lessons and consider how their [...]

Luminous Tendrils: Presence and Reputation in Practice

I was having trouble reaching a vendor I’d worked with in the past — Harry Gold at Overdrive.  Went to the site, filled out a form to get a briefing…. couple of days and no response. I’m in a hurry to help a client get up to speed on SEO — and Harry’s firm does [...]