Archive for the ‘Influence’ Category

Death Sucks, and We Forget That It’ll Happen to Us Too

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Influence, Life | Jan 25, 2012 | Tags: cancer, caring bridge, death, dying, health | 2 Comments

One of the greatest days of my life was last October when I found a dear friend from my teenage years on Facebook. I had been looking for Chris on Facebook for over four years. Through my high school years we had many adventures that were capped off with following U2′s Joshua Tree tour from ...Read more.

Job Creation and Innovation in Jeopardy From SOPA and PIPA Congressional Bills

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Influence, Internet, Money, Politics | Jan 14, 2012 | Tags: American Express, Aol, Congress, Congressional Bills, Discover, Ebay, Etsy, facebook, foursquare, google, internet, linkedin, Motion Picture Association Of America, Movie Studios, Mozilla, Mpaa, Music Industry, Opendns, Paypal, Pipa, Recording Industry Association Of America, Riaa, Senate, Sopa, Television Studios, twitter, Visa, Wikimedia Foundation, Yahoo, Zynga | No Comments

Two bills being voted on next week in the House of Representatives contain language that could censor the Internet in ways you would never imagine. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House of Representatives and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate are well meaning, but if passed, will be destructive to internet freedoms we’ve all ...Read more.

Stimulate the Economy by Forgiving Student Loan Debts

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Influence, Money | Oct 24, 2011 | Tags: debt, debt elimination, debt forgiveness, economic stimulus, Federal Student Loans, occupy wall street, student loan debt, student loans, We Are The 99% | 5 Comments

All attempts so far to create economic policies to stimulate the economy have failed. The economic stimulus act of 2008 proved to be a partial success or absolute failure depending on whose opinion you agree with. Regardless of how this act affected banks like Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, the American people only noticed their economic ...Read more.

[Video] The Impact & Influence of Steve Jobs

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Influence | Aug 25, 2011 | Tags: apple, apple computer, apple lisa, steve jobs, steve jobs life, steve jobs retirement | No Comments

From the Apple I and Apple Lisa (the first computer to use a graphic interface) to Toy Story, the iPad2 and everything in between, Steve Jobs has impacted our lives in more ways than I can count. Hearing of his illness and then of his resignation as Apple’s CEO has both saddened me and reminded me ...Read more.

The Value of Being in the Right Conversations

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Influence | Apr 7, 2011 | Tags: business tips, conversation | 1 Comment

I’ve been a bad boy. Sort of. I haven’t written a blog post in what seems like a year. And if you’re a blogger you understand how that gnaws at your brain on a daily basis. Which is why I carved out time to write this even though my ‘to do’ list says I don’t ...Read more.

Five Lessons to Help you Benefit From The Gap’s New Logo No-Go

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Influence, Marketing, Social Media | Oct 19, 2010 | Tags: branding, coke, crowd sourcing, customer feedback, gap, logo, monitoring, new coke, the gap | 1 Comment

The Gap wanted to look like a more forward leaning company so they hired an agency to redesign their logo. The new logo was active for almost a full four days before Twitter and Facebook users tore it to shreds. Gap went back to the old logo so fast that the new logo hardly had ...Read more.

How to Thrive in a World Where You’re a Marketer, Like it or Not

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Influence, Social Media | Sep 28, 2010 | Tags: blogs, branding, economy, linkedin, Marketing, personal branding | No Comments

This article was originally published at Oxstein Labs. It’s a new day in America. With economic cutbacks mixing with technology advancing at light speed, most people are wondering how to keep up. Throw in an exodus of jobs and people only working at companies for 2 to 3 years instead of 20 and we see ...Read more.