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I'm Bored With Your Brand

Submitted by Obannonsleap from Google Reader

Jul 23, 2009

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I'm bored with everything about your brand. I'm bored with your logo, I'm bored with your public outreach, and I'm bored with the endless obsession over what your brand means to others.

In fact, if I never hear another word about your brand again, I'll sleep better at night. (And I say this as someone who works in marketing.)

Stop worrying about your brand -- and, more importantly, stop making me (and everyone else you don't really know) worry about your brand.

Just do something.

Do something amazing, innovative, world-changing. Start small but aim big. Or not; small is hard, too. Just get it right. Or try to get it right, relentlessly.

The more amazing, innovative or world-changing your actions, the more likely other people will start talking about you. And they won't be talking about your brand because you want them to; they'll be talking about your brand because they want to.

Except they won't be talking about your brand, really. They'll be talking about your actions. And actions are a lot bigger than a brand.

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Comments (1)

Obannonsleap,

Jul 23, 2009

Well said, the "social web" may sometimes seem like an "it's all about me" playground, and that's fine for individuals, but never a position or track businesses should take. It becomes obnoxious very fast when they do.