My 3 Words for 2017

We just welcome a new year and I am sure there are a lot of people who have already decided what change they would like to bring to their lives in 2017. Some set themselves SMART goals and some set themselves generic resolutions. When it comes to new year resolutions or making personal change happen, I have believed in identifying a core theme for the year and decide some areas of life that I want to change. This is similar to the 3 words phenomenon started by Chris Brogan. You can find the three words of Chris Brogan, Mitch Joel […]

Personal Focus in a Word for 2014

I read on Mitch Joel’s blog about the concept of 3 words in a year that Chris Brogan started and Mitch and others have made into a tradition. When I read more about the concept, I kind of liked the entire idea of defining 3 words that will be the foci of all my activities in 2014.  When I sat down to think and reflect on what these 3 words could be, I realized that there is only one word that would become the focus of all my activities in 2014.  And the word is “Transformation“. I would like to […]

The State Of Social Media Marketing is Not So Depressing After All

I recently ready a blog post titled – “The Depressing State Of Social Media Marketing” by Mitch Joel (btw, I highly recommend both his podcast and the blog) lament about how brands are not realizing the true potential of Social Media. In my opinion, the vision being proposed by Mitch or by Chris Brogan, Seth Godin or Nilofer Merchant is the extreme end of the spectrum of possibilities for social media. However, what we don’t realize is, that in order to be able to realize that vision of enabling connections/conversations, the entire marketing strategy and execution (to a certain extent, of the […]