Laid Back Friday 2/8/08: Brand Mystery 9, a Song and a Question

Brand Mystery is a game where I take a well known personal brand, edit it and then give you the opportunity to guess who it is. The reader that comments first and has the correct answer will have their name on the following post, as well as a link to their blog or website.

Brand Mystery 8 winner – Eric Windsor

Note: for the future, please provide a link to your blog/website in the comments section when answering so I can give you your reward.

Hint: The underdog

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The song of the week is actually a dance and techno song called “Love is Gone” by David Guetta. One of my best friends that goes to college in Florida sent this to me and I’ve been addicted ever since. The video is strange and comical at the same time.

[youtube= http://youtube.com/watch?v=beGjncfEPt8]

Surgeon General’s Warning: try not to listen to this in the morning. Before you go out tonight or afterward is more suitable for your ears.

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This week I’m going to leave the question as open ended. If there are a lot of thoughts in regard to this question, I will have a separate post with a more thorough discussion and analysis for you.

As technology rapidly accelerates, what do you feel the impact will be on our personal brands? Will they become unmanageable or will they be integrated in a GUI that is easily adaptable and customized to our brands?

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Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel is the Managing Partner of Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and consulting firm. He is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success (St. Martin’s Press) and the #1 international bestselling book, Me 2.0: 4 Steps to Building Your Future (Kaplan Publishing), which combined have been translated into 15 languages.

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