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Having just read two rather lengthy diatribes on the models and muck of personal branding, the last thing this topic needs is another he said-he said novela. But a short quiz, perhaps?
1. If the squabbling over reputation vs. personal branding in social media became a made-for-TV-movie, what famous rivals should play the part?
a. Linda Evans and Joan Collins
b. John MacEnroe and Jimmy Connors
c. David Letterman and Opra
d. Geoff Livingston and Scott Henderson (as themselves)
e. other:
2. If you could choose anyone to mediate (and thus put an end to this quibbling) who would it be?
a. Judge Wapner
b. Clint Eastwood (as Dirty Harry)
c. Emmanuel Kant
d. Dr. Laura
e. other
3. What fresh trend/topic should we be squabbling over instead?
a. Crossing cultural chasms with social media
b. Improving stock performance with Twitter
c. Twitter-gate and “Arrington’s Choice”
d. Is social shopping while non-socially drinking a bad combination?
e. other
(my answers: 1.a; 2.c. 3.a)
I’ll explain my answers in an upcoming blog post. Tweet me yours.