Paul Stonier

Gary Vaynerchuk: Jets Fan and Thunder Bringer

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I came upon the world of the Vaynernation through using Cork’d to find a review of a wine. It was a pretty nice site. It got the job done. Then on there I saw a link to WineLibraryTV, a video blog where Mr. Vaynerchuk tastes a few wines each today. One video was all it took to get me hooked. Over the past several months, I’ve been religiously watching each episode. It’s a great way to learn about a subject that I knew a little about and wanted to know more. Over the past couple weeks, I began actually following Gary a bit more closely through Twitter and chatting on UStream. It was then that I realized how smart he was in taking advantage of these resources to keep in touch with his fan-base. He can post on Twitter that he’ll be on a show and hundreds of people will log on to chat with him. Doing so has done a variety of this to develop his personal brand that is further expressed at GaryVaynerchuk.com, where he provides his thoughts and advice on building a business and personal branding.

I highly recommend you follow Gary. You’ll definitely be entertained and you might just learn a thing or two.



P.S. Kerry Rhodes ftw.

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Waking the Dragon

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So, after a long series of excuses that I could give for not posting, I’ve decided to finally catch up with updating this beloved blog. I have some good stuff to come, so watch for it. Thank you, to everyone who reads this.

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Guys and Shopping Habits

Advertising

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The article in today’s AdAge touched on an interesting point that men are excluded from the target audience when it comes to most products in the grocery store. The products that are targeted towards men, they know pretty well. hmmm this would have been an interesting target for a project.

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yet another hit from Turner Duckworth

Branding

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read about it here

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Staples Annual Report

Graphic Design, Typography

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2007 Staples Annual Report Robert Holmkvist design Staples’ 2007 Annual Report with some great experiental goodies including a metal binding holding the pages together, tabs for sections, and a letter from the president in an envelope. This must have cost a pretty penny and it doesn’t seem to represent the Staples brand very accurately. I found this at this new blog: TypeNeu

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Motivation in a Cup

Graphic Design

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I always think it’s great when branding is done all the way down to the product is used in. It’s not too hard to figure out that people drink coffee to get them going in the morning, usually to head to the office or at the office, but the reminders on the cups of what they are doing shapes the experience for the customer to attach a great perception of this brand. This story doesn’t need some cheery barista or some Columbian guy out in the hills, just good ole caffeine doing its job. These coffee cups accompany an innovative design for Union Coffee as it’s discussed on this great packaging design blog.The Die Line

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