My 3-Year-Old Son & Some Random Logos (Video)

Today, I was inspired by a Google+ post by Chris Brogan (Found via +Aliza Sherman and +Adam Keats on Twitter.) titled, Fresh Impressions on Brandmarks (from my 5-year-old). I decided to do the same with my three-year-old son. Jack doesn't have the attention span of a 5 year old, and this is not a slickly produced video, but I thought it was interesting.

Simply holding my iPhone while browsing Google images, I intentionally picked logos that I thought he had possibly seen, but wasn't sure which ones he may actually be able to identify. I was surprised at how many he either got by name, or was able to describe what industry that logo was in. See for yourself...

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Just Because You Can't Write, Doesn't Mean You Can't Blog

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The numbers are staggering. Do you want to increase your website traffic by 55%? Blog. Do you want to be 7 times more likely to make a sale from your social media presence? Blog. How about getting a 400% increase in indexed pages on your website? That's right - blog. But blogging is easier said than done. There are any number of reasons why companies don't, or can't, blog. But, most of their reasons are bull****.

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Mashable: You'd Better Share Or Else!

It's no secret that just about every news outlet on the planet has tried to figure out a sustainable and reasonable economic model for online news. The New York Times recent pay plan took the online-news world by storm. The plan allows users to read 20 articles a month. After that, readers have various payment plans to choose from. And now, Mashable is introducing an entirely new model - share or pay.

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With Apple, No News IS News

You know you've made it as a company when not doing something makes international news. Today, rumors abound that Apple is NOT going to release details on the iPhone 5 at its annual software developers conference in June. News organizations and blogs all over the planet are reporting the rumor as though the lack of something happening is now news. But when it comes to Steve Jobs and Apple, it is news.

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