Comments on: Nobody in the railroad industry knew who Orville and Wilbur Wright were either http://www.dogwalkblog.com/nobody-in-the-transportation-industry-knew-who-orville-and-wilbur-wright-were-either.html Rational thought has gone to the dogs! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:32:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Rufus http://www.dogwalkblog.com/nobody-in-the-transportation-industry-knew-who-orville-and-wilbur-wright-were-either.html/comment-page-1#comment-1708 Rufus Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:27:05 +0000 http://www.dogwalkblog.com/?p=2602#comment-1708 @danny If you live in Dayton, everything is about the Wright Brothers eventually :-) I say this a bit tongue in cheek, but this town is a "duct-tape-fix-it-up-make-it-work" kinda culture and on our way to fix one thing, we discover quite another. Not everyone is who they appear to be. In Dayton, the janitor is more likely to be smarter than the CEO. Thank you for your comments. And you can be a shaker, but keep it down to a respectable, Midwest-modest shake :-) @danny If you live in Dayton, everything is about the Wright Brothers eventually :-) I say this a bit tongue in cheek, but this town is a “duct-tape-fix-it-up-make-it-work” kinda culture and on our way to fix one thing, we discover quite another. Not everyone is who they appear to be. In Dayton, the janitor is more likely to be smarter than the CEO.

Thank you for your comments. And you can be a shaker, but keep it down to a respectable, Midwest-modest shake :-)

]]> By: Danny Brown http://www.dogwalkblog.com/nobody-in-the-transportation-industry-knew-who-orville-and-wilbur-wright-were-either.html/comment-page-1#comment-1707 Danny Brown Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:53:01 +0000 http://www.dogwalkblog.com/?p=2602#comment-1707 "Mover and shaker", huh? Well thank you - can I be a shaker? ;-) Not surprising that your coleeague (and his clients) don't know (or care) abour certain names and people. Let's face it, most of these names (and I'm looking at the big ones more than a little guy like me) aren't known ANYWHERE outside the usual places. Yet I also look at it this way - if they are, or you hear more about a person than the businesses they're helping, then they're not doing their job properly. I'd rather be known as the anonymous person that helped change a company's approach to business and turned them into a success, than be known as "Hey, there's Danny Brown - great social media and marketing chops!" (and I'm not inferring this is how I should be seen, either). Do the work, make your clients a success and you'll get recognized (if that's your aim). Otherwise what are you really doing? PS - Some of us do actually help the top companies as well, even "just bloggers" can help define the Fortune 100 (and higher) businesses.... ;-) Nice post, and love the analogy! “Mover and shaker”, huh? Well thank you – can I be a shaker? ;-)

Not surprising that your coleeague (and his clients) don’t know (or care) abour certain names and people. Let’s face it, most of these names (and I’m looking at the big ones more than a little guy like me) aren’t known ANYWHERE outside the usual places.

Yet I also look at it this way – if they are, or you hear more about a person than the businesses they’re helping, then they’re not doing their job properly.

I’d rather be known as the anonymous person that helped change a company’s approach to business and turned them into a success, than be known as “Hey, there’s Danny Brown – great social media and marketing chops!” (and I’m not inferring this is how I should be seen, either).

Do the work, make your clients a success and you’ll get recognized (if that’s your aim). Otherwise what are you really doing?

PS – Some of us do actually help the top companies as well, even “just bloggers” can help define the Fortune 100 (and higher) businesses…. ;-)

Nice post, and love the analogy!

]]> By: Rufus http://www.dogwalkblog.com/nobody-in-the-transportation-industry-knew-who-orville-and-wilbur-wright-were-either.html/comment-page-1#comment-1704 Rufus Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:16:17 +0000 http://www.dogwalkblog.com/?p=2602#comment-1704 If you really want to get impressed with the impact little ol' Dayton has had with a number of industries, go down to the Invention Station at Riverscape http://www.metroparks.org/Parks/Riverscape/Riverwalk.aspx#InventionStation and start reading the plaques. http://www.dogwalkblog.com/2005/11/29/dayton-irony/ I rag on Dayton a lot and I'm not originally from here, but I was humbled. A little :-) If you really want to get impressed with the impact little ol’ Dayton has had with a number of industries, go down to the Invention Station at Riverscape http://www.metroparks.org/Parks/Riverscape/Riverwalk.aspx#InventionStation and start reading the plaques. http://www.dogwalkblog.com/2005/11/29/dayton-irony/

I rag on Dayton a lot and I’m not originally from here, but I was humbled. A little :-)

]]> By: Nathan Driver http://www.dogwalkblog.com/nobody-in-the-transportation-industry-knew-who-orville-and-wilbur-wright-were-either.html/comment-page-1#comment-1702 Nathan Driver Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:04:13 +0000 http://www.dogwalkblog.com/?p=2602#comment-1702 Great concept - I never really thought about this (esp being from Dayton)...however, I think Social Media has more of an impact than people realize. It can show in the stock market vs. twitter/FB/digg/etc Great concept – I never really thought about this (esp being from Dayton)…however, I think Social Media has more of an impact than people realize. It can show in the stock market vs. twitter/FB/digg/etc

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