Who Are You??

Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?

Quick, what comes to your mind?  Roger Daltrey and the lads or William, Marg, Jorja and CSI?

Who are you and what characteristics do you want associated with Brand You?

Just came back from Escape from Cubicle Nation.  Pamela Slim writes a most insightful article titled, Are you in the mom or (dad) Closet?  Pamela leads with:

Nataly Kogan, a former venture capitalist who very recently flew the corporate coop (yeah Nataly!) to co-found a company called Work-it Mom, recently wrote a blog post calling for perspectives on what she calls the "coming out of the mom closet." It was spurred by a conversation with a potential contributing writer to her site who said:

“I really like what you’re doing but I try to not be associated with mommy sites. I don’t want to be pigeonholed as a mommy blogger.”

Egads!   Someone called me a mommy blogger! Being called a mommy blogger could be a banner for some and a cement block for others.

Pamela goes on to list a few guidelines for authors to follow in regards to the mommy blogger label.  While writing a comment to Pamela I wondered, are authors aware of how their actions are perceived?  For those of us who are conscious about such stuff, our intent is to write in such a way as to create a perception.  Some don't think about it and it all comes out as intended.  Still others could care less and probably end up not reaching desired results.

I have been writing online since the mid-nineties.  I have always been acutely aware of how I wanted to be perceived.  I have a list of desired dave-brand traits.  I wonder how your perceptions match up to my intentions????  Feel free to comment on these.  Matter of fact, I think this could be a fun meme to pass around.

Who are you?  Who, who, who, who,  Who are you?

It's all about your audience man!  Who did you think you were writing to?  Boomers or the Connected Generation?

btw, every time that I walk away from Pamela's Escape from Cubicle Nation, I walk away refreshed and energized...I think its got something to do with the name of her site :-)