NEW BAMF Q&A -- Daniel Bedingfield

Gaining insight from successful people is a passion for us -- and the driving force behind our BAMF (Bad Ass MotherF*cker, in case you didn't know) Q&A series. 

This time, we chatted with pop star, singer-songwriter, and anti-human trafficking activist -- Daniel Bedingfield to discover what makes him tick -- and, um, bite.

gfx - Facebook or Instagram?
DB - Insta cos Facebook is dead.

gfx - Twitter or Text?
DB - Text for ma peeps, twitter for ma fans and ma heroes.

gfx - Your favorite person to follow online?
DB - It would be writers like Orson Scott Card or Game of Thrones Author George RR Martin. But they don't Tweet. 

gfx - Biggest risk you have ever taken?
DB - I funded, directed, produced, performed, lit, shot, co-edited, co-colored, and released my own music video to a song I wrote, performed, produced and released. Secret fear. Its just won the Best Music Video award at its 5th film festival and climbing over a quarter million views with no promotion. .

gfx - Most exciting thing you are working on?
DB - Please contact alicia@thespellboundgroup.com my management partner. She can fill u in on my new single.

gfx - Best event you are attending this summer?
DB - Burning Man! Its home to me.

gfx - Best burger joint? 
DB - I love in-n-out with a passion that could devour cities. And I have.

gfx - Truth or Dare? 
DB - Dare, Gretchen, you know me.

gfx - What is the strangest thing you own?
DB - An ego. That thing is WACK man! Way out of line. Need some integration maybe, lol.

gfx - What do you think Smurf meat tastes like?
DB - Chewy like marshmallows, slight taste of bubblegum around the edges, kinda like biting a Haitian girl's bum.

And there you go folks. we have a feeling Daniel knows exactly what he's talking about ;)

Emerging Media: Marketers, It's Time To Move

Executives who have been smart, willing and nimble for the last five years, this post is for you.

Let’s assume you are already building a social business, are a content marketing machine, have monetized your digital assets, have an engaged fan base, and are leveraging the 34 gigabytes of data each consumer is generating daily across your entire organization. Now what?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/onmarketing/2013/07/02/emerging-media-marketers-its-time-to-move

#BAMF Award -- Alan W. Silberberg

After more than 20 years at the intersection of government and technology, Alan W. Silberberg has an eye for spotting and creating important trends. Alan is Founder of Siberberg Innovations and the esteemed Gov20LA Conference. He is also a contributing writer at Huffington Post. We are thrilled to have the chance to sit down and ask the cutting-edge leader of such an important space our 10 Questions!

gfx - Facebook or Instagram?


AWS - Fb.

gfx - Twitter or Text?


AWS - Twitter and text together sitting in a tree.

gfx - Your favorite person to follow online?


AWS - Dalai Lama.

gfx - Biggest risk you have ever taken?


AWS - Suing a foreign nation's government.

gfx - Most exciting thing you are working on?


AWS -Turning gov20la into massive movement while also helping people.

gfx - Next event you are attending?


AWS - Blackhat.

gfx - Best burger joint? 


AWS - Anywhere with buffalo burgers.

gfx - Truth or Dare?


AWS - Truth.

gfx - What is the strangest thing you own? 


AWS - Heavy glass white house Easter eggs and wooden white house Easter eggs.

gfx - What do you think Smurf meat tastes like? 


AWS - Bleu cheese.