As much as it pains me to see anything critical written about The Purple One, Geoff Livingston is absolutely right to use Prince as an example of reputation management backfiring in this excerpt from his book Welcome to the Fifth Estate posted on Jay Baer’s Convince and Convert blog. The internet poses unique challenges when…

Google+: Eric Schmidt wants your real name or nothing at all; ZDNet Google’s former CEO says that if you don’t like their policy about having to use your real name to represent you on Google+, then maybe their social network is not for you. The Takeaway: If none of the above sounds ok with you, don’t…