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Mar3, 2026

How to Build a Brand Moat in the AI Native Age: Trust, Identity, Emotional Belonging, and Brand Loyalty

By Joanne Z. Tan | Mar 3, 2026 | Branding, Marketing, Brand building, Stand for Something, Brands, AI, brand culture, AIXD (AI Experience Design), | 0 Comments

Joanne Z. Tan explains how to build a Brand Moat in the AI Native Age with trust, cultural identity, emotional belonging, and brand loyalty. By Joann...

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Feb26, 2026

Brand Visibility in the Agentic Age: How to Use an AI Brand Agent to Win at AI Search and SOM (Share of Model)

By Joanne Z. Tan | Feb 26, 2026 | Branding, Marketing, Content marketing, Brand building, Advertising, Brands, AI, AIXD (AI Experience Design), Thought Leadership Coaching, | 0 Comments

To sustain brand visibility in the Agentic Age, brands need to use AI brand agent and SOM (Share of Model) for AI search on LLMs, per Joanne Z. Tan. ...

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Feb22, 2026

Joy, Passion, and “My Way” are Behind Alisa Liu’s Gold Medal in 2026 Winter Olympics

By Joanne Z. Tan | Feb 22, 2026 | Branding, Personal branding, Brand building, entrepreneurship, Stand for Something, Brands, Leadership, Joyful living, Sip of Solace, | 0 Comments

Joy, passion, and "my way" to pursue self fulfillment were the force behind Alisa Liu's gold medal in women's figure skating in 2026 Olympics. The sam...

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Jan20, 2026

Is life One Way or a Round Trip?

By Joanne Z. Tan | Jan 20, 2026 | Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Joyful living, | 0 Comments

This short poem by Joanne Z. Tan, "Is life One Way or a Round Trip?" uses metaphor of creek, river, lake in Yosemite, rain, snow, lightning, thunders...

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Jan10, 2026

Brand Storytelling of a Hero’s Journey is Key to Building a Storybrand (A short intro)

By Joanne Z. Tan | Jan 10, 2026 | Branding, Marketing, LinkedIn, Digital marketing, Content marketing, Personal branding, Brand building, Stand for Something, Brands, Leadership, Thought Leadership Coaching, | 0 Comments

What is a brand story or brand storytelling? - A brand story is a narrative about a brand, business or personal, based on facts, records, user experie...

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Jan9, 2026

Brand Design with Color, Font, Brand Image, for Logo, Slogan, Naming – A Short intro to “What is Brand Design – Pt 2 of 2”

By Joanne Z. Tan | Jan 9, 2026 | Branding, Personal branding, Brand building, | 0 Comments

Brand Design is the process of creating unique visuals, such as name, slogan, logo, to symbolize and amplify brand DNA, personality, and voice, throug...

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Nov25, 2025

What Makes Your Brand Identity Unique & Memorable (Pt. 1 of 2) – A Short Intro

By Joanne Z. Tan | Nov 25, 2025 | Branding, Personal branding, Brand building, Brands, | 0 Comments

What is Brand Identity?  - Brand identity expresses brand essence or DNA and personality. Brand identity is the way a brand appears, acts, and is pe...

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Nov4, 2025

SoS (Sip of Solace):  World Series 2025 Game 7 Goes Down in History as a Legendary MLB Game

By Joanne Z. Tan | Nov 4, 2025 | Leadership, Joyful living, Thought Leadership Coaching, Sip of Solace, | 0 Comments

Mental focus and calm under pressure made Yoshinobu Yamamoto the hero, MVP, and GOAT (greatest of all time), winning LA Dodgers World Series 2025 in a...

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Oct7, 2025

Humanize Your Products and Services with Brand Personality in the AI Age

By Joanne Z. Tan | Oct 7, 2025 | Branding, Personal branding, Brand building, Stand for Something, Brands, brand culture, AIXD (AI Experience Design), | 0 Comments

Is your brand exciting? Sincere? Rugged? Brand personality relates to your target audience on a human level. Here's how. To become your target audien...

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Oct3, 2025

What is love? A poem by Joanne Z. Tan

By Joanne Z. Tan | Oct 3, 2025 | Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, | 0 Comments

In all its facets, dimensions, mysteries, contradictions, long and steady, short and ephemeral, heavenly and earthly...What is love? A Poem by Joanne...

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Sep13, 2025

Be Our Better Angels – Charlie Kirk Assassination, Political Divisiveness, Tragedies of the Cultural Revolution

By Joanne Z. Tan | Sep 13, 2025 | Politics, Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Leadership, Thought Leadership Coaching, | 0 Comments

Charlie Kirk assassination calls us all to be better angels over political divisiveness. We each will be tested in days ahead - Joanne Z. Tan shares h...

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Sep9, 2025

Sep9, 2025

What is Brand Authenticity in the AI Age?

By Joanne Z. Tan | Sep 9, 2025 | Branding, Marketing, LinkedIn, Digital marketing, Content marketing, Personal branding, Brand building, Stand for Something, Brands, AI, Leadership, AI & Technology, AIXD (AI Experience Design), | 0 Comments

In a rising sea of AI enabled mediocrity, brand authenticity can make you rise to the top. Here is why and how. People today have more trust in authe...

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Sep5, 2025

Celebrate, in Big and Small Ways – When, How, and Why?  

By Joanne Z. Tan | Sep 5, 2025 | Brand building, Leadership, brand culture, Joyful living, Thought Leadership Coaching, | 0 Comments

Celebrate in big and small ways, daily, because "the journey IS the destination", says Joanne Z. Tan, thought leadership coach. Happiness is not a re...

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Sep4, 2025

Celebrate Here and Now! – “SoS – Sip of Solace”: 1-minute thought leadership Tip from Joanne Z. Tan

By Joanne Z. Tan | Sep 4, 2025 | Brand building, Leadership, brand culture, Joyful living, Thought Leadership Coaching, Sip of Solace, | 0 Comments

Celebration is a leadership skill, a mental discipline, and a path to success.  Learn why celebrate here and now, the everyday, can direct your focus...

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