Official Site of Chris Zona

Marketing, Branding, Communications, and PR Professional

...And Part Time Marathoner

I Think I Like It, Or At Least I Used To

I Think I Like It, Or At Least I Used To

Posted on 04 Jan 2018 in General | 0 comments

I do some of my best thinking when I am flying, or at least I do a great deal of thinking when I am on an airplane.  Most of the time it isn’t exactly me saving the world.  It’s usually just me taking some time while I am captive on a flying metal tube in […]

Read More

Sometimes I think things…Aloud…And sometimes they make sense (to me)…

Posted on 13 Jul 2016 in General | 0 comments

If you know me, you know that I think a lot.  Now I’m not talking about high level thinking here people.  Usually these thoughts are just ridiculous.  Like pondering why an oxymoron like “jumbo shrimp” event exists.  I mean is it jumbo or is it a shrimp?  That just doesn’t make a whole lot of […]

Read More

Aspirations (and Aspirational Brands) Are Killing Me, And My Wallet

Posted on 15 Dec 2015 in General | 0 comments

Aspiration is the enemy of time management and my wallet, so why do I continue to pursue it? Maybe it’s an American thing.  The “American Dream”.  The “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” mentality.  From my earliest memories it has been drilled into my head that I can be anything that I want to […]

Read More

I Am Tired Of Raisins Masquerading As Chocolate Chips

Posted on 16 Sep 2015 in General | 0 comments

Life is full of deception.  I am well aware of that.  We have all encountered it at one time or another.  Shifty car salesmen trying to convince us that the undercoating and 1st Place Finish are items that we need, lest our cars rust out from underneath us and our paint magically disappears.  Ron “But […]

Read More

A Story of Reinvention.  How Does A Computer…Phone…Media…Music…Movie Company Change the Game?

Posted on 29 Jul 2015 in General | 0 comments

As a guy who works in brand management, I have learned a lot from the brands that I admire over the years.  I have learned that you can go from a running shoe company to a basketball shoe company to the world’s biggest player in athletic shoes, apparel and sporting goods (here’s looking at you […]

Read More