Coincidence, or Smart Marketing? Lessons on the Power of Names, Inspired by Blackbeard and his 300 Year-old Anchor…
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
If you’ve seen me speak live you know I have a fascination with celebrity birth names, famous criminals included.
My interest is less about the people, and more about this question: How famous would they have become if they’d stuck with the name they were born with?
Lauren Bacall was born… Betty Perske
50 Cent is really… Curtis Jackson
George Burns’ real name was… Nathan Birnbaum
Carrot Top’s actual name is… (more…)








I was just reading the blog of my friend
Sure, I’m in: Dirt sells, and nothing’s better than a celebrity in crisis, right? 