You Are the Media

March 1, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

By R. Michael Brown, Marketing Consultant, Freelance Writer, Multimedia Producer. Your business can now have a voice with brand storytelling. Don’t hope and wait for the press to pick your story. Be the press. Be the broadcaster. With YouTube and social media, you are now the media. Let me help you be your brand voice. […]

Swipe, Cliffhanger, Buy: Why Brands are Betting on Micro-Dramas

October 16, 2026.Reading time 8 minutes.

Ads used to interrupt the story. Now they are the story. Micro-dramas are vertical, soap-style series with one- to two-minute episodes built on betrayal, secret billionaires and cliffhangers.

New Published Feature Story by R. Michael Brown – A Land Remembered Comes Home

October 9, 2026.Reading time 4 minutes.

For a Hardee County rancher’s son, playing Zech MacIvey is not make-believe. It is family memory, Florida history and the open country still worth saving.

The Most Famous Company You’ve Never Heard Of

September 25, 2026.Reading time 14 minutes.

I’ve spent three years asking college students one question about IBM. More than 95% give the same answer, and it should worry the company.

Introducing the Applied AI Academy Service for Colleges and Universities

September 14, 2026.Reading time 15 minutes.

Launch an Applied AI Academy your workforce and community can use.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how students learn, how faculty teach, and how institutions prepare communities for the future of work. The question for many colleges and universities is no longer whether AI belongs on campus. It is how to introduce it in a way that is practical, responsible, inclusive, and aligned with institutional mission.

New Published Story by R. Michael Brown: The Little Town That Built Big Baseball Dreams

August 9, 2026.Reading time 3 minutes.

The Little Town That Built Big Baseball Dreams Heatland Living Magazine Article

Inside Avon Park’s extraordinary baseball legacy – from Babe Ruth to Hal McRae – New feature story by R. Michael Brown

The Future of Work Is Already Here – and It Wants Your Desk

July 27, 2026.Reading time 26 minutes.

For decades, Americans were told that robots were coming for their jobs. We pictured shiny metal workers marching into factories, grabbing welding torches, and sending everybody else to the unemployment line. But that’s not quite what happened. The robot didn’t kick down the factory door. It slid into the assembly line.