All Good Brands Prefer Setting a Higher Standard
As an interpreter of clues in the world of branding, I often feel like a forensic anthropologist. There’s this uncanny habit I have of scanning the new brand landscape and spotting the bright sparks that are showing up, staking out their territory and making a difference. It’s easy to spot the bright power sparks. Here’s …
A Cup of Coffee to Winning More Business
Today’s technology has changed the way buyers make purchasing decisions.
At this point in the game, if you’re not rolling your eyes and saying, “Duh!”, then we need to talk.
Even though many understand the shifts in buyer behavior, there are a surprising number of people and businesses who have yet to modify sales techniques …
Why Should an Entrepreneur Brand Themself?
As I write articles on how an entrepreneur should brand themself, I’ve been receiving questions on WHY an entrepreneur should focus on personal branding. Here are some of the reasons why every entrepreneur should focus on personal branding:
Why brand yourself?You are the face of your brand/company
As an entrepreneur, you are the main …
Personal Brands: Ugly Entrepreneurs
Making sausage next to a stockyard is prettier than entrepreneurs behave. Often chaotic, angry, distracted by shiny objects, chasing money, yelling at employees – let’s visit with the tribe of ugly entrepreneurs.
Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Huntington were all really ugly people. Maybe not in the face but definitely in the way they behaved toward …
Seth Godin’s 7-Point Guide to Bootstrap Your Personal Brand
Seth Godin is perhaps one of the most widely read marketers in the world, and with good reason. His long string of best-sellers have been pushing the envelope in marketing for decades.
Today we’ll extract some key lessons from his hit “The Bootstrapper’s Bible,” and apply them to your personal branding efforts. In the simplest …
The Entrepreneur Cover Letter
For many job seekers, the cover letter is an opportunity to sell themselves and differentiate themselves from the rest of the competition. For entrepreneurs, the cover letter is a way to really sell their story and remove any doubt to the potential employer about an entrepreneur’s commitment to someone else’s business.
I will attempt to…Personal Brands: Play Hurt
On Saturday afternoon I visited a posh salon in Los Angeles. The place and the people were way cooler than I am but hey, a friend gave me a referral card worth $25 off a haircut there. It was a lot like I imagine heaven must be. There were endless cappuccinos, people speaking French and …
Social “Me”dia Syndrome: A Deadly Epidemic
That Will Cause Your Brand Building and Business Growth to Suffer
Could you be suffering from Social “Me”dia Syndrome and not even know it? Unfortunately, this common ailment is causing millions of businesses and individual’s serious pain when it comes to their online brand building and business growth efforts.
So what is Social “Me”dia Syndrome? …
Personal Brands: Have Unrealistic Expectations
I just plunked down a sizeable portion of my total net worth, investing it with someone I believe in. He’s a first time entrepreneur, except for being the helpful, handy neighbor boy while he was growing up.
Among his credentials is this: no one has ever handed him anything – he’s always earned his way. …
Personal Brands: How to Think Your Way to Fortune and Fame
Would you drop out (or drop in) to think for a living? How about for $90,000 over 6 months? That would cover your stint as an “entrepreneur in residence” aka EIR. This job does exist. In fact a legion of companies with EIR positions compete for people who think of great ideas. Silicon Valley’s most …