Entrepreneurs – You Get What You Give
BRANDido and friend, Merlin U. Ward is someone who walks his talk consistently giving in ways that are valuable to the recipient. As an entrepreneur, your personal brand and business brand (which is really founded on your personal brand), he shared some valuable points.
You Get What You Give is a book every brand manager …
Entrepreneurial Spirit: Ground Zero to Finding Success
The entrepreneurial spirit believes that quitting is acceptable only after success has been found but not before. Even though a new direction may be found, the experience of the previous route remains a teacher for the new.
It is the spirit and drive of the person that is bound and determined to learn from errors …
Personal Branding Weekly – The Owner’s Brand
“If it’s going to be, it’s up to me” – Robert Schuller
Your brand is up to you. You either rationalize that you don’t have time to focus on it, don’t think it matters, and don’t know where to start or you focus on it and take ownership of it.
Rationalizing is just like it …
How To Create Your Professional Vision Board
While the origin of the vision board is unknown, we do know that people have been visualizing their desired results for thousands of years. Many ancient native peoples had a practice of visualizing a successful hunt prior to setting out with their hunting instruments. Today, everyone from eastern spiritual healers to Navy Seals use visualizing …
Exploiting A Niche To Master Your Brand
In building your brand, it may seem like an impossible task to become one of the most respected voices in a particular market segment. It is, however, possible, but not by force. The path of least resistance in becoming a respected voice in a broad market segment is to start extremely narrow.
Begin by evaluating …
9 Ways to Get Bloggers Talking About Your Brand
What is one surefire tip for getting bloggers to talk about your brand?
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs.
1. Reach out to your blogging customers
“Don’t send a free pass to your software for a blogger and expect …
9 Emerging Brands with Killer Business Strategies
What is your absolute favorite brand to have emerged in 2013 and why?
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start …
Do You Professionally Text?
Hey, January 2025 professional… check out this app. It allows you to select someone from your contact list and then with a push of a button sends a signal to that person alerting them that you are trying to connect. If they wish, they can accept the incoming communication with you, and at that point …
Strategically Play Small to Win Big
Play small to win big appears to go against all conventional wisdom. But when you add the word “strategically” it’s an entirely new ballgame. Streamlined business provides the entrepreneur with a greatly improved outlook. A short retrospective compared to where you are headed will provide insight as to your next best steps to further developing …
Personal Branding Weekly – Step Up Your Brand
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.
Have you taken that first step in discovering, understanding, communication and managing your personal brand?
Sometimes that first step is the hardest. Mostly because of the fear associated with taking action into an area that is unknown.…