Tagged: Joshua Hays
Food For Thought: Suggested Reading 9/25/2011
Here is the second installment of the really informative News Articles, Posts, and Videos from the Brand Management world that I encountered and/or studied this week. IGNORE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I encourage readers to add to the list in the comments section. Let me know what I overlooked or what else I should be reading (MORE LINKS AFTER THE JUMP):
Focus Groups: Truly Useful in Brand Innovation? <–Very insightful opinion on Innovation
Next Economy Education (via Brand Noise)
Plan Your Personal Brand
Tim Ferriss: How to Create a Million-Dollar Business This Weekend (Examples: AppSumo, Mint, Chihuahuas) Continue reading
Food For Thought: Suggested Reading 9/18/2011
Here is a list of some really informative News Articles, Posts, and Videos from the Brand Management world that I encountered and/or studied this week. IGNORE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I’d like to make this a weekly thing, and encourage readers to add to the list in the comments section. Let me know what I overlooked or what else should be reading (MORE LINKS AFTER THE JUMP):
Reese’s wins by staying nuts, not going vanilla
Walmarts needs to stop being so cheap. At least when it comes to advertising.
Dan Schawbel talks about Personal Branding @GoogleTalks
Personal Branding: If YOU don’t do it, someone else WILL
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. -John Wooden, UCLA Basketball Coach 1948-1975
A great quote by one of the greatest sports coaches of the era, as well as one of the most inspiring leaders. And although this quote puts in perspective how we can become honorable individuals, in today’s world it only paints half of the picture. For those of us motivated to become successful within AND without, we should also subscribe to the ideology of one of the all time great philosophers:
“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.” -Socrates
Socrates would’ve been a personal branding expert. He understood that what others think of you is important. In essence, your brand is important. We must take charge of our own personal brand, because in today’s hyper-connected world it usually precedes us. If we don’t do it, then we’re giving others more leeway as to what their perception of us is.
A great place to start to take control of your brand is online. Joshua Hays’ blog has a great series of posts that outline how to start your journey building your online presence (read part 1, part 2, & part 3). He gives some great tips such as:
1)Establishing the same username across the web, starting with your personal domain; which would ideally be http://www.yourfullname.com (i.e. alexcespedes.com, georgewashington.com), and then establishing the same user name for all the social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, tumblr, etc. A great tool is namechk.com. It allows you to check availability of usernames on ALL major networks at once.
2)Carve Keywords for yourself, dealing with your Continue reading
