personal brand

How To Be A Miserable Brand In 25 Steps!

1. Constantly complain about the economy.
2. Find the cheapest logo you can buy.
3. Keep your customers on hold.
4. Always sell on cheapest price.
5. Ignore any networking opportunities.
6. Don’t volunteer for anything.
7. Stop meeting regularly with your staff.
8. List […]

The Toughest Thing About Branding

Every day – day in and day out you are your brand. It’s a forever effort. If you know anything about branding you’ll appreciate the fact that a nurtured brand works for you. Understanding what you stand for […]

How The Brand Benefits From Brand Positioning

Are you still selling with slogans attached to logos? While inspiring, a slogan doesn’t usually take much of a position. That job is left to positioning strategies. What is a positioning strategy? They are a strategy […]

Getting The Branding Tips Book Out

For the last couple of years I’ve been working on getting a book out of my weekly branding tips. It’s called, “101 Branding Tips.” It’s just come back from Kim, my editor. She’s been very helpful. With […]

How Turning Your Brand Around Can Be Like A New Pair Of Shoes.

Are you in this precarious position? Sales are flat. You’ve downsized as much as the business can stand. You’ve streamlined your processes to be more productive. You and the staff haven’t experienced a raise in some […]

Gitomer: A Great Service Brand!

Another great Gitomer book!

Last week I attended one of Jeffrey Gitomer’s seminars in London Ontario. I’ve been a fan of Gitomer for quite some time. Twice before I lamely attempted to attend one of his events […]

Blog for Business.

A familiar song that I sing is “Blogging For Business.” I definitely get benefit from my blogging efforts. Things you can expect is not only leads but publicity and opportunities. A colleague of mine,

Feed Yourself First!

It’s first thing Monday morning. As I sit here contemplating the week, I’m thinking about what efforts I’m involved with that help my own brand.

I have one networking event, a sales seminar with Jeffrey Gitomer, […]

Narrow Your Focus To Get In The Door

Marketing your brand is a tough game isn’t it? Most times you just seem to be spinning around and around and it’s just not sticking. You may even ask yourself, “Why can’t they see the value […]

From The Shark Tank To Your Eyes.

I thought I’d share a linking story with you.

The other day I went onto Twitter for the first time in as many days. There I noticed that a reader had posted a link to a story I had written for Noobpreneur.com. It […]