It’s a unique quality that is specific to every human being. Everyone is a brand. Try this little experiment. Wear your best friends clothes for a week. See if people notice a difference. What they notice is your one-of-a-kind style has now changed, although subtle (sometimes not so…), it can get big attention. Personal branding is huge[…]
In the past 30 (or so) months I have been using Twitter, I have been able to make more friends, network more business connections, build business connections for other people and deepen the connection with those who find what I have to say useful (My Tribe). For starters, I have to admit – I didn’t[…]
The Future! I think a lot about the future. I guess that makes me a type of futurist or more accurately a futurologists. I don’t try to predict coming events, but I can spend an inordinate amount of time imagining what possibilities the future holds for humanity. Everyone has seen those magazine covers illustrating flying[…]
Last night I was at a local mixer when a young man, Chris Contreras (@AustinVisMedia), came up to me and told me how much he enjoyed reading my blog. Thank you Chris, you have no idea how energizing it is to hear that what we do/write makes a difference; that someone is actually listening. I[…]
Share – Engage – Connect Share: Let’s face it. The fact that social media even exists is due to the “share factor.” In her article, Witness Me, Claire Wagner nails the topic with laser precision. We want to let the world know we’re, “having a foot long sandwich from Subway.” Why? We’re social. It’s embedded in[…]
I was reading this morning when I came across an interesting article by Chris Brogan titled, “Don’t Be Chris Brogan“ In the article he uses the examples of two other very famous writers, Brian Clark of Copyblogger Media fame and Seth Godin of…well, many-many-many books and blogs. As an up and coming writer (blogging site[…]