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Leverage Your Personal Brand and Achieve Direct Mail Success

No matter how much time and how many resources you commit to personal branding, you can’t generate income without leveraging your brand as part of a marketing campaign. Creating a brilliant personal brand is like creating a great piece of art in a workshop—it’s impressive, but until you get it in front of an audience

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How to Build a Brand-Centered Newsletter

As a business, one of the most important things you can do is maintain top-of-mind awareness within your market. You want your business to be constantly on the minds of consumers in your market, so that even if they don’t currently need your services, when they DO need your services, you will be the name

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Four Branding Channels You Haven't Thought Of

We have talked frequently in this space about a number of common channels that can be leveraged for personal branding. These channels include appearing on TV, writing a book, publishing articles in national newspapers and magazines, and more. Each of these channels represents a different way to connect with an audience, but they all have

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Revolutionize Your Business: Stop Competing on Price

Building a business is a process—you’re never “done.” And there is rarely a single point in time that you can look back at and say “THAT’S when we became a world-class business.” However, there are a number of important milestones that most successful businesses can look back at and recognize as breakthrough moments. And one

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Personal Branding: Lessons From the 2012 Grammys

The 2012 Grammy Awards were held earlier this month at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and once again I had the privilege to attend, along with a group of over 30 clients that were in town for our Annual Hollywood Mastermind Meeting. It was an incredible night of music, speeches, and many memorable tributes

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Networking: A Golden Opportunity to Build Your Personal Brand

There are nearly endless channels for building and communicating your personal brand, and we have talked about many of them in this space. From your website to your social media presence, from your style of dress to the interviews you give on TV, there is no shortage of opportunities to build your brand while connecting

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Personal Branding: Your Social Media Strategy

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are continuing to grow in popularity at an astounding rate. These platforms provide an unprecedented opportunity for business owners to connect with their clients and their markets in real time—even if their audience is spread around the globe. And of course, social media is a valuable tool

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Your New Year’s Resolution: Take Your Personal Brand to the Next Level in 2012

The New Year is here, and with it comes opportunity and endless possibilities. As a business owner, the dawning of a new year is always an exciting time as you look ahead to the future. Of course, the primary goal of virtually every business owner is to grow their business. And one of the best

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Personal Brand Checkup: Is Your Brand Healthy?

As you know, a strong personal brand can make all the difference for your business. A strong brand helps to differentiate you from others in your marketplace, enables you to attract and retain new business more effectively than ever, and allows you to charge premium rates and still win the business. So, without any further

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Does Your Brand Resonate With Your Customers?

Personal branding is a hot topic of conversation these days, and with good reason.  A strong personal brand enables business owners to separate themselves from their competition and to attract and retain customers effectively.  And with the advent of new social media outlets over the last couple of years, it has become easier than ever

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