If you do not follow social media expert Jay Baer on LinkedIn for subscribe to his Convince and Convert email newsletter, you should check both options out. Recently, I joyfully read the transcript of his Content Marketing World keynote. He delivered it without slides or fanfare and seemed to have just spoken from the heart. His concept of The Mom Test is a rallying cry to marketers and … [Read more...]
The secret to differentiating your brand? You.
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde (Tweet!) What makes your brand, business or creative endeavor uniquely you? When we’re insecure teens, it seems easiest to just copy someone else. At that age, originality is just too risky. Or is it? Let me take you back to 1988. My best friend and I were inseparable. Whether it was busting out dance moves to … [Read more...]
When you shouldn’t give 100%
We’re taught that practice makes perfect. Cleanliness is next to godliness. Give 110%. I was a straight A student in high-school. I remember being devastated when I got my first B ever (Geometry) and I was brought to tears in college when I got the first C of my life (Microeconomics). Even when I got an A minus, I was a bit miffed. I’m not sure what I thought: did I really think anything less … [Read more...]
Reboot and Reframe: Branding lesson for life #6: FACE THE FEAR
Building a business is scary. And building a breakthrough brand is even scarier. An in other breaking news, spinach is green and red lights mean you should stop. Everybody wishes they were Apple. They wish they could just be so hip and cool that no matter what new products they roll out, people will line up for miles just to own one. They wish their own brands would have that “hipness halo … [Read more...]
Ask the Expert: Author Maria Gamb on how to be a leader, what corporations are doing wrong and how to influence your world
Healing the Corporate World. Doesn’t that just sound inspiring? It sure did to me, when Maria Gamb and her book of the same name recently crossed my path. Maria reached out to me when she saw a promotion I ran for my book and we promptly connected over being first time authors - and sharing the same name. So who is Maria Gamb? She’s a former Fortune 500 trailblazer who served for … [Read more...]
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