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Take all the rules with a grain of salt. I’ve seen not only with my own blog, but with some of the most notable blogs in the world, that sometimes the rules don’t apply. I focus on providing great content and let everything else take care of itself.
-Jason Falls
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A brand is an emotional response to the image or name of a particular company, product, or person.
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Branding Yourself means that you create the right kind of emotional response you want people to have when they hear your name, see you online, or meet you in person.
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#003
Discover your passion. Passion is fundamental to achieving your goals.
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#004
Be Bold. It’s okay to talk about yourself.
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The biggest difference between self promotion and bragging is the motivation behind why you’re telling people.
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#006
Tell your story. Your story is what makes you special.
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#007
Effective personal branding isn’t about talking about yourself all the time.
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#008
Talk more about other people, events, and ideas than you talk about yourself.
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#009
Create relationships. Relationships lead to opportunities.
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#010
Take action. Even a small step is a step forward.
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#011
Tell stories that tap into a person’s emotions, rather than relying on statistics and facts.
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Don’t post pictures that would shock your mother!
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#013
Don’t view your personal brand as a sales pitch!
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#014
Be visible and be active in your communities and relationships.
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#015
Start a blog to establish your expertise.
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However, in order to establish your expertise. You must write great content! Tell your story.
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#017
However, in order to establish your expertise. You must write great content! Tell your story.
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#018
Don’t moderate your comments.
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#019
Social media has blurred the lines between personal and professional. It is okay to let some of your “public personal” life bleed over into your professional life.
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#020
Once a week is a bare minimum for a blog post, and business blogs should post two or three times a week!
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#021
If you want to make your posts readable, write them like a newspaper article.
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#022
Write from the heart - @dave_kellogg
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#023
Write about something you have passion for! - @mandyboyle
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#024
Blog often. Don’t worry about perfection. Just get your words out there. - @robbyslaughter
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#025
Maintain a consistent posting schedule. Readers and search engines both love fresh, interesting content.
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#026
Read a variety of others’ blogs to see how tones, styles, and content types can vary. - @aims999
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#027
Blogging is about community. Don’t expect people to read your blog if you aren’t ready and commenting on theirs. - @JustHeather
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#028
Use alt text with images. Most people forget to. It can boost SEO and help when browsers don’t display images. - @mandyboyle
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#029
Don’t neglect grammar and spelling - @dave_kellogg
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#030
Don’t leave spam or half hearted comments.
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#031
Don’t leave spam or half hearted comments.
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#032
Imagination gives dimension to a (personal) brand. - Marc Gobe
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#033
Branding is not only about ubiquity, visibility, and functions; it is about bonding emotionally with people in their daily life. - Joel Desgrippes
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#034
The best way to build a brand is one person at a time- Howard Shultz
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#035
Being known does not mean that you are also loved. Be aspiring!
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#036
Your personal brand is a promise to your clients... a promise of quality, consistency, competency, and reliability. - Jason Hartman
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#037
Create your own career instead of letting your company do it for you. - Dan Schwabel
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#038
Personal branding ensures your walk is better than your talk. - Rachel Quigley
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#039
Brand value is very much like an onion. It has layers and a core. The core is the user who will stick with you until the very end. - Edwin Artzt
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#040
If you don’t get noticed, you don’t have anything. You just have to be noticed, but the art is in getting noticed naturally, without screaming or without tricks - Leo Burnett
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#041
Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand we are CEO’s of our own companies: Me, Inc. Forget your logo, forget your business card - and plan accordingly. - Brian Lauterbach
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#042
Always post with a purpose. But if nothing else, at least post with a personality. - Gina Dinovo
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#043
If you can, be first. If you can’t be first, create a new category in which you can be first. - Al Ries & Jack Trout
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#044
Branding gives you an exceptionally effective way to broadcast who you are to your target marketing quickly and efficiently. - MultiChannel News
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#045
A brand’s strength is built upon its determination to promote its own distinctive values and mission. - Professor Jean-Noel Kapferfer
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#046
Write about you. Stories gives us context and context helps us understand a brand.
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#047
Your personal brand is the gateway to your true self but first you have to find it.
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#048
A great brand is a story that is never fully told. - Scott Bedbury
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#049
A great brand is a story that is never fully told. - Scott Bedbury
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#050
Believe in yourself. Believe in your brand. Believe in success.
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#051
Believe in yourself. Believe in your brand. Believe in success.
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#052
You can only go as far as your mind allows. Strengthen your mind = strengthening your resolve.
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#053
There is one thing that takes you from GOOD to GREAT - your ability to tell a truly inspiring story.
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#054
Remember - 100% completed profile on LinkedIN makes your profile more powerful.
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Remember - 100% completed profile on LinkedIN makes your profile more powerful.
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#056
In order to fully understand the importance of personal branding. You must understand the importance of re-invention.
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In order to fully understand the importance of personal branding. You must understand the importance of re-invention.
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#058
Change is essential to building your personal brand.
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#059
Your story allows people to interact with you. Interaction allows them to fully understand the experience to YOU.
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#060
Your personal brand is a promise to yourself and to everyone you interact with.
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#061
You can create a fancy resume, buy a new suit or dress, and learn the lingo of the industry... however... with investing in YOU... the rest is void.
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#062
Hire a professional photographer to take photos for your social profiles.
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#063
Be fierce and compete with the best of the best.
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#064
If you have an issue with the personal use of Facebook - use filters to deliver certain content to different individuals.
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#065
If you have an issue with the personal use of Facebook - use filters to deliver certain content to different individuals.
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#066
Change your daily routine if you feel yourself becoming bored with your current situation.
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#067
Create a digital presence that can support your offline identity.
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#068
A brand is not just a logo or a campaign. A brand is the overall identity
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#069
A personal brand is the overall combination of experience and feelings.
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#070
First rule of a successful brand - break all the rules.
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#071
Your personal brand is a powerful promise between yourself and the people you interact with.
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#072
First rule of a successful brand - break all the rules.
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#073
“What’s a brand? A singular idea or concept that youown inside the mind of the prospect.” - Al Ries
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#074
If you manage your life according to your thoughts,feelings, and true idea. You will have a well-managed brand.
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#075
Your brand is a living entity - you. Be who you were suppose to be and live life to the fullest.
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#076
“Products are made in the factory, but brands are created in the mind.” - Walter Landor
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“Products are made in the factory, but brands are created in the mind.” - Walter Landor
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#078
Your brand is built around your behavior and the way you influence the behavior of others.
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#079
You are influenced more by the people surrounding you than the people you read and study.
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#080
“You are just anybody without your identity.” - Grenville Main
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#081
Everyone has a brand today, be a thought leader - @blogbevity
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#082
Always be truthful and direct - @KileyLoCascio
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#083
Write a brand statement that’s not longer than 10 words. What do you do, who do you do it for and why does it matter? - @ajuliano
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#084
Be true to yourself and remember that people will always tell the story better than you.
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#085
Be honest about your product or service. Negatives spread faster than celebrity gossip on Twitter. - @indyscompugeek
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#086
Strive for excellent and pick up perfection along the way. :-)
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#087
Having a great brand is dependent on your ability to interpret the marketing you are selling.
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#088
Always have a clear vision or what you want to achieve - with that comes confidence.
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#089
Be authentic and helpful. Share original and interesting content - @GinaBericchia
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#090
Be Honest. Be Real. Be You. - @DougBriody
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#091
Learn to present YOU in a way that allows others to know the unique person you are & your value - @jbledsoejr
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#092
Create continual awareness of yourself in a way others value ie: link to topical article - @LHeflinRike
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#093
Don’t take yourself tooooo seriously - @CookinUpJustice
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#094
Twitter is a distribution network. Facebook is a community building platform.
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#096
Your brand should be true to you. As a ‘personal brand’ it should be flexible enough to develop along with your personality. - @avizuber
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#097
In life and in business, never go it alone. Always surround yourself with people who care about you and will be honest with you about the choices you make. - @danamnelson
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#098
Always be able to answer the question “why” - @PhillipM
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#099
It is easier to be the best marketer than it is to be the cheapest retailer - @adman4444
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#099
Know your strengths. Outsource your weaknesses. - @wordsRimportant
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#100
Know your audience. Build your strategy. Police your brand. Be consistent and care. - @wordsRimportant
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#101
Be consistent. Customer service is everything! - @MrTDotJohnson
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#102
Branding needs to be about the cause - not staff or celeb. People need to connect to the mission. - @amy_stephan
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#103
Love what you do, and do what you love... and you’ll never work a day in your life.
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Branding needs to be about the cause - not staff or celeb. People need to connect to the mission. - @amy_stephan
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#105
People who end up changing the world are always nuts but they believe in themselves.
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#106
You should be afraid of your goals. Completely terrified.
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#107
All great brands require time and a great story.
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#108
Watch and listen to people who have accomplished much and given much in return.
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You do not need a logo to succeed but you MUST have a compelling and genuine story.
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Change is fundamental when creating a powerful and lasting brand.
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Authentic, transparent, and relevant are not the same - and are all equally important to successful branding. - @yuricon
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Understand your goals and how you will measure branding success before you begin - @willhardison
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#113
Connect to Klout.com to build more measurement around your influence as a trusted brand in social media.
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Connect to Klout.com to build more measurement around your influence as a trusted brand in social media.
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Embrace change and innovation because with out it your brand will lose. - @amgorder
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#116
When you brand yourself properly the competitionbecomes irrelevant.
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#117
Your name and face carry your brand in bothreality and virtual reality, such that wherever theyare cited, your personal brand is at stake.
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#118
Your personality (your brand) is what makes youdifferent from everyone else. Own it.
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#119
Your network is everything in the branding environment. They will save you and support you through thick and thin.
Just build it right.
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Your network is everything in the branding environment. They will save you and support you through thick and thin.
Just build it right.
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#121
Video can be just as powerful as text. Even more powerful.
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#122
Did you remember to set your privacy settings on Facebook? Try it. It works.
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#123
Use your blog (www.wordpress.com) to tell your story in YOUR words. Let your personality shine through.
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#124
In order to succeed you must know what you want and how to obtain it.
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#125
Build your network... constantly.
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#126
Attend one networking event every week.
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#127
Never eat lunch alone. Period.
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#128
Practice your pitch. You are going to be doing it everyday.... if you haven’t already.
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#129
Have you setup your Google+ account yet? You should do it now.
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Upload pictures to Google+ and encourage people to +1 the pictures.
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#131
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. - Winston Churchill
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Your daily experiences are what shape you. Learn from them and move on.
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#133
Make decisions based on what other people are going to think not what is in your head.
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#134
Being committed to personal branding is extremely important. It is a lifestyle... not a job.
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#135
Do not focus entirely on your personal brand. It is important to adapt to your environment as well.
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#136
The man who follows the crowd will never be followed by a crowd. - RS Donnell
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Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind. - Jackie Joyner
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. - Andre Gide
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Use alt text with images. Most people forget to. It can boost SEO and help when browsers don’t display images. - @mandyboyle
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#140
Knowledge is power unless misused.
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The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions - Leonardo da Vinci
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Imagination gives dimension to a (personal) brand. - Marc Gobe
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#143
You can only go as far as your mind allows. Strengthen your mind = strengthening your resolve.
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#144
Be fierce and compete with the best of the best.
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#145
Branding Yourself means that you create the right kind of emotional response you want people to have when they hear your name, see you online, or meet you in person.
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Be honest about your product or service. Negatives spread faster than celebrity gossip on Twitter. - @indyscompugeek
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Be Honest. Be Real. Be You. - @DougBriody
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#148
Be accurately aware of your surroundings. Go to Google.com/alerts and setup a listening profile!
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#149
Never shift your overall tone and message!
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Take all the rules with a grain of salt. I’ve seen not only with my own blog, but with some of the most notable blogs in the world, that sometimes the rules don’t apply. I focus on providing great content and let everything else take care of itself.
-Jason Falls
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