Praise forBranding Yourself "Branding Yourselfis a good beginner's guide on how to build an online presence using social networks and blogs that will turn you into a thought leader or expert or just get you a job." –Dan Schawbel, #1 International Bestselling Author ofMe 2.0 "The biggest problem most people have with embracing the power of online networking and personal brand building is they don't know where to start. Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy take out the guesswork and roll the dice with platforms to find the right combination for you in this book. The book is a recipe for success...your success." –Jason Falls, SocialMediaExplorer.com “In this exceedingly useful book, Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy provide step-by-step guidance for building and maintaining powerful personas. With wit, wisdom, and numerous expert tips,Branding Yourselfis the new roadmap for navigating the sometimes complex world of personal branding. If your best marketing plan isyou(and it is), thenBranding Yourselfshould be your playbook.” –Jay Baer, Coauthor ofThe NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter, and More Social "Our parents taught us to find a great job with benefits, put money toward retirement, buy a home, and work hard, and you'll reap the benefits. Our parents werewrong. The job market was downsized; the retirement account was ransacked; the house lost its value; and working hard has only put you in the unemployment line. Those who personally branded themselves were able to capitalize on the down-turned economy, and their businesses exploded. Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy are providing you the blueprint for kicking off your brand and effectively leveraging online technologies to transform your future. [This book is] a must read." –Douglas Karr, Founder of theMarketing Technologyblog, CEO of DK New Media, and Author ofCorporate Blogging for Dummies "In an environment filled with philosophy, platitudes, and '30,000-foot views,' Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy give us a refreshing how-to guide for actuallydoingsomething meaningful through social media. Here's a trustworthy book to help you (and me) take real action to leverage emerging tools to create customers and make them happy!" –Trey Pennington, Entrepreneur, Story Prospector, Author ofSpitball Marketing Use Social Media to Build a Great Personal Brand–and a Great Career! Need to demonstrate more value to customers or employers? Want a new job or career? Use social media to build the powerful personal brand that gets you what you want! InBranding Yourself, two leading social media consultants show how to use today’s social media platforms to attract new business and job opportunities you’ll never find any other way. Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy show you how to supercharge all your business and personal relationships&demonstrate that you are the best solution to employers’ or partners’ toughest problems&become a recognized thought leader&and translate your online network into great jobs, great projects, and a great career! Discover how to: " Build an authentic storyline and online identity that gets you the right opportunities " Choose the best social media tools for your personal goals " Blog your story boldly and effectively " Promote your events, accomplishments, victories&and even defeats and lessons learned " Integrate online and offline networking to get more from both " Reach people with hiring authority and budgets on LinkedIn " Use Twitter to share the ideas and passions that make you uniquely valuable " Launch an online branding program that really gets noticed " Avoid “killer” social networking mistakes " Leverage your online “expert” status to become a published author or public speaker " Measure the success of your social media branding " Get new projects or jobs through your online friends and followers

Life’s too short to stay “generic”: Build your personal brand and your career will change for the better! In today’s hyper-competitive world of business, individuals must differentiate themselves in order to stand out and stay on top. Author Michael D. Brown’s Fresh Notes on Personal Branding provides readers with the tools and strategies to do just that. By following the book’s easy-to-use framework, readers will be able to build a successful brand for themselves that can lead to exponential personal, professional, and economic success as a competitive and “Fresh” employee, leader, or entrepreneur. Using Brown’s “Fresh PASSION” methodology, this short guidebook outlines the core components of brand-building—including “Preparation”, “Staying laser focused”, and “Omitting the Negative”—and provides valuable tips on how to successfully integrate these components into readers’ daily lives. Brief self-assessments following each section allow readers a chance to reflect on their own journey towards becoming a personal brand and identify areas of improvement. ​Those who choose not to utilize their fullest potential run the risk of becoming viewed as “generic”. Fresh Notes helps readers avoid this fate by encouraging them to approach their professional lives with a fresh and proactive mindset.

The third lighthearted romance in Colette Auclair’s award-winning Aspen Valley series, Branded takes us on a wild and dreamy ride through the beautiful valleys and mountains of Colorado. Professional, polite, and pearl-wearing, dressage rider and resort consultant Cordy Sims is the last person anyone would expect to initiate a weekend of debauchery. And yet, that’s exactly what she does after meeting a handsome stranger at an Aspen resort. Agreeing that they’ll leave personal details at the door, they indulge in a memorable weekend of carnal recreation. On Sunday night, Cordy doesn’t want to leave this charming, seductive man, but she must play by her own rules. On Monday, Cordy sits in a meeting at the ad agency that’s hired her as a freelancer, and her professional and personal worlds collide. Turns out agency owner Jack Cormier looks just as good in the boardroom as he did in the bedroom. Forced to work together, Cordy and Jack can’t ignore the chemistry that crackles between them, or the deeper feelings that have developed. But secrets and scars from their pasts may prove too formidable, even for a love that’s as powerful as it is unexpected.

In Eccentric Marketing, marketing strategist and entrepreneur Said A. Baaghil outlines the framework for a forward-thinking new consumer model aimed at transforming the way products and services are marketed in the Middle East. Baaghil illustrates how modern-day CEOs of Middle Eastern corporations must radically alter their traditional marketing programs in order to survive the new global economy. Using real-world examples, Eccentric Marketing analyzes the marketing failures and successes of companies operating in the Middle East and makes a convincing argument about their vital need to implement consumer-based marketing. Baaghil also demonstrates how many common character faults of Middle Eastern CEOs can not only damage a brand, but ultimately lead to its complete demise. Eccentric Marketing details the current market reality for small- to medium-sized companies in the Middle East and explains why most of these companies fail when promoting their products in the Western world. Drawing from actual business cases in Saudi Arabia, Baaghil proves that companies must learn how to instill their brand permanently in the consumer consciousness in order to survive and thrive. Baaghil's visionary concepts for building and integrating a powerful brand make Eccentric Marketing the must-have marketing guide for leading-edge companies operating in the Middle East.

Abas Mirzaei, a faculty assistant professor in branding at Macquarie Business School, observes that woke branding has become the new wave that brands can no longer avoid. Avoid going woke, and your brand risks irrelevancy, especially with younger consumers. Go woke, and you’re likely to experience a backlash. Until relatively recently, people wanted to buy high-quality cameras, reliable cars, and durable shoes and active wear. Today, however, many people want to buy a camera (to capture scenes of social injustice), shoes (that weren’t made using child labor), and cars (that emit minimal carbon and are safe for the environment). Likewise, we purchase “animal-friendly” vegan handbags that are not associated with animal cruelty and use ride-sharing services that promise not to exploit drivers. In getting woke, fighting discrimination, and questioning the status quo, there are questions to address, steps to follow and considerations to take note of. This book unpacks the dynamics of woke branding, identifies its ingredients, and offers a roadmap for those wanting to walk into the uncertain world of wokeness. This book is neither a pro-woke nor an anti-woke polemic. Instead, with the appropriate critical distance, it presents a range of different views about wokeness: from woke authenticity, to cute wokeness, to woke sacrifice, and woke execution ingredients. So, if you’re weighing the risks of engaging in “woke” moves and aren’t sure how consumers will respond, then this book is for you.