When people think about real estate – Does your brand come to mind? Why does this matter now more than ever? ZILLOW is here, and it matters. People will eventually list on Zillow and not go to a realtor – people are already going to Zillow to find their homes – THEN it is going […]
Stalled in your career? You might be and you don’t know it… I constantly meet people who DON’T continue to grow and provide 2000 reasons why they don’t have time. In particular if you are a marketer/communications/PR or simply, BRAND, and you don’t have time to read – you are NOT an expert. If […]
INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES Emotional Intelligence and artificial intelligence – these two pieces are the MOST important for 2020. Why? If you don’t have and GROW your EI, your chances of success skyrocket. In 1995, psychologist and science journalist Daniel Goleman published a book introducing most of the world to the nascent concept of emotional intelligence. […]
Have you ever been passed up for an opportunity? Do you want to be seen for the value you have? BUILD YOUR PERSONAL BRAND …and do it in-person and on-line. How do you do that? 1. Know how you want people to perceive and describe you when they SEE you, HEAR you or READ something […]
Trials & Tribulations: I’ve seen even the toughest executive crumble under the pressure of a trial. Adversity should grow you. You WILL walk through a trial. The most seasoned leaders have walked through trials, learned from them and have come out the other side with victory. Whether the trial was created by you, happened as […]
Culture is THE key to success to any business of any size. Cultivating a culture within a brand is everything. Brand drives culture. When brand drives culture, and is driven from the top down, culture determines whether the brand is embraced by all stakeholders from employees to clients to community. Delivery of brand value […]
Every leader should see people for who they can be. Leaders are supposed to find the gifts of those they lead, build the gifts of those they lead and help them to become the best they were created to be. If you are a leader by position and you’re not interested in building those you […]
“I’m not valued at work. I’m not being promoted either financially or via title. I have issues with people I work with. I’m not certain what my goals are.” If you say any of these things; it’s your fault. Most likely, you have a bad attitude and your personal brand is weak. If we did […]
Culture + brand should be fused for success. Most companies have mission statements, vision, values or even a purpose statement – the question is, has the company explained to all employees what those mean for THEM. If you want people to buy-in to the culture, the very reason the company exists and to be […]
Marketing plans are always led by brand plans. Most companies are failing because they have outdated or non-existent plans. Whether we are filming video blogs, telling longer corporate or company stories via video or written blogs, we create and follow a brand plan. The brand plan is always first: Who are you, why do you […]