Personal Branding Pitch Thanksgiving Contest
November 27, 2008 at 2:36 pm | In Book Reviews, Misc, Personal Branding, marketing | 12 CommentsAs a brand, you need to learn how to sell yourself persuasively and with haste, when communicating your message to others. Aside from being in an elevatar, you may have to pitch yourself during an interview, at a networking event, to someone at work and in other situations, possibly concerning the media. If you fail to do this, both accurately and consistently, you will miss opportunities and your brand image will sink.
Contest rules
You have no more than three sentences to promote your personal brand. This means you can’t talk about your personal life, unless of course there is a major crossover. Within three sentences, you should convince me and my readers who you are, what you do and what you can do for us. To enter this contest, all you have to do is write your pitch in the comments section of this post.
Example: My name is Dan and I’m a personal branding expert, as well as the author of an upcoming book, entitled “Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success.” My entire career revolves around my mastery of personal branding, starting with my award winning blog, a magazine that I publish, podcasts that I produce, an award I give out, and I speak to various audiences. I’m also a social media specialist at EMC Corporation, involved in their external social media communication program and have been with them for over two years.
Prizes
Marcus Buckingham is giving away five free copies of his new book, “The Truth About You,” to the contest winners! Marcus is famous for selling millions of books, and making millions of dollars on speaking all over the world. He’s even been on Oprah and P Diddy’s show. His new book includes a DVD and is valued at $29.99 a piece. I’ve already read it and watched the video and enjoyed it. I even blogged about it not too long ago.
Good luck and happy thanksgiving!
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My name is not important but my blog’s name is: markethings.wordpress.com.
As a web specialist/e-communication designer I provide my readers (and/or) clients with my views and opinions which they should take into context whenever they want to e-communicate.
This is my job and passion and I’m damn good at it!
Comment by mdepiere — November 27, 2008 #
1) Google john carson blog
2) Hit “I’m Feeling Lucky”
3) With my help your brand could do this too
Comment by John Carson — November 27, 2008 #
Here is my submission for the contest :I am yinka olaito. I help individuals, corporate organizations maximize values in their in brands through proper positioning of their brands to target audience that can pay premium.
I also speak at conferences to senior executives who are concerned about result. my speeches are majorly focused on removing gray areas that delay organization’s progress.
Comment by yinka olaito — November 27, 2008 #
My name is Yap. I am a Certified Usability Analyst. I started my career maintaining and updating websites for various organisations in Singapore. My board experience in many industry, from manufacturing to education allow me to understand & see issues and details from multiple perspectives, bringing a broad view to the project. My passion for understanding and creating satisfying user experiences lead me to seek a career change in Usability. Hire me to make your online presence clear, usable and customer-focused.
Comment by Mryap — November 27, 2008 #
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My name is Joel Libava. I help change people’s lives, by helping them move away from a traditional job, and into franchise ownership, so that they can eventually gain freedom and control in their lives, and build equity in their future. My service is FREE.
Comment by Joel Libava — November 28, 2008 #
My name is Dave Atkins, and I am a technology leader, internet engineer and social media evangelist who loves to create process-oriented solutions that help people take advantage of technology and media. I help my team dream big and solve the problems that threaten vision. There are few people like me who can operate at both strategic business and tech implementation levels to get the job done–and re-done as necessary.
Comment by Dave Atkins — November 29, 2008 #
Why not. I’ll give it a go.
“My name is Ryan a social media maven that believes in the power of web 2.0 and its ability to cultivate conversations, relationships and the spread of ideas. I have acquired valuable marketing experience that consists of working on projects for Seth Godin, OfficeMax, HEB Grocery, Apple, and most recently Sports Media Challenge. I take great pride in helping others with respect to social media, interactive strategy, community evangelism and all things marketing.”
Comment by Ryan Stephens — November 29, 2008 #
My name is Christy Hammond and I’m a PR intern for the Detroit Red Wings as well as the University of Michigan athletic department. My passion is showing sports organizations how to effectively use new media as a PR tool to engage the media and their fan base. When I’m not in class, I’m at the rink honing my PR skills or writing for my two blogs, Winging It In Motown and Sports PR Blog.
Comment by Christy Hammond — November 30, 2008 #
My name is Dr. Shiraki and I believe chiropractic care is a health care necessity, not a luxury. And because I believe this with all my heart, I have created the Honor Box which allows each and every one of my patients to set their own fees so that all financial obstacles can be overcome. My success proves that an entrepreneur can value the wellbeing of people high above profits and still thrive as a viable business entity.
Comment by Reed Shiraki — November 30, 2008 #
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