Posts from — September 2007

BlogRush is changing again and this time with a lot of issues. And for what I know these guy are going to change everything. For more details you can read the news at their blog.

TO: All BlogRush Members
FROM: John Reese, Founder of BlogRush

ARE YOU READY? Because *everything* is about to change. Forget everything else up until now…

PREPARE FOR *BIG* CHANGES! (TWO MAJOR CHANGES ARE NOW LIVE.)

BlogRush CAN’T EXIST if we’re not sending you a lot of ongoing, targeted traffic. We fully recognize this and that’s why this is our ONLY FOCUS.

The BlogRush team has been hard at work making major improvements for you and we won’t rest until BlogRush is running 100% smoothly and sending you tons of targeted traffic! This is OUR MISSION. Please know that our entire team is working around-the-clock to make improvements and fix any problems AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.

(We sincerely appreciate your patience.)

We’ve encountered some problems since our historic launch just over a week ago, and we fully recognize that we’ve made some real ‘goofs’ with the system for our Public Beta release…

Here is the full news…

To succed in your career and keep ahead of competitors, you have to build up a strong brand image for yourself. The answer lies not only in the talents possessed by individuals but something beyond that as well. Here is 6 tips to help you make your personal brand come alive.

Personal
Like other good marketing plan, you mustbegin by understanding your true self. Remember, you are an original and there is no one else quite like you. What do you stand for? What are you beliefs. Jot down few phrases that describe your unique value, vision, purpose and passion. Take some time to discover your strengths, weaknesses and hidden talents. Ask yourself what impacts you the most and what drives you.

Perception
It is imperative that you be aware of how you are communicating yourself to those around you. In this area, you will need to know your attributes and how others perceive you as an individual. Develop a focus group comprising close friends, colleagues and family members to ask, collate reponses and consolidate their perceptions about you. For example, are you seen as reliable, thrustworthy or adventurous with natural instict for business?

Position
You must know your target audience and business or job competitors. How can you stand out unless you know whom you are standing with? When people see your name or face consistenly over a period time, they will assume that you have something special and that you must be successful. Having your own brand keeps you visible within the marketplace as it sends out a clear message about you that makes you worth contacting.

Perfomance
Establish yourself as an expert in your field because expertise can bring you increased recognition, allowing you ti position yourself well in the hearts and minds of your target audience. Get good testimonials from your statisfied customers. As and employee, create an outstanding portfolio of your past accomplishments. Create a personal mission statement and tagline. Seek out new and challenging assignments that will build your brand. Write articels to showcase your knowlegde and get them published or, better still, give speeches or presentations to share your expertise and achievements.

Promote
You can have an amazing brand, but if no one knows about it, you will not go ahead. Nothing in marketing is more powerful than a promotion tool called word of mouth. What your network of friends, colleagues, clients and customers say about your brand is what the market will ultimately gauge as the value of brand. If you do not have a personal website, now is the time to buy a domain and let the world know it. Take your personal image seriously because your appeareance is the packaging will either attract or detract people from your product.

Planning
Make an appointment with yourself at least twice a year to re-evaluate your personal brand statement. Also, obtain honest and helpful feedback from your focus group on your brand performance, value and growth. There will always be competing brands ready to fill in any gap that you leave, so you must work consistently to close the gap. The great thing about personal branding is that it works for everyone, no matter what business sector you are in or whether you own a start-up or an established company.

Do you have a blog? - You should have one. I just couldn’t wait to tell you about this new free BR service. John Reese has opened a new free service to increase the traffic to your blog by letting bloggers promote each others blog. Traffic exchange for all bloggers.

Remember John Reese? - He was the first internet marketer who managed to sell for more than 1 million dollars in 24 hours. So whenever this guy comes out with something new, it will be something interesting. This time he is not trying to sell a $97-$997 home study course product. During the last few months he has been working on a new free service for bloggers - call the BR.

Anyway visit the website and get some more information about this new free BR-service from John Resse - it’s really a great.

Get the details of this new free service - watch the video ….

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