Archive for November, 2009

Brand identity, part II – First steps to building a blogger brand identity

Yesterday, I wrote about why it’s important for you to stand out as a blogger. The clue is right there in the title. If you want a brand identity, you have to be first be able to be identified. Let’s start with the following basics: 1. Buy your own domain. That means you need your [...]

Brand identity, part I – And you are special because…?

Which of these kids is doing his own thing?

Topics on popular blogs are cyclical and right now, one of the hottest topics is branding. Seems easy enough, right?  Well, I have an undergraduate business degree with a Marketing emphasis, an MBA, and worked with some of the top ad agencies in the US and I still can’t define branding with one broad stroke. [...]

Do Unto Others’ Blogs As You Would Have Them Do Unto Yours

In the last few weeks, I’ve had several fellow bloggers email me regarding not being able get much activity on their blogs. I know, it’s not like I have 200 comments per post like Problogger or ShoeMoney but considering that this blog still has that new car smell and it’s not my sole project right [...]

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