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I bring up the Super Bowl because you can learn a lot about branding from it. If you notice in the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, big box retailers suggest you buy a new, better TV to watch the "big game." Super markets and delis promote their party trays for the "big game." That's because the Super Bowl is the crown jewel in the NFL's brand; so much so that they've trademarked it. If you want to use the words "Super Bowl" in your ads,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], you have to pay a fee to the NFL. Coors Light did. That's why you saw so many Super Bowl themed Coors Light commercials these past few weeks. Interestingly,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Coors Light didn't run one ad during the game. M&Ms paid the royalty fee too. I loved their ads with the M&M running on the conveyor belt in the super market.
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As you go about creating your personal brand, remember that a good brand will not appeal to everyone. A brand that appeals to everybody is too vanilla. You want a Cherry Garcia brand, something that is uniquely you. A good brand will appeal to a lot of people, but it will also turn off a certain portion of the population.
The NFL works hard to protect their Super Bowl brand. You should work hard to nurture, promote and protect your personal brand too. Developing and nurturing your unique personal brand is the first step in creating positive personal impact.
The common sense point here is simple. Successful people create positive personal impact. Developing and nurturing your unique personal brand is the first step in building your brand. Brand building takes work,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but it is simple conceptually. Do two things. First,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], decide how you want people to think of you. Then do whatever it takes to get them to think of you that way. Your brand is important and, just like the NFL,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], you should do everything you can to protect it and build it.
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There are two simple and common sense steps for creating a strong personal brand.
Did you watch the Super Bowl on Sunday? About 100 million people did. The game was entertaining and fun to watch. New Orleans won 31-17. Drew Brees,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Saints quarterback was the Most Valuable Player, and he endeared himself to the country by bringing his little boy -- who was wearing noise reduction headphones -- on to the field and carrying him around after the game.
1. Decide how you want people to think of you.
2. Do whatever it takes to get them to think that way.
I work really hard to consistently and constantly present myself as someone who has common sense answers to everyday career and life success questions.
"Be on brand in all that you do. People with a strong personal brand ensure that everything they do and all that surrounds them communicates their brand message."
William Arruda, my friend and author of Career Distinction says it well��
Take my "Common Sense Guy" brand. It appeals to a lot of people. However, some people find "common sense" a little too pedestrian and "guy" a little too colloquial. That's OK. Those folks probably aren't real interested in what I have to say,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and how I say it anyway.

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