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Personal Branding for Public Speakers – Affiliation
ByJim Harvey December 12, 2012March 27, 2019

Seven Part Personal Branding Series: The Importance of Branding Personal Brand Building: Niche Personal Brand Building: Differentiation Personal Brand Building: Branding Personal Brand Building: Affiliation Personal Branding Case Study: Garr Reynolds Personal Branding Litmus Test You’ve probably heard of ‘coat-tail marketing’. In the blogging world, it’s the idea of associating your small blog with a…

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A Personal Branding Case Study: Garr Reynolds
ByJim Harvey December 12, 2012March 27, 2019

Seven Part Personal Branding Series: The Importance of Branding Personal Brand Building: Niche Personal Brand Building: Differentiation Personal Brand Building: Branding Personal Brand Building: Affiliation Personal Branding Case Study: Garr Reynolds Personal Branding Litmus Test There are four aspects which work together to form any brand image. They are: niche, differentiation, branding and affiliation. Today’s…

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Personal Branding – The Litmus Test
ByJim Harvey December 12, 2012March 27, 2019

Seven Part Personal Branding Series: The Importance of Branding Personal Brand Building: Niche Personal Brand Building: Differentiation Personal Brand Building: Branding Personal Brand Building: Affiliation Personal Branding Case Study: Garr Reynolds Personal Branding Litmus Test So far in this series, we’ve discussed why personal branding is so important for professionals, whether you stand up to…

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Love Speaking? Want to Get Paid? A Recommendation from our Partner
ByJim Harvey December 6, 2012April 23, 2013

Over the life span of our career, we are often asked to give a speech. Whether it’s around a board room table, or on a stage with hundreds in the audience, it’s a thrill for many. It’s what I’ve done for the past 20 years, but it can be hard to get started. What should…

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Making Your Presentation Fit Any Audience- 3 simple questions to use
ByJim Harvey November 12, 2012March 27, 2019

I had reason to sit in on a brief, fifteen minute lecture recently, where an SEO specialist was setting out Search Engine Optimisation tactics to a group of amateur Mum bloggers. He started off well, giving a quick round-up of what SEO actually means – it’s about improving where your website gets ranked in Google search results….

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Three Ways to add Flair to Any Speech
ByJim Harvey November 8, 2012March 27, 2019

Fit, Focus and Flair is our model for making sure each of your presentations are great – not just one in ten, when the stars are aligned and your stock speech just happens to suit the situation perfectly. Find out what we mean when we say ‘Fit, Focus & Flair’. Put simply, Flair is how…

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Elevator pitch? Hopeless. Try a 3 second ‘tease’ instead
ByJim Harvey October 11, 2012March 27, 2019

We’ve talked for a few times about ‘elevator pitches’, and as so often happens, we like the idea of having an interesting, short, enticing pitch for all seasons but we don’t ever get round to creating one. I’m not a great fan of the ‘elevator’ because I think even 30-45 seconds is too long when…

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Talking Cost when Pitching for Business
ByJim Harvey October 8, 2012April 23, 2013

I was asked a question the other day about how to deal with clients objecting to your fee when you unveil it as a part of your pitch. The answer I gave was- ‘Make sure that you can show how your fee is based on the value that you’ll deliver, not the cost of your…

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How do you create an effective presentation? Remember that you’re always pitching when you’re presenting
ByJim Harvey May 21, 2012March 27, 2019

Here’s a great post from the ever interesting ‘Idea Transplant’ blog by Jan Schultink, consultant, pitch guru and design enthusiast. It’s a post about the kind of things that inexprienced pitchers for finance do with their pitches and it has resonance for all of us doesn’t it? It’s relevant because mostlywhen we stand up to…

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