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How to Promote Brand You - video interview

James Rick interviewing George Torok on the topic of promoting the brand that is you for the Full Potential show.

Enjoy this high energy and insightful 16 minute interview.

FP #174: How to Promote and Make Brand “YOU” Stand Out - George Torok with James Rick from James Rick on Vimeo.



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Branding Summary 2011

Good time to review your branding strategy for 2012.

Check out these provocative articles about branding. Warning: You might find some of these ideas offensive - and that's what a good brand should do.



The Branding Fallacy


Your Branding might be killing your business

Beware of the branding zombies. They regurgitate meaningless mantras like "branding is good", "you need a brand" and "we can help you develop your brand." These creatures only want your life blood. Unfortunately these zombies don't look like the ones in Michael Jackson's Thriller video. They look like you and I. They call themselves branding consultants, marketing agencies or graphic designers. And they try to sell you snake oil remedies.

It's time for a branding wakeup call. This might hurt especially if you have recently succumbed to worship of the brand. Remember, "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain" in the movie The Wizard of OZ. I'm ripping back the curtain. You might not like what you see. But it might save your business. I'm urging you, "Pay attention to the man behind the curtain."
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Five Steps to Build a Personal Brand Like Harry Houdini


Harry Houdini died in 1926 - more than 80 years ago. Yet he is still remembered as the greatest escape artist of all time. Even David Copperfield doesn't come close in terms of brand and name recognition. That is the power of personal branding. Build a solid personal brand and it catapults you to success. Build a really good personal brand and it survives your death. Will your brand survive 80 years after your death? More importantly, will your personal brand help you while you are alive?
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BRANDING : 7 Important Questions and the Straight Answers


Consider these important questions about branding and the brutally honest answers that could help you sell more and save you lots of money that is typically wasted on branding. If you sell yourself as a branding expert - you might not like these answers. These are frank answers that demystify branding.
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Branding Lessons from Genghis Khan, the Mongolian Marketer

What can a growing business learn about branding from Genghis Khan? He united and ruled Mongolia. Genghis is known as a strong ruler and conqueror. Some might call him cruel and vicious. But he is remembered as a strong, memorable and effective leader.
Genghis Khan provides powerful lessons for business on branding. Consider this branding challenge. Many countries, geographic regions and cultures are looking for creative ways to develop their tourism industry. How can developing countries develop their brand?
What can you do if you are Mongolia, a country that suffered almost 70 years of Soviet communism? (The Russians hated the Mongols.)
Play word association with the word "Mongolia" and you might reply with "Mongols" which would lead you to "Genghis Khan"; then you might run out of words. This is the challenge that Mongolia was facing.
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Is There a Brand in Your Stand?


Watch out for the branding gurus. Beware of the branding police who focus only on images of brand. Fire the branding consultants who feel qualified to tell you what your brand should be. Ignore the branding zealots who proclaim "brand or die".
Good, now that we have frightened off the undesirables let's address some fundamental questions about branding and offer you some probing questions to consider. That first paragraph demonstrates the three rules of creative positioning as explained below.
Should you have a brand?

Maybe. It depends on the goals of your business. You need to ask yourself some questions. Will the brand give you the return on your investment? Will you invest the resources to claim and sustain the brand?
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George Torok
Marketing Keynote Speaker
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The Obvious Expert


How to Position Yourself as the Obivious Expert


Here's a marketing book, The Oblivious Expert, that is packed with the best wisdom from over 150 the world's best marketing and sales experts, gurus and wizards.

One obvious way that you become an expert is to collect, read and summarize the best advice from the established experts in the field. An interesing strategy used by the author/editor of this book.

I'm one of the experts included in this book. Naturally that makes me an obvious expert. (No blushing here.) Obvious experts don't blush. They politely smile and accept the accolades.

Here is a list of contributors to The Oblivious Expert:

You will recgonize some giants of marketing and sales here.

Tony Alessandra, Jeremy Allen, Debbie Allen, Alan Alpert, Kare Anderson, Elva Anson, George Ansong, Michael Anthony, Tom Antion, Stephanie Bacak, Rochelle Balch, Corbin Ball, Robert Bayliss, Sue Becker, Peter Bender, Rick Beneteau, Debbie Bermont, Lillian Bjorseth, Orlando Blake, Ken Blanchard, Michele Blood, Wally Bock, Carol Boczarski, Diane Booher, Deniece Bossler, Linne Bourget, Al Bredenberg, Robert Britton, Marjorie Brody, Edward S. Brown, Frank Candy, Chris Carey, Michelle Casto, Ira Chaleff, Susan Chambers, Eric Chester, Bobbie Christensen, Bobbie Christmas, David Clarke, William Cohen, Joyce Coleman, Saralyn Collins, Jo Condrill, Mary Cook, Robert Corallino, Marisa D`Vari, Janet Delph, Jean Desmond, Jennifer Dicks, Laura Doyle, Burt Dubin, R. Wayne Eisenhart, Elsom Eldridge Jr., Mark. L. Eldridge, Joe Esposito, Linda Fayerweather, Joshua Feinberg, Erin Flynn, Michel Fortin, Paul Franklin, Patricia Fripp, Patricia Fry, Gary Gagliardi, David Garfinkel, Dawn Gay, Eric Gelb, Richard Gerson, Malcolm Gladwell, Connie Glaser, Fred Gleeck, Sheronde Glover, Bill Goss, Ida Greene, Alan Guinn, Daniel Gutierrez, Steven Haas, John Edmund Haggai, Deb Haggerty, Gail Hahn, Doug Hall, Janet Hall, Lisa Halpin, Mark Victor Hansen, Susan Harrow, C.J. Hayden, John Hedtke, Robyn Henderson, Edward Hendricks, Les Hewitt, Kathie Hightower, Judy Hoffman, Kevin Hogan, Darryl Hold, William Horton, Ross Huguet, Richard Johnson, Robert Jolles, Paul Karasik, Colin Keogh, Ed King, Carl Kline, Christie Knight, Rochelle Kopp, Cliff Kurtzman, Tom Lambert, Martha Lanier, R. Dale Leighv, Debra Leopold, Susan Levin, Jay Conrad Levinson, Irene Levitt, Mike Litman, Gary Lockwood, Peter Lowe, George Lucke, Linda Mackenzie, Jacqueline Marcell, Sherry Maysonave, Kevin McCarthy, Chris McClean, Lynne McClure, Leslie McClure, Robert Menard, IIPaul J. Meyer, Robert Middleton, Barry Minkin, Ivan Misner, Donald Moine, Peter Montoya, Bonnie Moret, CB Motsett, Nick Nichols, B.L. Ochman, Glenn Parker, Roger Parker, William Parkhurst, Raleigh Pinskey, Linda Pinson, Nancy Poffenberger, Dan Poynter, George Price, Linda Radke, T.J. Reid, Fern Reiss, Susan RoAnne, Denine Rogers, Jim Rohn, Marilyn & Tom Ross, Jeff Rubin, Mark Sanborn, Sandra Schrift, Jerry Schwartz, Gini Graham Scott, Dan Seidman, Roberta Shaler, Jerry Shea, Julie Signore, Russ Sinkler, Leslie Slawson Smith, Tim Spielman, John Stanley, Eric Steele, Lynn Stewart, Joan Stewart, Eric P. Strauss, Millie Szerman, Joe Teal, Natalie Thomas, Bob Topor, George Torok, Brian Tracy, Jason Tremblay, Bruce Turkel, Joe Vitale, Renee Walkup, Dottie Walters, Patrick Walters, Christina Wellman, David Wells, Mary Westheimer, Chris Widener, Claudyne Wilder, Mike Williams, Orvel Ray Wilson, Barb Wingfield, Barbara Winter, Angi Ma Wong, Patti Wood, Jeff Zbar, Jennifer Zick, Susan Zimmerman

It's an impressive list. That looks like fine company for a marketing expert to keep. And we judge you by the company you keep.

Who are you keeping company with - and how are you leveraging that company?

Learn more about The Obvious Expert here.


George Torok
Bestselling Marketing Author
Marketing Speaker
Canadian Business Speaker
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