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MILIND JADHAV

Use Corporate & Product Branding Strategies to create a brand new YOU

Hi Friend,

YOU are a Brand. A Brand that needs to be marketed to the outside world with as much Professionalism, as much Strategic Planning as other successful Brands that you see and use daily.

YOU are a Brand. Whether YOU are a Student, a Corporate Professional, an Entrepreneur or a Small Businessman. YOU mean something to the outside world. Whether YOU intend to or not, YOU are sending messages to the world about who YOU are, what YOU stand for, what your personality is, in what way YOU are different from others etc.

If YOU do not consciously make an effort to shape your image, the world will prepare an image about YOU, an image that may or may not work in your best interests.

Welcome to the world of Brand YOU. Learning about Personal Branding can help you
- understand what your personal traits are
- decide who YOU really want to be
- work out a road map to get there

You can apply your learnings to
- stand up for what is important to you and stand out in a crowd
- focus your energy on meeting your top priorities
- make your career grow within your organization or your industry
- improve your chances of getting a job
- improve your business
- improve the perception of YOU by your peer group or your business associates

Interested? You will be delighted to know that YOU are part of a huge population of people worldwide, committed to improving their personal situation, have a desire to develop and are looking for a personal roadmap to make their desires a reality.

Building brands is a discipline. It takes Multinational companies years of effort and billions of dollars to build strong brands. And when built these brands become powerful, appealing to millions of people the world over. Thanks to the growing field of Personal Branding, many of the successful strategies of global brands are now being used by successful individuals to achieve growth in their personal and professional lives.

Personal Branding is not about blowing your own trumpet, neither is it about merely promoting yourself to the outside world. It is far more deeper than that. It covers fundamental aspects like understanding your own strengths and weaknesses, evaluating opportunities in your sphere of influence, figuring out whether your actions are in sync with your strengths and skill sets, working out how best you can leverage your competencies etc.

Personal Branding is not rocket science. Much of it is in fact common sense. Yet many of us are so caught up in our day to day work that we hardly pay attention to consciously evaluating ourselves and figuring out where we're headed in life. And yes, it certainly helps when many of these seemingly commonsensical steps are put across to YOU in a structured manner, to help YOU methodically work on yourself.

To help you learn more about how Personal Branding can help you, I have organized a workshop called the Brand YOU Workshop in end April 2009. There is a FREE introduction session to this Workshop on April 11th at 4.30pm. (Venue is to be decided). If you would like to know more about any of the above, or to register for the FREE Intro session, call me on 98840 56988 or mail me : writetomilind@gmail.com

Confirm participation through: http://www.meetup.com/Brand-You-Professionals-Chennai/

regards

Milind Jadhav
My Motivational Blog: www.dailylifelessons.com
My Linkedin Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/contactmilind

Tags: branding, marketing, self-development

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Hi All,

I would recommend you to Milind's meetup.Milind has been very generous to share with us his knowledge and learnings in this field.

Padmanabhan
09841438486
Mentor - Chennai Entrepreneurs Club
http://www.meetup.com/chennai-entrepreneurs

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