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• How to Choose a Brandable Domain Name

  • Written by Neil Patel on May 29th, 2007
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  If you are looking to start a blog, you probably will want to buy a domain name that is short and memorable. However, why not pick a domain name from a personal branding perspective? The easy way, and probably my favorite method is to buy a domain name that is your real name. Unfortunately, in many cases your name is going to be taken as a .com, .net or even an .org extension. So if you are like me and you are unable to purchase your name here are other options: Read the rest of this entry »

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• Little is the new big: Why you shouldn’t brush off the little guy

  • Written by Neil Patel on May 24th, 2007
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  Don’t you hate it when you email someone and they just brush you off because they feel like you are a “nobody”? A lot of famous people are known to engage this type of behavior but the reality of it is that if you don’t do it you can actually improve your brand. Here is how you can build up your brand by helping people that others consider “nobody”… Read the rest of this entry »

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• The Secrets of Public Relations Revealed

  • Written by Neil Patel on May 22nd, 2007
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  A few of you have emailed me asking how you can get covered by newspapers and magazines. The easy answer is to pay a public relations firm, but that can cost thousands of dollars. Because of this I decided to interview Chris Winfield who has been covered by USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times (just to name a few) without paying a public relations firm. Read the rest of this entry »

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• How to Make More Money through Personal Branding

  • Written by Neil Patel on May 15th, 2007
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  I talked about personal branding quite a bit last week and some of you asked “how does this make me money”? In most cases you will not monetarily benefit from branding in the short run, but here is how you will benefit from it in the long run. Read the rest of this entry »

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• If You Don’t Clean Up Your Image Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later

  • Written by Neil Patel on May 11th, 2007
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  In an ideal world everyone would know you for all the great things you have done and they wouldn’t know about the bad things that you may have done in the past. The problem is that some people, such as Ted Kaczynski have a tainted personal brand. In some cases it can be almost impossible to reverse the negative connotation with a personal brand, but here are some things you can do to help clean up your brand. Read the rest of this entry »

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