Archive for July, 2009

Facebook Update

Most of you that read my blog are on Face­book, or cer­tainly know about Face­book, so I just wanted to let you know this new update I read about recently.

Face­book is now ‘allow­ing’ you to change you Face­book user­name. I know, they said you couldn’t change it once you had cre­ated it at sign-up but…

So here is what you do:

Go into the “Set­tings” at the top-right of the Face­book page and then click on “Account Set­tings.” The sec­ond option from the top is “User­name” — press “Change” to enter in your new user­name and then click “Con­firm” when you’re ready to set it. BUTBUT –before you do that make sure that is the name you want to use and is viewed on Facebook.

Face­book says this is the only user­name change you can make — so think about it before you change it.

Hope this is a help­ful hint!

Jan

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How a Song Can Touch You

I love music. Almost every type of music.. almost.

Recently I heard a song by Nick­el­back called “If Today Was Your Last Day”. It touched me so much for many, many, rea­sons. It speaks to our mor­tal­ity — yes — and makes you ask questions.

You can also lis­ten to it in rela­tion to how you deal in business.

Think about that not only in rela­tion to your mor­tal­ity, but how you can help folks that come to you for busi­ness help. What would you do if today was your last day? Would you make your mark? Shoot for the stars? What would you do if you had one thing you could do to make a dif­fer­ence today?

If today was your last day.…what would you do?

Think about it.

Jan

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Michael Jackson's Branding

No I am not try­ing to jump on the band wagon of get­ting hits for using the name ‘Michael Jack­son”. What I wanted to do was show you just how impor­tant brand­ing is and how Michael Jack­son was a mas­ter. Let me give you an example.

When you hear the phrase ‘moon walk’ do you think of:

1) Neil Arm­strong
2) Michael Jackson

Of course you think Michael Jack­son.

When you hear the phrase ‘glove’ do you think of:

1) OJ Simp­son
2) Michael Jackson

Of course you think Michael Jackson.

It’s not just because of his recent pass­ing, it’s because he was a Mas­ter at brand­ing. He knew that every­thing about him was a brand. Every­thing from his voice, hair, face, clothes, to his Howard Huges eccen­tric­ity was a brand. Make no mis­take he knew what he was doing. RIP MJ

What does that mean to you — pay atten­tion to a mas­ter (as is Gene Sim­mons of KISS & Fam­ily Jew­els fame).

What you may think is over the top, in brand­ing you and your busi­ness, may just be what you need to bring your brand to life.

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Jan Carroll

Jan Carroll
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