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    How’s Your Personality?

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    Personality Not IncludedI had a great interview with Rohit Bhargava over at the Duct Tape Marketing podcast. He is a founding member of the 360 Digital Influence team at OgilvyPR, award winning author of The Influential Marketing Blog and author of Personality Non Included, a book that urges business owners to find and communicate a unique voice or personality - particularly in the age of social media.

    I believe job #1 for any business, particularly small businesses, is to find a way to stand out, to be different. Doing so in a meaningful way (meaningful to a market segment that cares) is the secret to long term success, word or mouth buzz and ultimately more profit.

    Bhargava calls this standing out a companies’ personality and, much like a person, there are styles and attributes that suit some companies and attract some customers. It’s essential that you figure out your style (he profiles a dozen or so) and wear it well.

    One of the easiest ways for a company to exhibit their personality is through stories and we spend a fair amount of time during this episode discussing this topic. (A topic I write about often)

    The book comes with lots of extra content and a few hidden personality surprises for those who take the time to dig a bit. I for one know that I was pleased to learn that no chickens were harmed in the writing and publishing of the book.

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    Posted by: John Jantsch on Jun 09, 08 | 9:09 am
    Category: Core message, Marketing Strategy, Marketing messages, Positioning | Tags: , ,


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    1. web Content on June 11, 2008 Jun 11, 08 | 11:37 pm

      Personality does seem to sell, your business’s personality determines how people relate to you and how comfortable they’ll feel when dealing with you

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