Comments on: Personal Branding Interview: Randall Jones

By: Discover Your Inner Hero :: How To Put your Career in Overdrive

Discover Your Inner Hero :: How To Put your Career in Overdrive — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:20:32 +0000

[...] In an interview by Dan Schwabel, Randall says that all RMITs (Richest Man In Town) have found their "perfect pitch"- the thing that they are most personally gifted at doing and secondarily they have found a way to monetize their perfect pitches"; Click here to read the rest of the interview [...]

By: Kingsley Tagbo

Kingsley Tagbo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:47:23 +0000

The keys according to Randall is in finding your perfect pitch and finding a way to monetize it.

Finding your perfect pitch requires that you find “what you’re most personally gifted at doing” … which is not as easy as it sounds.

Many people are good at doing many things or perhaps not that good at doing anything despite a lifetime spent at work … hence they can’t even begin to identify with these valuable facts!

By: Viagra

Viagra — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:32:21 +0000

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By: Kirsten Dixson

Kirsten Dixson — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:08:53 +0000

Thanks for this great interview with W. Randall Jones, Dan. I was interested to read it, not only as a personal branding expert, but also as a former employee of Worth Magazine. My mother knows the Jones family well, and I can personally vouch for their giving spirit. I’m ordering The Richest Man in Town now. Congratulations on your new book too, Dan! All the best!

By: Jason Monastra

Jason Monastra — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:37:43 +0000

Alicia – thanks for the comment. But I would ask about the plan. Think about when Warren really got started – the bike and paper route, etc. With that sort of a story and what he drew from his experiences, that was far from an established plan. It was a inner mission, a character that he was and thus was “branded” the person that he is today. I agree with your point on the focus being the communication of the brand vs. the actual creation of the brand. Social media is the fad and it all has to do with how to get your name out there. But when it comes to who you are, which is the essence of the brand when we look at personal branding – those traits are in place far before we ever even think about placing them on Tweeter or Facebook as a strategy.

By: Alicia Falcone

Alicia Falcone — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:36:18 +0000

Dan – I really like this post especially the part about trust, authenticity and finding the perfect pitch. All three are required qualities of great brands. So much of the personal branding conversation right now is about communicating your personal brand using social media. Brand communication is only part of the story as you show in this post. Regarding Jason’s earlier comment, I believe that great brands, personal or otherwise, are proactively and strategically created with a vision and objective in mind. It is hard for me to imagine that Warren Buffet didn’t have a five-year plan when he got started. Also, great brands understand the importance of leveraging their strengths (to occupy a unique position relative to the competition). Finally, both realize that a “brand” is about relationships and that authenticity and trust are the foundation of long lasting relationships. Thanks for the great post.

By: Jason Monastra

Jason Monastra — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:42:17 +0000

I think the personal brand is who these people are. It is not something they created. People were successful to that level as they followed who they were in an uncompromising manner, making work or their pitch a simple extension of their inner person. That makes for an easy sale. If you believe in yourself and your vision…..all else naturally comes.

By: @JoshHurlock

@JoshHurlock — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:28:51 +0000

What a great post. The key as Randall stated is to project the same personal brandto your neighbors as to the world. Be authentic and be yourself. Bulding a personal brand must come through ambition and a willingness to jump right into the fire, so to speak, disregarding fear of failure.