Here is a recap of the posts that I have liked the most recently on YGG. They got a great response and I thought featuring them for people that may have not seen them would be great!
30 Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter
9 Tips for Being a Better Entrepreneur
7 Companies Getting the Most out of Social Media
Image vs Reality: The Importance of Follow-Through
I really hope you enjoy this Sunday recap!
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I just had the great pleasure of interviewing Michael Dunlop, he is a great advocate of working on your own terms and not letting it rule your life, but using it as a means to enhance your quality of life. He is in the process of building quite the online empire, so watch out!!
Here is what he had to say:
We know you’re a “Young Go Getter”, but so our readers know, how old are you?
Hello everyone, my Name is Michael Dunlop and I am 20 years but started my first business venture when I was around 10 years old.
Can you tell us the quick history about yourself, and what drives you to succeed?
So many things drive me to success, mainly I want a life style that allows me to do what I want when I want. I hate the idea that I am not FREE just to do that, everyone has so much holding them down, not me and never will I. Being an Internet entrepreneur means most of the time I don’t know what time it is and what day it is, because it doesn’t matter!
History… Well I dropped out of College here in England at 18 years old with out doing my exams, which is high school for you Americans. I failed most things at school and I hate to play the Dyslexic card as it seems to be over rated and used as an excuse but I was very bad a reading and writing. I remember even at 13 years old my mum trying to get me to read and fulling asleep because I was so bad.
One fine day, you woke up and decided to have a logo designed for your newly started business. You went out of your bed, searched for logo design companies online and extracted some top ranking links from Google’s search engine. You called them up one by one and finalized one logo design company for your logo and felt relaxed. Your job is not done here!
Hiring a logo design company is not enough. You need to do your homework before asking your logo designer to design a logo for you otherwise all your money and your designer’s time and efforts would go wasted in the end.
Logo creation is a delicate process; therefore, you need to make it easier for your logo designer by clarifying few facets before asking him to start your project.
Write down a detailed Creative Brief:
You as a business owner, must know what exactly you require in your logo because your logo designer is only the creator of the image, you should be the one to guide him what your logo should look like. Prepare a creative brief and clarify the following points to your logo designer to avoid disagreement in the end.
Please go take a look at Inc.com’s 30th Anniversary contest. Here is what they are running in their words:
Thirty years ago, Inc. Founder Bernie Goldhirsh challenged the editors of Inc. to “think of the business-person as an artist using both sides of his brain.”
In celebration of Inc. Magazine’s 30th anniversary, the publication has launched “The Great Garage Hunt,” an interactive online game. We’d like your help in celebrating Inc.’s 30th anniversary by challenging yourself and your readers to re-discover 30 great companies featured in Inc. over the past three decades. This interactive birthday party can be experience via an interactive online game at www.inc.com/greatgaragehunt.
So check it out and try and win some stuff!!! Jump to it HERE!
When you think about companies or organizations that have succeeded in branding themselves well – with a logo or a symbol or maybe even a commercial that sticks in your head, what comes to mind? I’m sure we are familiar with the swoosh from Nike, the Apple logo, the Golden Arches for McDonald’s. But recently, another public eye giant has stepped onto the courts…
LeBron James. And yes, the last sentence was full of puns.
LeBron “The One” James. The 24 year old basketball wunderkind who has made leaps and bounds from a young age at doing things well. We know he dominates on the basketball court as part of the Cavaliers but did you know that he has been a force to be reckoned with in the personal branding world? LeBron has taken full control of how his image is seen by people around the world. He understands that he has alot of influence through corporate endorsements and decided to create his own path to secure his dream of becoming the first billion dollar sports brand.
Yes, billion dollar.
Check out this video interview from 60 Minutes which gives us some insight into the thinking of the branding smart guy.
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