The Personal Experience Effect: Big Brand Theory Applied to Personal Life

by Jim Joseph

Overview

If there is a person who can teach you how to define and create your personal brand, that person is master marketer Jim Joseph. The bestselling author of The Experience Effect has now turned his attention to building that most precious of all brands -- you. In an economy where so many people are struggling, trying to recreate themselves and build new skillsets, the value of a personal brand becomes paramount. As we market ourselves for new careers or take ourselves in new directions, we need to think of ourselves as a brand. What are we projecting? How do those qualities, traits or experiences that we project create a brand that works for us? In other words, how do we create a Personal Experience Effect?

Peppered with relevant examples, the book defines what it means to be a brand. The choices we make, their rational and emotional components, the energy we expend towards their projection...all these and more go into creating our personal brands. How do we keep it all conscious and consistent? A personal brand, like any good brand, needs to be consciously managed and controlled. Occasionally, as with corporate brands, a measure of fire-fighting may be required. This book shows us the what, the why and the how.

The Personal Experience Effect is not only about big picture strategy. Practical details are discussed too. For example, an entire section is dedicated to creating the perfect elevator pitch. How can a personal brand work not just for today but into the future? Can a personal brand be enhanced over time? What measures of circumspection are required in our digital age, when memories can remain online long after they’ve been erased in our minds? The author shares this and more, honestly and caringly, narrating personal experiences as well as discussing celebrity brands.

With inspiring examples and attention to detail, The Personal Experience Effect shows you how to win support to define, build, and nurture your personal brand. Jim Joseph’s eminently readable book helps you Be Who You Want To Be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781600052422
Publisher:	Happy About
Publication date:	08/27/2013
Series:	Happy About
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	811 KB

About the Author

Jim Joseph is the kind of guy that actually watches the television commercials rather than skipping through them. He scans the magazine ads before ever reading the columns, hard copy and online. Don't be surprised to find him in his office, legs propped up, flipping through Twitter on his iPad. As the President of Cohn & Wolfe North America, Jim brings over twenty-five years of consumer marketing leadership, bold management prowess, and a fine head of hair to the agency. He's proud to say that this is the second agency he has run to win multiple "Agency of the Year" industry awards. And if running this gig wasn't big enough, he's also a three-time author, blogger, professor at New York University, and regular contributor to Entrepreneur. To top it off, he's on the Board of Directors for the number one branding school in the country, The Brand Center at VCU, and well as The Council of PR Firms. When you want to get something done, give it to someone who’s busy! Jim's brand pedigree is a portfolio in the who's who of marketing including Tylenol, Johnson & Johnson, IKEA, Cadillac, Ambien, Nokia, Walmart, and Kellogg's. His entrepreneurial streak motivated him to start his own agency, after years of client side marketing at Johnson & Johnson and Arm & Hammer. He later sold that agency to The Publicis Groupe where he managed agencies covering brand strategy, consumer promotion, shopper marketing, digital, CRM, and advertising. With the strength of a power-lifting honey badger and the intelligence of, well, an NYU professor, Jim's boldest move was transforming what was a struggling pharmaceutical advertising agency into an integrated marketing powerhouse, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness. By moving from "sickness" to "wellness", and from silo'd to holistic, Jim engineered a makeover that included new capabilities in CRM, promotion, and digital, as well as a new mix of clients beyond pharma into diverse areas of wellness. Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Jim published his first marketing book in 2010 called The Experience Effect, which showed how building a powerful brand experience creates shareable consumer loyalty. As Jim says, "without a great brand experience, you're just another product." The book garnered much critical acclaim, winning a Silver Medal for Best Marketing Book from Axiom. We'd bet his mother has a copy bolted to the refrigerator. Sequels take a look at applying that big brand theory to small business with The Experience Effect for Small Business and now personal branding with The Personal Experience Effect. His daily blog and continuing contributions to Entrepreneur remind us that, "marketing is a spectator sport, " for which he too has won multiple awards including best blogger, social media icon, and Thought Leadership in PR from PRNews and the Sabre Awards. Following Jim is like following the best that the marketing industry has to offer, because that's who he watches and reports on every day.