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< P > < B L O C K Q U O T E > W h e n I h e a r t h e w o r d < I > p y s c h o l o g y , < / I > I t h i n k o f D r . P h i l . < P > < / P > < P > W h e n I h e a r t h e w o r d < I > m o t i v a t i o n , < / I > I t h i n k o f T o n y R o b b i n s . < / P > < P > W h e n I h e a r t h e w o r d < I > m a r k e t i n g , < / I > I t h i n k o f S e t h G o d i n . < / P > < P > A n d w h e n I h e a r t h e w o r d < I > c l o s e o u t , < / I > I t h i n k o f m y D a d . < / P > < / B L O C K Q U O T E > < P > < / P > < P > W h y ? < / P > < P > B e c a u s e e a c h o f t h o s e p e o p l e a r e i n d i v i d u a l s w h o , i n M Y m i n d , h a v e t h e m o s t e x p e r t i s e a b o u t , a n d m o s t a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h a p a r t i c u l a r w o r d . T h a t ’ s c a l l e d w o r d o w n e r s h i p . < / P > < P > I n t e r m s o f p e r s o n a l b r a n d i n g , h o w e v e r , w o r d o w n e r s h i p i s a g r e a t a d v a n t a g e t o y o u r b u s i n e s s . I t d i f f e r e n t i a t e s y o u f r o m y o u r c o m p e t i t o r s , k e e p s y o u i n t h e m i n d s o f t h e p e o p l e y o u s e r v e a n d p o s i t i o n s y o u a n e x p e r t . U l t i m a t e l y , i t ’ s a f u n d a m e n t a l k e y t o e n t r e p r e n e u r i a l s u c c e s s . < / P > < P > < B > O r i g i n a t i o n < / B > < B R > I n A l R i e s ’ s f a m o u s b o o k , < I > 2 2 I m m u t a b l e L a w s o f B r a n d i n g , < / I > h e e x p l a i n s t h a t i f y o u w a n t t o b u i l d a b r a n d , y o u m u s t “ f o c u s y o u r b r a n d i n g e f f o r t s o n o w n i n g a w o r d i n t h e p r o s p e c t ' s m i n d . A w o r d t h a t n o b o d y e l s e o w n s . ” < / P > < P > H e a l s o a n d s a i d , “ F o r g e t a b o u t t h e l a u n d r y l i s t o f w o n d e r f u l a t t r i b u t e s y o u r p r o d u c t h a s . Y o u c a n ' t p o s s i b l y a s s o c i a t e t h e m a l l w i t h y o u r b r a n d n a m e i n a h u m a n m i n d . T h e k e y t o g e t t i n g i n t o t h e c o n s u m e r ' s m i n d i s s a c r i f i c e . Y o u h a v e t o r e d u c e t h e e s s e n c e o f y o u r b r a n d t o a s i n g l e t h o u g h t o r a t t r i b u t e . A n a t t r i b u t e t h a t n o b o d y e l s e a l r e a d y o w n s i n y o u r c a t e g o r y . ” < / P > < P > W i t h t h a t i n m i n d , t h e f i r s t q u e s t i o n t o a s k y o u r s e l f i s , “ D o I a l r e a d y o w n a w o r d ? ” < / P > < P > I f s o , c o n g r a t s ! Y o u ’ r e w a y a h e a d o f t h e c r o w d . I f n o t , t h a t ’ s c o o l t o o . Y o u ’ r e r e a d i n g t h e r i g h t a r t i c l e . ( O d d s a r e , y o u a l r e a d y D O o w n a w o r d , y o u j u s t d o n ’ t k n o w i t y e t ! ) < / P > < P > T o d i s c o v e r w h i c h w o r d y o u o w n , a s k y o u r s e l f t h e f o l l o w i n g q u e s t i o n s : < / P > < P > * I f y o u l o o k e d u p t h e w o r d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i n t h e d i c t i o n a r y , y o u ’ d s e e a p i c t u r e o f m y c o m p a n y < / P > < P > * I f y o u g o o g l e d t h e w o r d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , t h e f i r s t t e n p a g e s w o u l d b e m y c o m p a n y ’ s w e b s i t e < / P > < P > * I f w a s a b o u t t o g i v e a s p e e c h t o 1 0 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e a n d o n e o f t h e a u d i e n c e m e m b e r s c a m e b a c k s t a g e a n d a s k e d , “ S o , w h a t ’ s y o u r s p e e c h a b o u t ? ” I ’ d p r o b a b l y s a y _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ < / P > < P > * I n m y m a r k e t i n g m a t e r i a l s , t h e o n e w o r d y o u w i l l f i n d t h a t n o o t h e r c o m p a n y u s e s i s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ < / P > < P > * I f C N N c a l l e d m e f o r a n i n t e r v i e w , t h e y ’ d w a n t m y e x p e r t o p i n i o n o n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ < / P > < P > * A f t e r p e o p l e g e t t o k n o w m e , t h e y ’ l l n e v e r t h i n k a b o u t t h e w o r d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t h e s a m e w a y a g a i n < / P > < P > * T h e r e a s o n m y c u s t o m e r s l o v e m e s o m u c h i s b e c a u s e I a l w a y s h e l p t h e m w i t h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ < / P > < P > * I f p e o p l e w e r e t a l k i n g a b o u t m e b e h i n d m y b a c k , t h e y ’ d p r o b a b l y c a l l m e “ T h e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ G u y ” < / P > < P > O b v i o u s l y , t h e g o a l o f t h i s e x e r c i s e i s t o a r r i v e a t t h e s a m e a n s w e r f o r e v e r y q u e s t i o n . N o w , i f c a n ' t d o t h a t y e t , h e r e ’ s w h a t t o d o . A s k t h o s e s a m e q u e s t i o n s t o 2 0 o f y o u r c l o s e s t f r i e n d s , f a m i l y m e m b e r s , c u s t o m e r s a n d c o w o r k e r s . T h e y m i g h t m a t c h w i t h s o m e o f y o u r a n s w e r s , t h e y m i g h t b e w a y o f f , t h e y m i g h t e v e n t h i n k o f w o r d s t h a t n e v e r o c c u r r e d t o y o u ! B u t a t l e a s t i t w i l l g i v e y o u a n o b j e c t i v e p e r s p e c t i v e o n y o u r d e g r e e o f w o r d o w n e r s h i p . < / P > < P > < B > H e y ! T h a t ’ s M y W o r d ! < / B > < B R > O k , n o w t h a t y o u ’ v e e x p l o r e d s o m e p o s s i b i l i t i e s a s t o w h i c h w o r d y o u o w n , y o u n e e d t o m a i n t a i n t h a t o w n e r s h i p . A f t e r a l l , t h a t w o r d i s y o u r s , b a b y ! N o b o d y e l s e i n t h e w o r l d d e s e r v e s t o o w n i t b e s i d e s y o u ! H e r e a r e s o m e s u g g e s t i o n s t o m a k e s u r e y o u k e e p i t . < / P > < P > R E G I S T E R I T : j u s t f o r k i c k s , s e e i f w w w . y o u r w o r d . c o m i s a l r e a d y t a k e n . I f n o t , g e t i t ! D o m a i n n a m e s a r e l i k e c u r r e n c y t h e s e d a y s ! I f n o t , r e g i s t e r a n a m e w i t h y o u r w o r d i n t h e U R L , i . e . , w w w . t h e b o t a n y e x p e r t . c o m o r w w w . p e r f e c t f a m i l y p h o t o s . c o m . T h i s w i l l b e t t e r p o s i t i o n y o u i n s e a r c h e n g i n e s . < / P > < P > R E S E A R C H I T : f i n d o u t e v e r y t h i n g y o u p o s s i b l y c a n a b o u t y o u r w o r d . S e a r c h f o r b o o k s o n A m a z o n w i t h y o u r w o r d i n t h e t i t l e . G o o n G o o g l e , t y p e i n y o u r w o r d a n d s p e n d a n h o u r a w e e k r e a d i n g e v e r y e n t r y y o u c a n . L o o k u p t h e e t y m o l o g y o f y o u r w o r d ’ s o r i g i n . D o a n y t h i n g y o u c a n t o i n c r e a s e y o u r k n o w l e d g e b e c a u s e , a f t e r a l l , y o u ’ r e t h e e x p e r t o n t h a t w o r d ! < / P > < P > R E C O R D I T : w r i t e a n d p u b l i s h a r t i c l e s r e l a t e d t o y o u r w o r d . T h i n k o f y o u r s e l f a s a s y n d i c a t e d c o l u m n i s t , w h o s e w e e k l y a r t i c l e s a l w a y s h a v e s o m e t h i n g t o d o w i t h y o u r w o r d . A n d i f y o u d o n ’ t l i k e o r h a v e t r o u b l e w r i t i n g , d o n ’ t w o r r y . J u s t g o o n l i n e a n d s e a r c h “ a r t i c l e ” + “ y o u r w o r d . ” T h o u s a n d s o f a r t i c l e s o n y o u r w o r d w i l l c o m e u p a n d t h a t w i l l s t i m u l a t e y o u r c r e a t i v i t y . < / P > < P > R E V E A L I T : o n c e y o u ’ v e d e v e l o p e d a n d p o s i t i o n e d y o u r e x p e r t i s e o n y o u r w o r d , t e l l e v e r y o n e ! U s e i t y o u r l a t e r a l m a t e r i a l s , w e b s i t e , n e w s l e t t e r , p u b l i c a p p e a r a n c e s , c l i e n t m e e t i n g s , f a c e - t o - f a c e n e t w o r k i n g o r a n y o f y o u r o t h e r m a r k e t i n g c h a n n e l s . S h o u t i t f r o m t h e r o o f t o p s ! O v e r t i m e , c u s t o m e r s a n d p r o s p e c t s w i l l r e c o g n i z e t h e c o n n e c t i o n b e t w e e n Y O U a n d y o u r w o r d . A n d t h e y w i l l k n o w t h a t w h e n e v e r t h e y n e e d h e l p o n ( i n s e r t y o u r w o r d h e r e , ) t h e r e i s n o p e r s o n i n t h e w o r l d t h e y ’ d r a t h e r c a l l t h a n y o u ! < / P > < P > < B > W h a t ’ s N e x t ? < / B > < B R > O k . Y o u n o w o w n a w o r d . T h e w o r l d k n o w s i t . Y o u r c u s t o m e r s k n o w i t . E v e n G o o g l e k n o w s i t ! S o t h e n e x t q u e s t i o n i s : h o w w i l l t h i s w o r d c h a n g e y o u r b u s i n e s s ? < / P > < P > I ’ m g l a d y o u a s k e d . < / P > < P > H e r e ’ s a p e r s o n a l e x a m p l e o f w o r d o w n e r s h i p a t i t s f i n e s t . I t a l l s t a r t e d w i t h a v o i c e m a i l w a i t i n g o n m y c e l l p h o n e a s I w a l k e d o f f t h e a i r p l a n e i n t o t h e S t . L o u i s t e r m i n a l . < / P > < P > “ Y e s , M r . G i n s b e r g , I ’ m o n e o f t h e e d i t o r s o f C o s m o p o l i t a n M a g a z i n e . I ’ d l i k e t o s e t u p a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h y o u f o r a n u p c o m i n g p i e c e . P l e a s e c a l l m e b a c k a t t h e f o l l o w i n g n u m b e r . . . ” < / P > < P > W h e n I r e t u r n e d h e r c a l l , s h e e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y r e p l i e d , “ O h g r e a t ! I ’ m s o g l a d y o u g o t r i g h t b a c k t o m e – m y d e a d l i n e i s t o m o r r o w ! ” < / P > < P > “ S o , w h a t c a n I d o f o r y o u ? ” I a s k e d . < / P > < P > “ W e l l , h a v e y o u e v e r s e e n t h o s e l i t t l e ‘ q u i z z e s ’ t h a t C o s m o r u n s e v e r y m o n t h ? ” < / P > < P > “ O h , r i g h t . M y g i r l f r i e n d u s e d t o t a k e t h o s e t h i n g s i n c o l l e g e . ” I r e p l i e d . < / P > < P > “ E x a c t l y ! W e l l , a s t h e e d i t o r o f t h e s e c t i o n , i t ’ s m y j o b t o s e e k o u t e x p e r t s t o h e l p c r e a t e t h o s e q u i z z e s . A n d i n o u r u p c o m i n g i s s u e f o r J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 , w e ’ l l b e r u n n i n g a q u i z c a l l e d ‘ H o w A p p r o a c h a b l e A r e Y o u ? ’ ” < / P > < P > “ R e e e e e e l y , ” I s a i d . < / P > < P > “ Y e s . A n d i n m y r e s e a r c h f o r p o s s i b l e c o n t r i b u t o r s , I w e n t o n A m a z o n t o s e a r c h f o r b o o k s a b o u t a p p r o a c h a b i l i t y . A n d g u e s s w h a t ? Y o u r b o o k w a s t h e f i r s t a n d o n l y t i t l e t h a t c a m e u p ! S o , w e ’ d l i k e f o r Y O U t o w r i t e t h e q u i z . A f t e r a l l , y o u a r e t h e e x p e r t . W o u l d y o u b e i n t e r e s t e d ? ” < / P > < P > < I > U m , a r e y o u k i d d i n g ? ! M e , w r i t e a q u i z f o r o n e o f t h e m o s t w i d e l y r e a d p u b l i c a t i o n s i n t h e w o r d ? ! < / I > I t h o u g h t . < / P > < P > “ Y e s . Y e s I w o u l d , ” I s a i d . < / P > < P > W o r d . < / P >
Author: Scott Ginsberg
 
Author Bio:

Scott Ginsberg

Scott Ginsberg is the only person in the world who wears a nametag 24-7-365 to encourage people to become friendlier and more approachable. He is the author of three books including "HELLO, my name is Scott," "The Power of Approachability" and "How To Be That Guy." As a speaker, Scott works with companies and professionals worldwide on how to be approachable, become unforgettable and make a name for yourself. Scott has also been recognized by CNN, USA, Cosmopolitan and The Wall Street Journal as "The Authority on Approachability" & "The World's Foremost Expert on Nametags." And, he has recently been inducted into the Hall of Fame of Ripley’s Believe it Or Not.

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