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Top 3 Ways To Position Your Self As An Authority

Top 3 Ways To Position Your Self As An Authority

I have had tons and I do mean tons of media coverage. And I have turned down, even more, opportunities than that. While media appearances are great for establishing credibility, they don’t necessarily position you as an authority. For example, 98% of my media appearances are related to my personal stories or struggles. My career […]
Are Black Women Brand Bullies?

Are Black Women Brand Bullies?

A couple months ago, I was a panelist at the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit. The panel’s focus was authenticity on social media. At some point my co-panelist Morgan DeBaun stated “Black Twitter is REAL!” Boy oh boy, there was never a more true statement. As you might well remember I was dragged by […]
Keep Eating Your Fear Until It Tastes Good [VIDEO]

Keep Eating Your Fear Until It Tastes Good [VIDEO]

About a month ago, I was honored to be the featured guest on #MentorMonday with Paul Brunson offering up my usual slice of branding pie. It was a grand old time! If you don’t already know about Paul’s #MentorMonday, then I highly recommend you check it out and follow the hashtag!  Now back to the […]

4 Reasons You Need To Do More Videos To Grow Your Brand

Let me guess? You hate the way you look on video or you don’t like the way you sound!  Welp, true story… I used to feel the same way about myself! In fact I had some pretty nasty experiences when I first started making You Tube videos. So nasty in fact that I even stopped […]
Brand Diaries: One HUGE Way People F*CK Up Their Brand [VIDEO]

Brand Diaries: One HUGE Way People F*CK Up Their Brand [VIDEO]

When you’re building a brand, it’s hard to always know exactly how to position yourself without expert help. So it’s should be expected that you will make some serious mistakes as well as some minor ones. The good news is that most of the mistakes aren’t permanent problems and minor adjustments can shift the entire […]
Brand Jumpstart Workshop

Brand Jumpstart Workshop

** ATTENTION ** BUSINESS OWNERS, SPEAKERS, AUTHORS, COACHES, BLOGGERS INDUSTRY EXPERTS AND LEADERS… IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE YOUR VISIBILITY AND YOUR PROFITS (BUT ARE STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT)… CONTINUE READING! I’m Jai Stone, award-winning Master Brand Coach, highly syndicated blogger, social media personality and speaker. In my career, I’ve helped […]
Create A Brand That Fits Your Lifestyle [VIDEO]

Create A Brand That Fits Your Lifestyle [VIDEO]

Last week I had the distinction of being a panelist the Atlanta Business League’s Super Tuesday Conference.  At one point I was moved to speak on the importance of building a brand that fits your lifestyle and finding customers that fit your brand.  I had no idea that my assistant was video taping the session, […]
5 Reasons Auntie Fee Is A Totally Awesome Brand Builder

5 Reasons Auntie Fee Is A Totally Awesome Brand Builder

**EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING** Before you click on any of the links or videos mentioned in this post, please be advised that there is quite a bit of profanity. If this type of language offends you, please skip to the next post. You might have picked up on the fact that I’m all about challenging boundaries […]
Nude Photos Anyone? 4 Ways Jennifer Lawrence Could Preserve Her Brand

Nude Photos Anyone? 4 Ways Jennifer Lawrence Could Preserve Her Brand

It took me a minute to figure out way Jennifer Lawrence was trending on Twitter earlier this week. Then I saw the #NudePics hashtag and thought, “another one bites the dust”.  It’s seems like every few months we are blessed with another high profile person that has bared their butt cheeks for the cameras. I […]
5 Reasons To Use UGLY Photos To Grow Your Brand

5 Reasons To Use UGLY Photos To Grow Your Brand

Confession #128, I’m a recovering Photoshop abuser.  I spent a big part of my career trying to create the PERFECT professional image.  I spent hours editing imperfections and blemishes in all my photos trying to make sure every photo I posted was juuuust right.  The one thing I had learned about working in the marketing […]