Comments on: Personally Bland to Personal Brand

By: There's More To Your Career Than Passion

There's More To Your Career Than Passion — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:47:56 +0000

[...] and you don’t talk about passion, then consider yourself the minority. You can find a post, or two here on COTJ discussing the topic, where I clearly state I’m a fan. So please, [...]

By: Rich DeMatteo

Rich DeMatteo — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:13:12 +0000

Hey Mike – thanks for the compliment. The last week or so I’ve enjoyed becoming acquainted with The Human Race Horses. Awesome stuff!

By: Michael VanDervort

Michael VanDervort — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:52:23 +0000

Really like the new blog and your style. Keep up the good work!

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:14:07 +0000

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By: Rich DeMatteo

Rich DeMatteo — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:49:23 +0000

Great points here Lindsey! I’m sure I speak for Matt when I say, we’d love to have you come with us, or we could come to Paris!

Definitely, write what you know and everything else will be gravy. You do a great job at covering what you know, and I think people can easily tell that about you!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:44:26 +0000

Is there room at the Mai Tai party for this little Parisian gal? OR we could champagne in one of Paris’ hot lounges, eh?

I think you nailed it by saying you write what you know. People who pretend to know everything about everything *cough* the French *cough* are transparent and come off as pretentious and disingenuous. I may know a fair amount about social media and its importance but I wouldn’t dare claim myself to be an expert nor focus my blog on the subject. Instead I stick to things I do know about – Paris, food, language, Philadelphia, America’s shitty health insurance and a little known brand called…ME!

By: Rich DeMatteo

Rich DeMatteo — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:23:27 +0000

Margot, my dear! Thank you for adding your insight and also the wonderful words about me.

I’m honest in this post. I don’t know much about personal branding. I know how I’ve done it, and that’s only because I’ve done what I’ve loved. I wouldn’t put the work into everything if this wasn’t a joy. A lot of people ask me what I’ve done since being unemployed, and many times I answer back, “Spend 10 hours a day staring at my computer”. I sit and write, and read, and tweet, and comment, and make a shit load of great connections. That’s all I’ve done and I love it.

You said it best, “Be authentic. People will either like you, or they wont, but the people who do are like jewels in a treasure chest, and the people who don’t aren’t worth your time.” – @hrmargo

By: Rich DeMatteo

Rich DeMatteo — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:11:30 +0000

I may have over exaggerated on the number! Thanks for stopping by and leaving your thoughts on this. I’m glad I jumped on the blogging train when I did. Look forward to all the good things ahead!

By: Matt Cheuvront

Matt Cheuvront — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:25:44 +0000

2,655 approved comments to date Rich. A long way from 500,000. LOL. But in all seriousness – you are on the right track and have a killer community already here. You clearly have the right approach – write about what you know about, don’t try to be someone you’re not, and do everything you can to bring out the best in your community. Keep doing that – and the rest will fall into place. Going to be fun to watch this bad boy continue to grow my man. We’ll be sipping Mai-tai’s relishing over our success years from now. Looking forward to it!

By: Rich DeMatteo

Rich DeMatteo — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:29:10 +0000

Love that you used the word Tweak, Elisa. You have always been super kind and supportive, and I appreciate every word of it. You da bomb