Branding Yourself Or Your Business

Whether you own your own business or work for someone else you should be aware of the value of branding. Branding is a way to give you an identity and distinguish your business or work from other companies and/or coworkers. First off, you need to provide quality service and work. Obviously if you are not producing quality work, then you should work on that first. You do not want to be recognized for mistakes or poor quality. If you are providing good quality, you want to be recognized for it. Any time possible, whether it be in emails, website postings, and on the product it self you should include your name or company’s name. This way your name will be associated with quality. Any emails or documents you create at work, especially if they are used by your department or other people, should have your name on them. Make sure you get recognized for your hard work. If you work very hard, but no one knows it, you are throwing your hard work away. In this world today someone will be quick to take the glory from you and use it for themselves. If you are presenting a PowerPoint presentation at work, make sure your name is tagged on it. When employers are looking to promote or a position opens up, if your name rings a bell to a supervisor or higher up, then there is more chance you will get the position/promotion compared to an unknown name. To a company branding is very valuable. If a customer or potential customer cannot remember your companies name, then how can they look you up on the web or phone book? If a happy customer wants to refer someone to you, but they cannot remember your companies name, you could possibly lose business. Brand your name on everything possible, have an easy to remember name, and be different from the rest of the crowd. Think of when celebrities change their name prior to becoming famous. Actors will choose a different and easy to remember name, they are preparing to brand themselves. Make yourself easy to remember and associate yourself with quality, this will take you a long way. Good luck!

Ashley Qualls, 17 Years Old, Has made over One Million Dollars

FreeEcstasy.com is about happiness and success. So in order to inspire and at the same time prove that with hard work success can be achieved, we will share some success stories from around the country. Ashley Qualls is the author of Whateverlife.com, a site aimed at young girls who surf social networks like MySpace. She provides MySpace layouts, graphics, and a magazine aimed at that age group. With over 6 million page views, she is making over 70 thousand dollars a month with advertising affiliates, such as Google’s AdSense. Ashley Qualls has worked extremely hard, and  it has paid off well. She used creativity and a hobby to reach the success that she has now. We should learn from her and take notice of how she focused on what she was interested in and how well it payed off for her. If you focus on where your heart is, then you will head in the right direction. She was offered 1.5 million dollars for her site and she declined. She is taking a risk because her site could fall off. Yet, as we have learned without risk we will not get anywhere. Let us be happy for Ashley Qualls and learn from her experience!

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Quote from American Beauty

“ I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me. But it’s hard to stay mad when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once and it’s too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and not try to hold on to it. And then it flows through me like rain. And I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. You have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure. Don’t worry, you will someday. ”

Last line in the move American Beauty. I love the qoute. I think we get so caught up with everything that we miss the beauty in everyday life. Try to put everything on pause and absorb everything in. We have so much to be thankful for, let us appreciate everything that we have.  

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Couples  Constantly Fighting?

Relationships are tough. We all know it is easy in the beginning when you have not discovered each others’ “faults”. Love in the beginning is a euphoric feeling that in a sense does numb you out from reality. When reality sets in and both persons get comfortable with each other it is very easy for trouble to come along. Today we will look at some quick and easy tips to make a relationship and/or marriage work.

Listen. Listen. Listen. You have to pay attention to your partner. If you do not listen to them and hear them out, then you will not be aware of what you need to do to keep them happy. Whether it’s listening to what happened during thier day or hearing them out when they are frustrated, pay attention to what they say. Follow up with questions to get more details about what they are saying and also to let them know that you are paying close attention. We as humans desire attention and we all like to feel special. Think about it next time you have the desire to tell your partner something and picture them ignoring you. It is not a good feeling. Now men and women are completely different, we all know that too well. So there may be times where each of you are talking about something that bears no interest to the other person. It is easy to zone out and not listen to the person, but this is bad because it develops a habbit. Soon you will zone out less and less and your partner will notice your attention span for him/her was diminished. Everyone desires attention and if the person does not get it from you, they will seek it somewhere else. We want to avoid any kind of negative separation.

Spend time alone with each other. We all get caught up in our lives. From work to hobbies…..even blogging : ) At times it could be that too much time is being spent apart from each other or there are other people constantly around you guys. Time alone with just the two of you is vital to the relationship. Time alone together does not mean both of you in bed, one reading a book and the other on the laptop. It means being together doing something together. Whether it be watching a TV show you BOTH enjoy and can share thoughts about. Things like playing a card game, looking at old photos, cooking/eating together, or even playing some Nintendo Wii. Interactivity is a key factor when you have your alone time together. Make it an important part of the day. Turn the cell phones off, turn off the Blackberry, make sure it will only be the two of you. I promise if you guys are meant for each other, you will appreciate this time of the day.

Help each other. In a household, if you guys live together, you each have roles. Im sure one of you usually cooks/cleans, the other may take care of the bills. There are obviously things that both of you do not like to do. Offer to help the other person or take over one of thier roles for them once in a while. Give the other person a break of a unlikeable duty. It will not only make the other person feel special, but it creates teamwork. Having the other person’s back and knowing that they can depend on you is very important. Do it randomly too, not just on their birthday (which u should anyways), but on a random day when they do not expect it. Surprises are always good and keep things exciting in a relationship. So help each other, you are partners right? Then be a team and give the other person a day off here and there.

Be affectionate. Hold each others hands as you walk down the aisle at Wal-Mart. Kiss each other good-bye before going to work. When you are lying in bed together, be sure to give one last kiss good night. Those small touches show care and love. Hug each other everyday, run your fingers through thier hair, touch thier face, enjoy thier beauty and show it to them. Hold each other while you watch TV or when you are at the movies. Small things like this can make a big difference. If you feel uncomfortable holding each other because it has been that long since you have, then try to fight the feeling. If you love each other, in no time you will feel the warmth again.

Last tip of today is going to be short and simple. Sometimes it is best to let your partner be “right”. Even though you may think they are totally wrong, sometimes it is not worth the arguement. Let them be “right” and just move on. You will appreciate the fact that you guys did not argue and fight.

So let us sum it up:

1. Listen attentively and pay attention to details.
2. Spend some alone time together away from the world.
3. Help each other with everyday activities and switch roles.
4. Be affectionate, show your love.
5. Let your partner be “right”.

I hope these tips help you out, because you deserve to be completely happy with your partner. If you have a personal situation and need someone to talk to, shoot me an email at alex@FreeEcstasy.com

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Are bloggers happier than non-bloggers?

I was browsing through plenty of blogs today and realized that unless you have been reading a blog for a long time, you really do not know the person on the other side of the keyboard. It made me wonder how blogging has changed some people. I know blogging is definately an outlet for someone to express thierselves. It allows you to not keep everything inside, which is good therapy in some cases. Blogging also makes you feel like you have a voice. This is mainly a post asking other bloggers, are you happier now that you have started blogging? Did blogging make a change in your life? Blogging is in some ways like a diary, but one that you do not mind sharing. I hope blogging has helped a lot of people. Hope to hear your comments on this, again this was just a curiousity post : )

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