We’ve Only Just Begun, or so the song says… (suggest you click the video while you read this post, or as you are answering the assignment)

Just like Neo in the movie Matrix, you should have realized that the world is not as simple as we thought it was. Watch this…

Unfortunately no one can be told what the matrix is. You have to experience it. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. There is no turning back. You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe what you want to believe. You take the red pill and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Remember, all I am offering is the truth, nothing more.”

Morpheus to Neo (from the movie, The Matrix)

Oops, what pill did you take?

The learnings in this Marketing class don’t end here. It is hoped that you get to reap the benefits of applying the marketing and branding principles for the many years you have in front of you- both professionally and personally. Because, as you know in one of our cases, Everything in Life is Both Business and Personal.

The 20 Year Highly Personal Marketing Plan and the personal brand logo  and your 24/7 online business card (your linked in Profile that you have created as part of this class are just starters.  As one last push to your new branded life, please do this last exercise…

In essay format, please answer this reflection question:

What are the top 10 Things You will Start Doing or You Will Do Differently As a Result of Your Learnings from this Hyper- Marketing Class.

Suggested template answer for each of 10 things…

Since I learned from class  ______________________,

I will start  _______________________

Before this class , I __________________________

The benefit or result that I expect from this change is _________________________

( or I will do this differently ____________________________)

Sample Answer:

Since I learned from class  that the most important brand in the world has my name on it, 

I will start  developing, using, improving my personal brand by using my brand logo, refining my personal USP and consistently delivering my brand promise. ……….. ______________……

Before this class , I simply relied on hard work and expected that everything else will follow.

The benefit or result that I expect from this change is that my professional and personal life would benefit from the application of marketing principles to increase the success of the most important brand in the world – ME!

Remember: In the race called life, the Finish Line is also the Starting Line!