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Brand Camp University – Believes in Social Good and partners with the April Holmes Foundation

Brand Camp University is proud to announce its partnership with the April Holmes Foundation, Inc. The goal is to use the power of “Social Influence” via Twitter, Facebook, blogs and our conference to raise awareness. With each ticket purchased for Brand Camp ’09 you are contributing to the April Holmes foundation.

Mission of the April Holmes Foundation
Helping The Mission, Monetary, educational and service gifts are asked of you to continue this mission of the April Holmes Foundation so we may be able to provide scholarships, medical assistance, tutoring, & social opportunities to enrich the livelihood of persons affected by disabilities. Since we are 501(c)(3) organization, your contributions are tax-deductible.

Charity Tweetup: The Brand Camp University Conference tweetup will be accepting donations (optional: not required for entrance) for the April Holmes foundation.

We are very excited to engage and encourage our online communities to truly do something remarkable to help impact lives.

For more information:

April Holmes Website: www.AprilHolmes.com
Twitter: @AprilHolmes

“Life is truly about giving more than it is about receiving and we look forward to giving back”. – Hajj E. Flemings

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Human Networks: Personal Brands are built on relationships

As a personal brand you are in the business of people and relationships, which is the currency, that business is built upon. My good friend George C. Fraser put it best with the following quote.

“Business is about relationships. Without relationships you have no business. Without relationships you have no business being in business. I am going to tell you what no one has ever told you, you are in the business of building relationships.” – George C. Fraser, Author of Click.

Relationships are not numbers. Facebook friends, Twitter followers and Linkedin connections are geographically dispersed or concentrated communities of passionate people that can enable you to grow personally and professionally, spread ideas, build your reputation, build influence and create demand.

The last time I checked life was a team sport.

Nine Tips for Building Relationships
1. Build it before you need it – The worst time to build something is in the middle of the storm, build your network before you need to use it.
2. Add value – Give before you get. Givers get more than takers any day of the week.
3. Maintain trust – Gaining the trust of another requires you be competent and reliable. It also requires you to leave someone with a positive emotional impression . . . – Chris Brogan (Trust Agents)
4. Be irresistible – What is it about you that people can’t live without? You need to know what it is.
5. Re-tweet - Show some love to your Followers and other posters
6. Develop Second Degree Relationships - Linkedin or other social network connections that are created through your network that you didn’t invite in directly can be very valuable connections. Remember opportunities can come through people you do not know.
7. Write Blog Comments - The greatest gift you can give another blogger is a comment. (I need to do a better job myself in this area)
8. Meet People Face-to-Face - Nothing beats face to face, attend tweetups and meetups
9. Swim in different circles - Expand the circles that you travel in.

Human Networks
• Seth Godin calls them Tribes
• Twitter calls them Followers
• Facebook calls them Friends
• Chris Brogan calls them Trust Agents

Whatever you call your network they are all made up of people, treat them with care.

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The Brand Camp University “Honors Program” Contest


To celebrate the launch of Brand Camp University 2009, we have started the Brand Camp University “Honors Program” Contest.

Date Start:
Tuesday – September 1st

Contest End:
Monday – September 28th

Grand Prize Winner Announced:
Friday – October 2nd

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Participants have a chance to win some great “supplies” that can be used to help identify, improve and capture their brand, including:

(1) A free copy of one of the following books:
• Six Pixels of Separation by Mitch Joel
• Personality Not Included by Rohit Bhargava
• The Age of Conversation by Gavin Heaton & Drew McLellan (featuring Valeria Maltoni and Scott Monty)
• The Brand YU Life by Hajj E. Flemings
• A Leap of Faith by Ken Brown

(2) A free ticket (Admission) to the Brand Camp University 2009 Conference

One passionate grand prize winner will receive one free ticket to Brand Camp University 2009, all five books and a Flip Video Camera.

Here is how to win:

Share how your personal brand affects your personal and/or professional life in a blog post or video blog post. There is no specific length or time requirement. Just be creative.

OR

Submit a photo of a minimum of five items that best represent your brand to the Brand Camp University Flickr photo pool.

Photo example here:

For extra credit (and an extra chance to win) add the Brand Camp University – Honors Program widget to your blog or Web site.

Honors Program Widget

Brand Camp '09: "Honors Program" Widget

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<a href=”http://www.brandcampu.com”><img src=”http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3428/3876934180_0788233c8c_o.png” width=”126″ height=”115″ alt=”Brand Camp ’09: "Honors Program" Widget” /></a>

Winners of books and tickets will be selected throughout the contest, with the Grand Prize winner announced on Friday, October 2nd.

Here is how it works:

o All entries must be tagged #brandcampu
o If you’re submitting a blog/video blog post, please leave a link within the comments section of this post so we can quickly find it.
o The contest is only open to US and Canadian residents (and it can’t be to a PO Box).
o Winners of book copies and tickets will be announced throughout the contest.
o If you have already purchased a ticket for the event and win a free ticket, your purchase will be refunded.
o The contest will end on Monday, September 28th
o The Grand Prize Winner will be announced Friday, October 2nd

I wish you the best!!!

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Introducing Upward Action – T.C. Coleman: Brand Camp U. Adjunct Lecturer

Brand Camp University (BCU) has actively recruited top-notch thinkers and practitioners to enrich its content on personal branding, social media, and life. BCU is proud to add T.C. Coleman as an adjunct Lecturer.

T.C. Coleman, Esq. is the CEO of Upward Action LLC, a Branding and New Media Agency, and founder of LawyersLaunchpad.com, a coaching resource that helps entrepreneurial lawyers (a.k.a. “lawyerpreneurs”) launch programs, products and service-based businesses utilizing the power of a magnetic brand message and social media marketing. She is a branding strategist and a coach who is known as “America’s Online Business Coach” and a lawyerpreneur in her own right.

As a practicing attorney and corporate executive for nearly a decade, T.C.’s unique combination of business and legal backgrounds fuels her ability to help clients build and strengthen a wide array of business generating initiatives, including personal and professional brand development, new media marketing strategies, and relationship development training. She is particularly passionate about helping professional service providers leverage their core skills, strengths and interests to transform how they view their work, market their services and lead their industry.

T.C. travels the country and employs technology (like Second Life) to speak to audiences about the practical and measurable implementation of new media and interactive marketing strategies for accelerated business success in the 21st century. She has authored numerous articles on rainmaking, business branding, business blogging, Internet marketing for professionals and social media strategy.

T.C. earned her law degree at Columbia University School of Law (NY), where she was a Harlan Fisk Stone Scholar, and her BA with honors at Hampton University (VA), and has received further training at Coach University. T.C. is a member of the American Bar Association, the International Coaching Federation and the bars of the State of Georgia and the District of Columbia.

You can learn more about her work at http://www.UpwardAction.com and http://www.LawyersLaunchpad.com.

Follow T.C. Coleman on Twitter: @UpwardAction

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Chris Brogan’s Brain Cost $24.95

If you haven’t heard there is an incredible sale going on, Chris Brogan’s brain cost $24.95 (plus tax in the US), this is such a steal I wanted to share it with all my friends.

I am sure Chris has put in over 10,000 hours on his way to becoming one of the leaders of the social media movement, like Malcolm Gladwell talks about in his new book Outliers.

I follow his work like most people who endeavor to understand the social web better. If you haven’t heard by now that he has a new book out called, “Trust Agents” go purchase your piece of his brain today (News Flash: Either you live under a rock or you haven’t heard of this thing called the Internet if this is news to you. LOL.)

One of the great things about his new book is that it isn’t the “10-Tips to be the Guru Rockstar Expert Overseer of the Social Web with 10 Million Twitter followers in 30-days.” This book covers how to build influence, reputation, and how to make a little money while you’re at it.

I purchased my copy to support his work since I read his other stuff for free. I wish Chris Brogan and Julien Smith much success with their new book, which has just reached the New York Best Seller list.

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