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Manal Assaad I'm Manal Assaad, aka The Manalyst, a Branding Fanatic, Marketing Enthusiast, and Media Addict. By profession, I'm a marketing specialist with a keen eye in design, a quirky style in communications, and avidity for social media. By passion, I'm into psychology, sociology, mythology, movies and TV series, technology and gadgets, music and dancing, languages, art and culture, fashion designing and styling.

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PERSONAL BRANDING: THE ART OF BEING YOURSELF – PART 2 YOUR BRAND NAME AND AVATAR

Posted by Manal Assaad on Thursday, April 7, 2011, In : Personal Branding 

As you've read my previous post on the importance of personal branding (hopefully); I'm sure you've been waiting for the second part of my tips on your personal brand name and logo/avatar (hopefully). So without further ado, read on...  

 
Your Brand Name: 

In its simplest easiest forms, this can be your own name. However, the thing is your name might be special to you, but it would mean nothing to most other people. Unless you're creating your brand to make your family name recognized and popul...

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DOING BUSINESS NAKED

Posted by Manal Assaad on Thursday, March 17, 2011, In : Organizational Behavior 

 
Have you ever had an important meeting or event that got you so nervous that you had a nightmare about it seeing yourself showing up naked and had every one shocked and pointing at you until you realized it and felt so embarrassed that you wished you could just disappear?!

Well this isn’t about that. This is actually about wanting to be there naked! No, not literally. Just read on. 

Going back in memory to college years, you must remember that one of the important courses of management was O...

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5 Twitter Etiquettes for Marketers & Businesses

Posted by Manal Assaad on Wednesday, February 9, 2011, In : Social Media 

After observing the behavior of marketers and brands on Twitter for the past year, I have jotted down some punctilios (☚ word of the day - punctilio: a fine point of etiquette or petty formality.) that you, as a marketer, would need to follow if you want to gather and keep happy followers:

Punctilio #1 Mix business with pleasure, that's today's "must-do":

We all know that you are mainly on Twitter so you can promote a business or a blog or whatever it is you are so proud of (and yes we are pr...


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