Tag Archives: Personal Branding

Hope and Homelessness–Never give up on Personal Branding.

By Carles | September 9, 2009

Photo via thecobrasnake

I saw this picture portraying a homeless man sleeping on the sidewalk. Unfortunately, he had a pee pee accident as his dark yellow urine streamed down towards the star of a celebrity. I felt tons of emotions as my brain processed this digital image. Shame. Guilt. LOLability. [...]

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Hello. I am a guy sitting at a table. I represent a brand. I want to sell you something that you are not interested in buying.

By Carles | August 13, 2009

Photo by the cobrasnake

I saw you walk by me. You pretended not to see me so that you didn’t have to talk to me. I understand. I hate having to deal with you, as well. Sometimes I half-heartedly make a pitch, attempting to sell you phone service/Direct TV/TimeWarnerCable/any other sort of [...]

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Which Outdated Alternative Brand would make u more socially successful in high school?

By Carles | July 28, 2009

It feels comfortable to ‘grow older’ because you can look back on previous trends, brands, and miscellaneous stuff that u once found ‘meaningful’, and u can say ‘fuck that shit.’ It’s kinda weird to grow up, and see teens + tweens who are still utilizing the same branding techniques of 5-10 years ago [...]

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Understanding the significance of ur semi-ironic athletic jersey

By Carles | July 20, 2009

Photo via Chicago Looks

I saw this bro attending a relevant music festival, wearing an NBA basketball player’s jersey. Most mainstream bros who wear jerseys are attempting to say ‘I am a bro. I like this sport. This player is good.’ However, when an alternative person wears a sports jersey, I think [...]

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