Comments on: What does your personal brand sound like?

By: Do you plan or seize the opportunity?

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By: Marguerite Granat

Marguerite Granat — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:05:45 +0000

That’s a good point Nancy. Sometimes a person’s portrayal of who they are does not match the physical reality. In the case of your candidate example, you were being yourself and his interpretation of your voice created an image in his mind. You were not purposefully creating a branded voice that was not aligned with your true self. He chose to focus on the physical rather than the essence of who you are. From a personal branding perspective, a person could be authentic and create a sound that truly reflects their personality. My husband Eugene who is a musician and woodworker is thinking about creating a jingle for his website using the sound of the mandolin. His music is an expression of who he is, just like the clothes we choose to wear or sometimes the pets we acquire. On a lighter note, I’m amazed at the physical similarities between pets and owners. Thanks for your comment!

By: Nancy Hilpert

Nancy Hilpert — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:25:29 +0000

For those of us who spend a great deal of time working on the phone, a person’s individual voice–the qualities and unique aspects that our brains recognize and can name without seeing–becomes the source of the image we develops of them, and in a sense their brand. Meeting people in person is often a huge surprise. This happened to me once: a candidate I had spent a number of hours talking with on the phone, when he came in for the interview was shocked that my physicality seemed such a mismatch for my voice (which had become my ‘brand’ to him). I’m a person of diminished size and don’t have any particularly striking features–he had conjured me as a tall gorgeous blonde woman. What would the ring tone of a tall gorgeous blonde sound like? I don’t know but it brings up the issue of matching your brand to your actual self…what happens when the reality doesn’t ‘ring tone’ true?

By: Todd Schnick

Todd Schnick — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:09:42 +0000

It would not surprise me that it would move in that direction…

By: Marguerite Granat

Marguerite Granat — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:48:16 +0000

Yes Rachelle. I guess this is already happening. Music is such an integral part of our lives and since the technology is here, it would be fairly inexpensive to create the tune. What I find interesting as well is that throughout history, smart scientists have gravitated towards music. Einstein played the violin and today, a lot of software developers are also musicians. Isn’t that interesting?