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You should do the same. Your marketing materials are your business card, cover

letter, email address, voicemail message and resume. Later you can expand your

brand's marketing materials to include online social networking profiles, a website

and a blog. It's easy to do them for free or economically though a resource such as

VistaPrint. But don’t use their free business cards with their logo on the back (that

will brand you as cheap!). Or use a template design (You are a brand after all),

Make sure that all your marketing materials have a similar look (they should use the

same fonts and colors, for example) and tell your best brand story.

You can take another page from the branding playbook and get “celebrity”

endorsements in your marketing materials. Of course, we’re not talking about

actual celebrities, but getting a quote from a former boss or client about a project

where you played a major role. Put together a Resume Addendum and list key

projects in a case study format: “Challenge,” “Solution,” and “Results.” Then put the

quote from your boss or client at the top of each case study. You can also use your

endorsement quotes in your cover letter, website and your LinkedIn profile.

4. Develop a breakthrough email campaign.

CNN anchor Erin Burnett got her start on television after writing what she called

a "stalker letter" to anchor Willow Bay. Of course, Burnett wasn't literally stalking

Bay, but a clever email and letter campaign to companies and hiring managers can

brand you as someone with initiative and get you noticed.

Many of my clients have used this technique successfully in today's tough job

market. Here's an email sent a client, a young technologist in transition, sent that

got him a series of interviews and eventually a job offer:

Looking for ways to keep costs down for your clients?

Subject line:

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