M. J. Rose Quotes

I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. I'm a singer, a songwriter, a musician and a performer. And an actress, and all the other things that I do. When you add it all together, some might call it a brand, but that's not my focus.

My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.

You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself.

There was a time when self-promotion was considered so verboten, especially for authors.

Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.

I understand that I have a certain look that can be used to my advantage. I know the power of that when I walk into a room and talk to people, and I can use it as an advertising tool. Now I am actually selling me, my face, my thoughts. So I am my guy.

I am particularly wary of authors who put themselves on the cover of their own book.

Your goal as a candidate - define others before they can define you.

I think sometimes the fighters aren't very clear on things, and even myself, I'm a fighter, a lot of fighters make mistakes about working their image and how they market themselves.

Yup, I'm not good at selling myself, my PR skills are atrocious.

I don't read bad mail. I don't save mail. I'm too old to read negative things.

I'm very camera shy, but I realise it's important to promote films.

I have no idea how to ever sell myself in a snazzy way.

Writing a book makes you an expert in the field. At the very least, when you hand someone a book you wrote, it's more impressive than handing a business card.

Unless you show off you're not going to get noticed.

The ones who show up to take, they show up and say, "Hi. My name is Steve. I'm an expert in this and I've studied this and I've worked with these clients." On every single power point presentation, it has their email, their Twitter handle and their Facebook account, so you can follow them. At the end, they tell you, "Please follow me." When you ask them a question, they say, "Well, I could tell you the answer, but you should really just read my book."

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

Back seat drivers don’t know the feel of the wheel but they sho’ know how to make a fuss" Bob Dylan/Bonnie Raitt, “Let’s Keep It Between Us,” 1982

I began writing books after speaking for several years and I realize that when you have a written book people think that you're smarter than you really are if I can joke. But it's interesting. People will buy your book and hire you without reading the book just because you have a book and you have a book on a subject that they think is of interest to themselves or e to their company.

Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.

For me, I have to go out and people have to already like me for my promo to be good.

The only reason I do these interviews - I hate talking about myself, I hate doing this stuff - is because incredibly well-meaning people, whom I respect and trust, tell me that this will help bring about positive changes. It's not going to cause a sea change, but it will benefit the public.

A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.

Personal publicity of every kind is utterly distasteful to me, and I have made greater efforts to escape it than most people make to get it.

You have to think about how you're going to present yourself and want people, wanna show your stuff and who you are