- Yeah, it actually happened, this is for real.
Hey guys, it's Roberto.
So no real big spiel here, just wanted to share
something very cool that happened in my life.
Wanted to kind of look at this as a way
that maybe inspires you guys to look at how
you can market and promote yourself
or what can happen for your brand
if you're creating real value for people.
So recently I was actually featured in a couple magazines.
I was featured in the 2016 summer edition of HOW Design
magazine, because I actually wrote an article for them.
I'm a contributing writer on the website,
and they decided to use a piece that I did
on summer portfolio projects that was very popular online,
they decided to use it in the print version of HOW magazine,
and that was just really awesome, and it was rad
to just see my name and my byline in print
and see an article that I did,
and I also got to feature some artists from this
in the Create Awesome community for a cool project
that they did, so that was just really cool and fun,
and I got to see some friends' work put into the magazine
and onto the website, and that's just amazing.
The other two magazines I was recently featured in
are Blueline from Domtar,
I was featured in the third and fourth volume for 2016,
and these have a lot more to do with some marketing
and content strategy stuff that I put out there.
And it was really cool doing an interview
with them for the magazine,
they do some really interesting things here.
And this isn't just for print professionals,
this actually is very cool if you're into marketing
or brand development at all, and I think that even
the advice that I gave in here is some of the best
advice that I've given on those topics before.
And so it was just really cool
that they decided to interview me.
I also got go hang out with some of the people
from Domtar at my Adobe MAX session.
They came to my Make It On Mobile session
for mobile video using Adobe Premiere Clip,
so it was great to see some of those great folks in person,
and that's just one of the cool things that can happen
with your personal brand, with doing stuff on the web,
doing stuff on social media, doing things on YouTube,
you get opportunities like this to be able
to be interviewed for podcasts and magazines,
you get to see your name in print,
and again, this is something that's exciting and very cool,
and I didn't expect this to happen so soon,
at least not, again, for the things that I was doing.
I've been featured in magazines before.
I was actually featured in Photoshop Creative
twice a few years ago, and in Advanced Photoshop magazine,
and in 2013, I did win a Photoshop
Creative Editor's Choice Award on the website.
So this isn't the first time I've been featured
in a prominent print publication,
and it's just cool that I managed in 2016
to have three different publications that I was printed in,
and that's just tremendous.
I can't tell you how exciting that is
and how great it was to be able to share that
with friends and family, and now with you guys,
to just see that this stuff can happen for you too.
If you work really hard at it
and if you bring real value to the table,
there's all kinds of opportunities out there.
I think this actually means that I'm gonna talk
a lot more about some of the actual
nuts and bolts of personal branding,
because I think that it's one thing for me
to say that these opportunities are on the table,
but in terms of showing you the process for getting there,
I think that could actually be really important
and something I do with my one-on-one coaching clients.
There are a lot of them that are trying to scale
their personal brands so they can do certain things,
and I think that if I create more videos like this,
that it'll help you guys, and then maybe some of you
also will decide to take it to the next level
and work with me on your personal brand.
So I just want to throw that out there.
Again, it's just really cool and mind-blowing
to see my name and my face in print like that.
That's actually really awesome.
So I guess the next thing I have to do
is figure out how to growth-hack television,
because, you know, how cool would that be, right?
Anyway, I'd love to know what you guys think.
Do you want to know how to do stuff like this?
Do you want to know more about personal branding?
Should I pick out videos that I can do on that?
Let me know in the comments section.
Also, don't forget, I do have a mini guide
that talks a little bit about personal branding
and how you can identify and define your personal brand.
It's called The Seven Points of Personal Branding Mini Guide
and you get that when you sign up
for the Create Awesome community newsletter.
Links are in the description below.
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As always, you guys, thanks so much for watching,
and don't forget, create something awesome today.
Who knows, if you do, you might end up in the magazines.
Take care.