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Originator of my Brand – Stop Pointing

Tuesday, 21 October 2008 · Print Post 8 Comments

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It is crazy I get emails, tweets, and people I meet with saying others are taking my brand. You know that pointing fingers, my ’steez’. I get some tweets with links to the other person’s blog or a picture of a marketer of them either pointing or doing something with their fingers, I even got images with gang signs, weird. But any how I think I have branded myself pretty well then. I am the dude that points and just stunts in pictures.

The funnay part is the pointing is a natural pose I do in all my pics. When I am with friends I point or do something with my hand, either if I am repping my team or if I just want to stunt in front of the camera. I think it just differentiates me from the standard picture taking role, standing still. It just adds another flavor to the picture. Lets take a look at other pics of me:

So I have been just pointing a the camera ever since the day I was born, well almost I guess.It is a natural pose I do with my team and others around. It just makes me stick out more and it has helped. A lot of my friends that I have met through events and networking tell me someone else has taken my brand and they let me know who. I am happy my readers look out for me and even point me to the culprit. I did not even see myself as the pointing finger guy brand – it is made by my readers and people who met me.

When I go to events people who want pictures with me ask if they can point as well or ask if I will even do that finger pointing in their pic. They want my brand in th epic, interesting. I just thought I would brand myself at something else but it isn’t really my decision, I found out it is my readers and the community who brads me, negative or positive, comical or serious – the community decides. I can not just jump in and say I am an expert in fashion – because it doesn’t make sense if no one is going to recognize me as that.

I want to just thank everyone that has recognize my pointing skills and look forward to more of the culprits that are taking my brand =P.

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Dustin said:

I actually wondered this too because I just took notice that TC (you figure out what marketer that is) actually has a blog that he is pointing on as well, but maybe its just a thing, IDK.

Good post though…

- 21 October 2008 at 1:10 pm

THC Times said:

The way I see it, hand motions are a big part of our younger generation.

The fact is most internet marketers are a bit older and they may not be used to it.

But in this game your never past your prime.

A brand is a brand, as long as you’re remembered…

- 21 October 2008 at 4:32 pm

Sam With Traffic Is King said:

Dustin

I went to TC’s site and notice that also. However if you didn’t know any of these two guys, how would you know who was copying who? You can’t trademark finger pointing. So what do you do if your known in an industry for pointing in your images and photos and someone else takes it and flips it. What recourse is there? How do you stop it?

- 21 October 2008 at 9:50 pm

AnthonyDinh - DiariesOfABlogger said:

Ian, ur not the ony kool mofo on the “block-osphere”…better look over ur shoulder son! hahaha

http://diariesofablogger.com/wp-content/themes/revolution_blog-10/images/fingerpoint.jpg

- 22 October 2008 at 10:47 am

Ian (author) said:

> Anthony
hmmm interesting – I met him and he said we are like brothers cause we do it – lol

- 22 October 2008 at 11:44 am

MLRebecca said:

You definitely have finger-pointing skills, Ian. I guess I hadn’t noticed that you do literally point in every picture. It’s your thing. You know what they say: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

- 22 October 2008 at 11:50 am

deStone said: