HELLO, my name is Scott!

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...a snapshot of articles, blog posts, podcasts and resources on how to be approachable, become unforgettable and make a name for yourself!

Scott Ginsberg is an author, professional speaker and the only person in the world who wears a nametag 24-7 to make people friendlier.  He's been recognized by 20/20, CNN and USA Today as "The World's Foremost Authority on Nametags," quoted as The Authority on Approachability in The Wall Street Journal, written a quiz for Cosmopolitan and inducted into Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

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HELLO, my name is Manifesto

In business. In life.

1. Friendly always wins. Because it's easier. Because, shockingly, not enough people are friendly. And because our world needs it.

2. Consistency is far greater than rare moments of greatness. Don't pick and choose the people with whom you are genuine. Maintain congruency of character.

3. Make the mundane memorable. Breaking the silence = breaking the pattern = mundane into memorable = increased comfort = increased comfort = increased approachability = strangers into friends = friends into fans = WOM = $$$ = :)

4. Fans, not customers. Customers, schmustomers. Fans are the people who "love your stuff," will go to the ends of the earth to work with you, will tell all their friends about you, and don't need to be sold. Obtain them, love them, stay in front of them.

5. Be That Guy. Even if you're not a guy. Branding is about becoming somebody who reminds everybody of nobody else. It's about owning a word in the mind of the people you serve. It's about being unique, not different.

6. Networking works. Because you just never know. That's why, simply put, you should talk to everybody.

7. Interaction, not interruption. Make direct contact with your customers and prospects. Build community. Stop trying to sell stuff to everybody. Don't interrupt or annoy people, rather, interact with them. Customers are excited about interacting and participating with cool stuff, cool people and cool ideas that make them feel comfortable and respected.

8. Don't sell; enable people to buy. Concentrate your marketing efforts on creating a sense of attraction, a sense of gravity; that magnetizes customers, prospects and fans toward your company through a process of delivering value via your brand. It's not who you know; it's who knows you.

9. People buy people first. Before your company, before your products, before your services, before your ideas, before your suggestions, before your work, they buy YOU first. THUS: lead with your person, follow with your profession.

10. If you don't make a name for yourself, someone will make one for you. You can participate in the creation of your profession reputation, but you can't control it. And you no longer have just your name, you have your name - PLUS - what people say after it.

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HELLO, my name is Scott and The Power of Approachability have been featured on CNN, USA Today, CBS, The Wall Street Journal and Comsopolitan Magazine
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Scott's Top 10 Articles

Collected from his widely read syndicated column
Fans, Not Customers
Learn how to meet and maintain the people who "love your stuff"

What's The Most Important Word In Marketing?
Read the survey of some of the world's most well known marketing experts

What Word Do You Own?
How to differentiate yourself from your competitors while keeping your ideas in the minds of your fans

How To Be That Guy
Become somebody who reminds everybody of nobody else

Produce Creativity: 4 Ways To Motivate Your Melon
Displacement Theory stimulates your creative juices...literally

QREATIVITY: Revolutionary Ideas Come From Ridiculous Questions
It's not about the answers; it's about the questions

How To Make Your Business Cards UNFORGETTABLE
The coolest business card experiemnt you'll ever run

62 Ways To Maximize Your Approachability
Based on Scott's Approachability Indicator

You Can't Spell Networking Without Serendipity
Ever had business fall into your lap like a gift from God?

The Seven Deadly Sins Of Innefective Nametags
They're so easy to mess up

Scott's Top 10 Blog Posts

Collected from years of unusual, unique and unbelievable posts
The official nametag tattoo
This is what dedication and commitment look like

Believe it or not, wearing a nametag secured me a spot in Ripley's
I still can't believe it

Scott's Approachability Quiz in Cosmo hits the racks!
Even if you're not a 16 year old girl, take it anyway

HELLO, my name is Squirrel Man
Meet Ira, a walking front porch

Does Your Business Card Standout?
See a picture of the business card experiment

Oh Sweet Irony! First Impressions Gone Awry
I got robbed at a church after a speech

Nobody is F.I.N.E
This word does not exist in the dictionary

Bonjour, je m'appelle Scott
Adventures of wearing a nametag in Switzerland

Don't Mess with Texas
This is the funniest nametag moment in 5 years

Not even the Windy City can blow this nametag away
Nice always wins

Pics of Scott's Speeches, Travels and Friends

140+ photos of front porches around the world

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THREE FREE EBOOKS you can download RIGHT NOW!

66 Priceless Pieces of Advice I Couldn't Live Without
Originally, it started out as a brainstorming exercise in which I wrote 100 pieces of business advice on 100 Post It Notes as a "Wall of Motivation." I ended up liking it so much that I took the "best of" and wrote a quote book.
234 Things I've Learned about Creating, Marketing & Delivering Speeches
Lately, a lot of people have been asking me questions about speaking. Because it's such a huge subject, I just decided to write a book on it.
203 Things I've Learned about Writing, Marketing & Selling Books
Read this ebook and you will write a best seller. (OK, not really.) But it's loaded with amazing content.

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Yes folks, it's real - just like his commitment

It all started on November 2nd, 2000
Scroll down to find out the exact number of days Scott's been wearing a nametag

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