Senior Vice President of 
and Chief Customer and Commercial Officer
A lesson learned (hopefully)
brand management,inspirational leadership
A recent photo shoot for Vanity Fair may have added a bit of tarnish to the otherwise spotless image of Hannah Montana, the acting/stage name of 15 year-old actress Miley Cyrus. For those of you unfamiliar, Cyrus, the daughter of famed country singer Billy Ray, is in a hit Disney show, playing a girl who lives a double life as a high-school teen by day and a famous pop star by night.
Cyrus, no stranger to the spotlight came out and apologized immediately to her fans for the “racy” photos, citing them as a mistake and adding that she hopes she did not disappoint anyone. Good move on her part. Hopefully this will be a good lesson learned in personal branding. Even a small slip can stain the clean sheet of your image, personal, professional, or company, if not handled in an appropriate and timely manner.
Rebrander beware!
brand management
In case you haven’t noticed over the past few weeks, your Starbucks cup has taken on a new (and slightly less colorful) look. This bold move of changing one of the worlds most recognized logos is all part of effort to rebrand Starbucks, tracing back to its roots of Seattle’s Pike Place Market. In addition to the new design, Starbucks has also begun to serve the Pike Place Roast.
Some argue that Starbucks has a strong enough brand equity that they can afford to experiment, while others have come out in protest to the subtle changes to their morning ritual. Will these new changes take hold among the Starbucks loyalists or are we seeing a slow demise to the treasured franchise as they fight to compete with the low price leaders.
speaking
Media
Jerry enjoys speaking publicly, to small or large audiences, on various topics ranging from personal motivation and development to creating customer alliances, and of course on Managing Brand YOU.
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about the
book
by Jerry S Wilson
& Ira Blumenthal 
What is the book all about?
Nationally respected brand experts Jerry Wilson and Ira Blumenthal have helped some of the most exceptional companies and individuals in the world perfect their images.
Now, in Managing Brand YOU, they reveal their proven seven-step process for personal brand building. Using illuminating examples from successful corporations like Coca-Cola and Starbucks, as well as high-profile celebrities like Bono and Oprah, Managing Brand YOU gives readers a step-by-step guide on how to build their own brand.
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