.think .differently about recommendations and branding

Disney Institute keynote speakers
Disney Institute classroom – in this photo, the Living Seas VIP Lounge (backstage, not open to the public). A staged photo, but you knew that, right?

 

Letters of recommendation are typically superfluous, written by people who the applicant thinks will impress a potential client.

And often, the author has offered to write whatever the recipient would like them to focus on.

If you can’t understand this, it simply means you’ve never had to market yourself or your personal business.

Please don’t get me wrong, there are exceptions.

They’re rare.

And they are also difficult to tell apart from the orchestrated ones.

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Brand loyalty summarized on a license plate frame

Disney license plate
Bottom of license plate holder:  Been there. Done that. GOING BACK!

 

 

Glacier National Park in September
Merry Christmas 2017. Photo: Glacier National Park’s Lake McDonald.

 

Been there.

Done that.

GOING BACK!

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Slow down to go faster

 

Slow down to go faster.

If i have to explain this to you, you aren’t ready for the message.

The unexamined life is a life by default, not a life by design.

Learn to over-focus on the same things you used to under-focus on or ignore.

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AMA Message Last Night

Disney World Logo
Lunch yesterday, November 19 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort.

 

Disney Pixar Coco Ad
Disney Pixar Coco Ad at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort.

 

Disney Pixar Coco Ad
Closeup. Ps. We have tickets to see Coco on Thanksgiving Day (lower right corner).

 

Disney Pixar Coco Ad
Another closeup.

 

Disney's Coronado Springs Resort.
Real life closeup.

 

Disney World K-9 Unit vehicle
Parked next to us.

 

Disney World Construction cranes
Disney World Construction cranes from our parking space at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort.

 

American Music Awards last night on ABC.

This…

Glorious.

Glorious.

i was born for this.

Born for this.

What?

It’s different for each of us.

And it’s glorious.

Glorious.

You were born for it.

Born for it.

Are you ignoring it?

Ignoring it?

What?

Your purpose in life.

Do you know it?

Are you living it?

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Disney Customer Service Basic is to make eye contact and smile

Lyft driver photo
At Disney, we focus, intentionally, on smiling when we make eye contact. Also noteworthy, everyone in business faces public scrutiny.

 

Miguel was a nice person.

He chose his photo above.

He’s in the people business.

In the making people feel safe and comfortable business.

The trust business.

Imagine Disney marketing their Theme Parks and Resorts with Guests and Cast Members interacting and the Cast Members are not smiling.

Be intentional.

In your recruitment ads, your hiring goals (hire friendly people), your marketing, your employee training – these are a few of the mountain of things that make up your public brand image.

As i looked for a photo (and idea) for this post, i randomly fell on the Lyft receipt. i take photos of every business receipt to use in Quick Books business accounting.

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