Mike Oren.com

I'm working on getting my logo I use on my business cards and presentations redesigned, partially in preparation for a business card update. I'm hoping to hire a graphic designer to do this redesign and am in the process of discussing the project with one whose work I find nice and creative/out of the box. I'm not going to restart my self-marketing campaign though, my days of self-promotion beyond what's needed to get work/get work done are over, I'm content with the reputation I have at the moment. I'll likely restart a campaign when I near graduation or soon thereafter, but I'm not looking for any work right now and within the groups that I traverse I'm generally satisfied with my standing.

I'll post the new logo here when it's finished. I do encourage personal branding for those of you who never got into the movement, it's important to sell yourself no matter what you're doing, just make sure to keep a level of humility about you--self-branding isn't about being the best, it is simply about gaining name recognition and you don't want your name to be recognized as an arrogant/conceited jackass. Self-branding should be just as much about having fun as it is about tooting your own horn. Your work should be what speaks to how good you are, not your branding efforts.