At the age of  25 and I feel like I’ve just started my coming of age as a person and as an entrepreneur. Many start up junkies and super successful E’s have sold there first business by 25 and made millions – but me, I was the girl that didn’t go on a single date until my freshman year of college – so it makes sense that I’m a late bloomer in other things as well.

The reason I started thinking about my late-bloomer-hood is because I spent the weekend in LA with clients (for www.OracleLaunch.com). I got to stay at the oh so nice Roosevelt hotel, meet Jay Leno and party with some neat people from the entertainment industry at Drais in Hollywood.

It was fun, the last day I was there I lay floating in the pool staring up at the palm trees. I kept thinking back to my youth as a nerdy, shy, socially akward girl of 18 and thinking how far I have come. It’s taken too long (in my mind) for me to finally feel confident in my own skin and be at the place where I can pursue my dreams without fear.

I wrote this post as a letter to my younger self,  a short guide to getting to where I am today and hopefully if you are struggling at all in your entrepreneurial journey it’ll help reboot your confidence and put you on the fast lane to success and eventual freedom.

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So I’ve been in Vegas for the last few weeks and have been absolutely slammed with work, work, work. But fun work so it’s all worth it… If you’d like to see me interviewing poker players check out my stint at pokerstatic.com. Anyways hanging around the World Series with people who make more in a week than most people make in a year got me really thinking (like “why didn’t I learn poker at 15″), mostly about personal branding that is. So after getting home from a 12 hour day I decided to film this short video on how to become a remarkable personal brand and the reinvention of Maren Kate.

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Are you ready to rock? If not go back to your business as usual lives and mundane 9 to 5 jobs – but if you’re making rock fingers and saying “H-E double hockey sticks yeah!!” then join the entrepreneur’s revolution and let’s get started!

So I don’t know if you’ve heard but we’re finally fighting our way out of this recession many thought would end an entire culture… but we’re still far from out of the woods. So where does this leave the bad A** entrepreneur? The business rock star who desperately wants to create freedom and fulfillment in their life by bucking conventional wisdom and escaping the 9 to 5?

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A client of mine who is owns a major brand told me an amazing thing the other day when I asked how he got to use the word ‘world famous’ in his logo.

“It’s world famous because I said so… and because I said so it became world famous”

This quote stuck with me for a while – the circular logic is evident but nonetheless right on the money. The business brand behind his company has become world famous for the sole reason that he called it world famous for so long. The personal brand that this client has built is worth just as much as the brand building he’s done for his store. Now not only is the store world famous, but all the people associated are famous for their own personal brands, crafted mainly out of thin air.

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You heard me… millions. How do I suppose I’ll do it? Well it won’t be through affiliates or creating info products, no there is a far greater (and more prosperous) way to monetize your blog – granted a little less tangible. That is the personal market share that I am creating every time I make a post, you have no idea how many offline clients I get through this blog alone. So I ask you, no implore you, to think of your blog as more than just a platform to make paltry affiliate commissions – because it’s something much greater, a well run and written blog is a personal branding tool that will last a lifetime.

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So I haven’t blogged in 3 days! After blogging every day for a while it is weird and not a good feeling. It reminds me of when I forget to feed my cat or water a plant and in reality that is what it does when you don’t blog consistently, every day if possible… your blog starves, your plant dies and you get arrested for animal cruelty (not necessarily in that order). But I am back and I am determined to be better than ever ladies & gents… Momma got uber motivated in a recent trip to San Fran (see I had a good excuse) and I am more into my business and blogging than every before.

Today I am unveiling the 7 super secret networking tips you WANT to know. Trust me these work online and off. Networking is one of the most important things in your life to learn, it helps you build relationships (both business and personal), it brings you more business when your booming & can be a life saver when times are tough. As the old saying goes, it’s not what you know but who you know.

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I just read an amazing article by Jason Calacanis about becoming your brand, loving your brand and being your own biggest promoter. Its long but well worth the read, either way I’ll try to sum it up along with extra tips on branding yourself in these 7 killer tips for becoming successful through branding.

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