Strategist and storyteller

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I take years of best practices from advising today's top thought leaders to help you build your platform, grow your profits, and leave your mark on the world.

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The Mike Kim Letter

Each Tuesday, I share insights to help you navigate the “tabloidification” of the internet, the AI differentiation crisis, and the void that comes after the first version of your career or business.

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Hello, I'm Mike

I'm a business coach and marketing strategist.

I specialize in personal branding, product launch strategies, and copywriting. I'm also the author of the Wall St. Journal and USA Today bestseller, You Are the Brand.

Marketing isn't about closing a sale, it's about opening a relationship. I've used that same approach to serve some of today's most influential thought leaders.

The book

You Are the Brand, a USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestseller

The podcast

The Brand You Podcast, 446 episodes and counting

Advised

John Maxwell, Donald Miller, Catalyst, and Daniel G. Amen, MD

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The Framework Frames the Work: Diagnostics & Assessments

I’ve really embraced writing about life, reinvention, and whatever the heck I wrote about (I have no plan)… but I’m still being

The Framework Frames the Work: Diagnostics & Assessments

I’ve really embraced writing about life, reinvention, and whatever the heck

[#39] The Mike Kim Messaging Matrix for a Post-AI World

As I shared way back in [#5] The Economy of Meaning,

[#38] The Unaimed Expert: Established, Consistent, and All Over the Place

The most unhelpful thing an established expert can do right now

[#37] White Rice Messaging

I do not remember a single bowl of the rice my

The book

Yes, It's Possible to Build a Business around Your Expertise, Ideas, Message, and Personality

A USA Today, Wall St. Journal, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon bestseller.

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