What corporate and personal branding lessons can we learn from Usain Bolt?
"To run rapidly you have to be happy." gabriel seisdedos (Flickr)Usain St Leo Bolt, known as Usain Bolt, has done an incredible job of building his brand. He has not only appeared in athletic magazines like Sports Illustrated and Runer but also in Forbes, GQ, Life & Style, and a host of other magazines.
He has leveraged his brand and advertisers flock to Jamaica from all over the world to feature him in their commercials and he insists that they are shot in Jamaica to help the local economy.
According to Forbes Magazine, his success is extraordinary:
He is from a small country and an even smaller town. He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. If you look at other Jamaican-born athletes who held the fastest man in the world title, no one else has had the impact of Usain Bolt in terms of personal branding. Let's face it, he doesn't have the movie star looks of David Beckham or Nacho Figueras but he has leveraged his charm and charisma into superstar power that transcends nationality.
For example, here is one of a series of spots he has done for Japan's All-Nippon Airline.....in Japanese.
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