Henry Wong

About Henry Wong

Who am I? Brand strategist, writer, designer, creative director, speaker, I am the president and brand strategist of Vyoo (pronounced view), a branding and content company based in Toronto, Canada. I only take on clients who are looking to have a positive impact on the world. I've guided small upstarts and SMEs to 500-level companies. My roots span over 25 years of senior positions in the advertising industry including being Sr. VP. creative director for global ad agency, Saatchi & Saatchi. It was in the agency world where I refined my knowledge and current brand methods. In addition to applying an award-winning mind to such clients as Toyota and Procter & Gamble, I've guided politicians, professional athletes, TV personalities, as well as entrepreneurs and CEOs with their personal brands.

I am the author of Telling Your Story, Building Your Personal Brand. It's Inspired by the storyline structures found in fiction and tales and is as much a step by step guide as it is insights in putting the techniques of brand marketing into play for people looking to enhance their reputation and create a spotlight on themselves. The book is available through through Barnes and Noble and on Amazon in the U.S. and Canada

What I'm about: In this new world of brands, everything and everyone is a brand. People in business and careers recognize they have to “work on their brand” but seldom know how to achieve it. Just becoming known is not enough. Gathering followers is not enough. But standing for something and telling that story is everything. So I help people and product brands tell their story.

Described by Terry O’Reilly of Under the Influence as a leader in this field. “Personal branding can either feel murky or dismissed as simplistic. But in the middle lays the magic. Henry Wong is your sherpa through that magical middle earth.”

Would I make a good guest? In spite of growing up in the back of a Chinese restaurant, I am more North American than Asian. Do I speak well? Well, decent enough to be a keynote speaker. Just ask Tara McEwen my agent. And in my book, I talk about finding your superpower. Mine is the power of curiosity, so I tend to know a little about everything to fool most people into believing I have a level of intelligence. On the scale of dim to quick wittedness, I'd like to think I lean towards the latter. Though my son might disagree.