# About · Adrian M. Peticila · aah, monster!

you have 20+ years of hard-won expertise. your linkedin has a job title and two posts from 2022. that gap doesn't happen because you're bad at your job. it happens because nobody told you that a professional reputation needs to be actively built, or it quietly deflates.

most people who come here aren't invisible because they're mediocre. they're invisible because they've been too busy doing the work to talk about it. the wrong people are winning the room. that's a fixable problem.

i built aah, monster! because i watched genuinely talented founders and executives lose deals, miss the right room, and get outpaced by people who were just better at packaging themselves.

your brand is not your logo. not your bio. not your title. it's the answer to one question: why should someone who's never met you take the meeting? i help you answer that. in writing. without calls.

03 — the person 03

about the monster

Adrian M. Peticila

cmo by day. personal branding consultant by choice. originally from romania. based wherever the work is good.

i started aah, monster! because "personal branding consultant" sounds like something a linkedin influencer made up in 2019. it is. i just happen to actually know what i'm doing.

no calls. no retainer traps. no three-hour workshops where i ask you to write your values on a post-it. written deliverables only. you get the document. you do the work. it works.

you know why people pay lawyers? not for the documents. the documents are a commodity. people pay lawyers because when the lawyer signs off on something, their license is at stake. i work the same way. i don't get to say "well, the market was tough." your name is on the brand. so is mine.

[→ connect on linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-peticila/)

04 — what i believe 04

three things.\
non-negotiable.
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01

### your brand is a business asset.

most people treat their personal brand like a vanity project. it's not. it's the reason clients choose you over someone cheaper. it's the reason investors take your call. treat it like one.

02

### nobody cares about your job title.

"vp of marketing at \[company\]" is not a brand. it's a credential. credentials don't build trust. perspective does. voice does. having something interesting to say does.

03

### consistency beats cleverness.

a mediocre message repeated consistently beats a brilliant message published once. most people get this backwards. they write one perfect post and wait for the world to notice.

press + media

featured\
in print.
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[](https://fractionalinsider.com/from-full-time-exec-to-fractional-leader-how-adrian-peticila-delivers-fast-measurable-results/)

Fractional Insider

From Full-Time Exec to Fractional Leader: How Adrian Peticila Delivers Fast, Measurable Results

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[](https://bizstack.tech/adrian-m-peticila/)

BizStack

Adrian M. Peticila, featured profile

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[](https://medium.com/authority-magazine/adrian-m-peticila-of-aah-monster-on-how-to-build-your-brand-as-an-executive-and-why-it-matters-1f9ebf5c0485)

Authority Magazine

How to Build Your Brand as an Executive and Why it Matters

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[](https://thecmo.com/career/adrian-peticila-2/)

The CMO

Marketing Leaders Are Focused On The Wrong AI Risks

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by the numbers

the data\
on invisible executives.
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44%

of company market value, attributed by executives to CEO reputation

Weber Shandwick, The CEO Reputation Premium, 2020

73%

of B2B decision-makers trust thought leadership over marketing materials

Edelman B2B Thought Leadership Impact Report, 2024

\<1%

of LinkedIn's 1 billion+ users publish content in any given week

LinkedIn internal data, 2024

5×

more profile views for executives who publish consistently on LinkedIn

LinkedIn internal data, 2024

elsewhere

find me\
across the web.
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the same person everywhere. if a profile isn't linked here, it isn't me.

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-peticila/)
- [X / Twitter](https://x.com/adrianmpeticila)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/adrianpeticila)
- [peticila.ro](https://peticila.ro/)
- [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/adrian-peticila)
- [Product Hunt](https://www.producthunt.com/@adrian_m_peticila)
- [Gravatar](https://gravatar.com/adrianmpeticila)
- [About.me](https://about.me/adrian.peticila)
- [Quora](https://www.quora.com/profile/Adrian-M-Peticila)
- [Qwoted](https://app.qwoted.com/sources/adrian-m-peticila)
- [IndieWeb](https://indieweb.org/User:Peticila.ro)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140362129)
- [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/186180125-adrian-m-peticila)
- [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/adrian-m-peticila)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@adrianpeticila)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/adrian.peticila/)
- [Threads](https://www.threads.com/@adrian.peticila)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/adrian.peticila/)
- [Buy Me a Coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/adrianmpeticila)

tired of being\
invisible?
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start with the €199 audit. find out what's broken. fix it from there.

- [get the brand audit →](https://aah.monster/brand-audit/)
- [see all offers →](https://aah.monster/#offers)

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