I want to wish everyone a happy new year and am excited at what’s to come in 2008. Issue 3 of Personal Branding Magazine will launch on February 1st and my book will be published by the end of this year (crossing fingers). To start the year off, I’m taking a much needed vacation to South Beach Florida and then on a cruise ship to the Caribbean. I’ll be stopping at Puerto Rico, St. Maartin and Labadee Haiti during my travels on Royal Caribbeans new ship, The Liberty of the Seas. It has a mall, rock climbing, surfing, ice skating, mini-golf and so much more. During this time, there will be some guest posts and hopefully some other content if I can pull it off.
Aside from my excitement, I really want to thank everyone for their support this year. It’s truly been a dream and pleasure to collaborate and have conversations with all of you in 2007. Your comments and thoughts have really helped develop this blog and bring it to life. All my work with the magazine, tv show, blog, awards, articles and more is worth it because of how much you care about personal branding and the effect it will have on your career’s and everyday life.
Happy new year and god bless you!
2007 Milestone Timeline
March 14: Personal Branding Blog Launched
May 1: The first Personal Brand Award was given out to Carl Chapman
May 16: My first published article on personal branding on About.com
May 27: Listed as top 25 recruiting blogs on Alexa
June 2: The first episode of Personal Branding TV airs
August 1: The first issue of Personal Branding Magazine is launched with Donald Trump on the front cover and 11 articles. Also, Fast Company Magazine writes about my work.
August 25: DanSchawbel.com and The first Personal Brand Press Release come out, changing the way people create and promote their brand online
September 14: I celebrated my 24th birthday
September 17: The real definition of personal branding was formed in a wiki with collaboration from a cross-functional/global team of experts
October 24: I held my first big keynote at Bentley College
November 1: The second issue of Personal Branding Magazine comes out with Jack Welch on the front cover, 37 articles and an exclusive interview with Philip Rosedale, founder of Second Life.
November 8: Celebrated the 10th Anniversary of Personal Branding
October 1: I accept the first ever social media position at EMC
October 7 – November 12: Five phases of re-branding each of my websites
December 10: The “Octopus Model of Relevancy” formed
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The Faces of 2007 – I networked with over 600 people since the start of this blog and below are some of the one’s that stood out in my head this year. They are personal brand all-stars and you should take a look at their content as you pursue your resolutions and goals for next year.
- Brian Solis
- James Seay
- Wayne Smallman
- Adam Salamon
- Todd Defren
- Mike Sansone
- Valeria Maltoni
- Maria Elena Duron
- Shama Hyder
- Scott Bradley
- Walter Akana
- Bonnie Kurka
- Krishna De
- Paul Copcutt
- Jeremiah Owyang
- Chris Brogan
- Ann Handley
- Peter Kim
- Steve Garfield
- Scott Monty
- Mark Twomey
- Andy Beal
- David Lorenzo
- Mario Sundar
- Kevin Dugan
- Rebecca Thorman
- Connie Bensen
- Jay Deragon
- Rick Mahn
- Liz Pabon
- Rob Cuesta
- Nina Burokas, Vikram Rajan, Donna Fontenot, Foster Winans, Jim Stroud, Tiffany Monhollon, Wendy Marx, Andrea Nierenberg, Neil Patel, Rohit Bhargava, William Arruda, Guy Kawasaki, Daniel Honigman, Aaron Wall, Seth Godin, Shel Israel, Robert Scoble, Harry Joiner, Liz Strauss, Katie Konrath, Penelope Trunk, Ryan Paugh & Ryan Healy, Andy Drish, Chuck Westbrook, Cody McKibben, Brett Farmiloe, Laura Ries, Drew McLellan, Alison Doyle, Loic Le Meur, Steve Rubel, Maggie Fox, Don Dodge, Doc Searls, Gina Minks, Maor Kaplanski, Christopher Salazar, Robert David Hunter, Scott McArthur, Julia Roy, John Moore, David Sandusky, J. Erik Potter, Michael Baynger, Erica DeWolf, Lief Larson, Chris Clarke, Benjamin Boudreau, Matt Dickman, The Viral Garden, Mitch Joel, Andres Ortega, Phil Gerbyshak, Scot Herrick, Steve Wilson, Jason Jacobsohn, Megan Fitzgerald, Troy Worman, Anna Farmery, Scott Ginsberg, Greg Verdino, Ben Yoskovitz, Tom Peters,
