Month: April 2009

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Why Listening is the Most Powerful Personal Strategy You Can Use

Getting support from others is less about showing how fabulous you are. It’s more about showing them you know how fabulous they are. According to personal and professional development expert Brian Tracy in The Power of Charm, acceptance, appreciation, approval, admiration, and attention are key behaviors that make others feel more important and help win …

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How to Measure Your Personal Brand

Today I was going to write a post about different ways to measure your personal brand. Then I realized, there is only one way that we all measure our own personal brands: through how we stack up to competitors.

Don’t believe me? See for yourself.

How do you measure your personal brand on twitter? Through …

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LeBron James – The Man with the Billion Dollar Personal Branding Plan

I don’t know if you had the chance to see the 60 Minutes piece on LeBron James last week? I did and I was extremely impressed with what I heard. I love sports and I love business. And while the creation of sports icons is not new, taking on the role of Chief Brand Manager …

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Me 2.0 is Officially Out Today – Purchase Your Copy Now!

Me 2.0 launches today!

Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan Publishing) is officially out today in bookstores everywhere and in all major online retailer sites.  You’ve read my blog, flipped through the pages of Personal Branding Magazine, viewed my videos, even skimmed the articles I write on other websites and …

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Road to Me 2.0: Free 52 Page Complete Blogging Guide!

As we get ready for the worldwide launch of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, I’ve been working as hard as I can to still deliver you a lot of value.  I really appreciate the support of my talent team of bloggers, including Beverly Macy, Monica O’Brien, Liz Lynch, Jacob Share, …

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Personal Branding Interview: Eric Kuhn

Today, I spoke with Eric Kuhn, who is a new media consultant and journalist.  His current client roster includes both CBS News and the NBA and he also blogs for The Huffington Post.  In this interview, Eric walks us through how he’s been so successful at a young age, the opportunities available in the media …

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How to Create Your Personal Brand — Part 1

My post last Saturday, highlighted how I built my personal brand from scratch and the opportunities that followed. For today’s post, I want to focus on how you can get started building your personal brand so you can receive some awesome opportunities as well.

What’s required to begin building your personal brand?

First, let me …

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30 Personal Branding Experts on Twitter

Below is our select list of personal branding experts to follow on Twitter.

Personal branding expert tweeters: Dan Schawbel, @danschawbel Jacob Share, @jacobshare Katie Konrath, @katiekonrath Jun Loayza, @junloayza Maria Elena Duron, @mariaduron William Arruda, @williamarruda Wendy Marx, @wendymarx Hajj Flemings, @HajjFlemings who runs @BrandCampU Lesley Everett, @LesleyEverett Ola Rynge, @Rynge Jeffrey Blake, @jeffrey_blake Trace…
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Strengthen Your Personal Brand by Leveraging It to Help Others

If choice overload for evening activities was a challenge living in New York City for so many years, I definitely don’t have that problem now that I’m living Florida. For reliably good entertainment, my husband and I find ourselves quite regularly at the Naples Philharmonic, five minutes from home and with a great track record …