Month: May 2009

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Personal Branding Interview: Allen Adamson

Today, I spoke to Allen P. Adamson, who  is the author of BrandDigital: Simple Ways Top Brands Succeed in the Digital World and the managing director of Landor Associates. In this interview Allen shares his wisdom of years of experience in the branding world, including a thorough explaination of the difference between advertising and public …

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Personal Branding Interview: Beth Kobliner

Today, I spoke with Beth Kobliner, who is the New York Times bestselling author of Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties.  In this interview, Beth gives some great financial advice for young adults who are completely clueless when it comes to money.

Why is a good financial education important to…
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Focus on What’s Next

Last week, at the World Innovation Forum, the words of one speaker really stuck with me.

“I don’t care about best practices,” said CK Pralahad, author of The New Age of Innovation. “I’m much more interested in next practices.”

By ‘best practices”, Pralahad was referring to the management practice of trying to squeeze every little …

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Personal Branding Interview: Karen Post

Today, I spoke with Karen Post, who is a fellow branding expert, author, social media entrepreneur, speaker and businesswoman.  Karen talks about how she’s established her personal brand, while building the brands of other companies and gives some insight into how she’s created a community around her brand, while explaining the importance of brand symbols …

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Personal Branding Interview: Donna Fenn

Today, I spoke with Donna Fenn, who is a contributing editor at Inc. Magazine and author of an upcoming book called Upstarts! Since the book isn’t coming out till August, I figured I would get the first book interview before everyone else starts harassing her.  In this interview, Donna talks about Gen-Y entrepreneurship, how it’s …