Month: June 2009

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Personal Branding Interview: Linda Bustos

Today, I spoke to Linda Bustos, who works for Elastic Path Software and is an award winning blogger at the Get Elastic eCommerce Blog.  In this interview, Linda talks about inbound and outbound marketing, why personal branding is important to Gen-Y, shares her avatar advice and more.

What does it mean to ‘get elastic’?

Though …

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Twitter Takes Center Stage

Personal branding is more important now than ever before.  The economic downturn is not favorable to shrinking violets…you need to be front and center.

Twitter is everywhere  

LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter – these seem to be the favorite tools of job-seekers and personal branders.  And this week, because of geo-political reasons in Iran, Twitter has taken …

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Personal Branding Interview: Jonathan Littman

Today, I spoke to Jonathan Littman, who is a contributing editor for Playboy and the co-author of I Hate People.  In this interview, Jonathan reviews five archetypes that populate corporate culture at every level (his new book has all ten).  He goes over the Minute Man, the Smiley Face, Sheeple, Flimflams and Stop Signs and …

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Why Numbers Are Important For Personal Branding

I would consider myself an ambassador for the “numbers game” on social networks. Authorities like Seth Godin object to going after numbers, while people such as Guy Kawasaki think that it’s all about numbers (especially on Twitter).  I’m split in the middle right now, but I want to take time today to explain why numbers …

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Personal Branding Interview: Steve Miller

Today, I spoke with Steve Miller, who is a marketing consultant, speaker and blogger.  In this interview, Steve talks about what social media tools he uses for personal branding, his opinion on Twitter and it’s future, strategies Gen-Y should use to stand out and more.

Which social media tools do you rely on to build…
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Personal Branding Interview: Robin Wauters

Today, I spoke to Robin Wauters, who is best known as a TechCrunch writer based in Europe.  In this interview, Robin talks to us about his annual social media conference, other projects that he’s working on, how social media is different in various countries, and his thought on personal branding.

You organize an annual conference…
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The 5Ps of Marketing

Marketing, by definition, is creating a positive environment for exchange. It could be exchange of goods and services. Yet, in today’s economy, it also includes the exchange of human resources for financial resources.

You as the product

Viewing yourself as the product that you are marketing, might help you in wrapping your mind around the …