Month: June 2009

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Why Everyone Wins When You Have a Strong Personal Brand

We spend a lot of time here on the Personal Branding Blog talking about the importance of a strong personal brand to the brand holder. You get known more widely, you get hired more quickly, you get paid more, etc. But what about the flip side? What about the benefits to the buyer, the customer, …

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How to Value Your Following on Twitter

Here’s an alarming statistic: Twitter now drives 20% of the total traffic on my other blog, Twenty Set.

Surprised? I’m not. Twitter is starting to rival Google in terms of traffic. Which shows that Twitter is clearly an incredible marketing tool, even when you don’t have that many followers. (I only have slightly over 5,000.)…

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Could Your Social Media “Expert” be a Fake?

If you haven’t already noticed, the concept of social media has become a mainstream topic that bloggers, media outlets and movie stars continually obsess over daily.

As the “Oprah Effect” has taken root in the marketplace after featuring Facebook and Twitter on her show…the “social media craze” has been established and validated.

The almighty status…
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Your Digital DNA

Facebook made available ‘personalized’ URL’s at midnight on Friday. I got mine facebook.com/beverlymacy. Did you get yours? Another personal branding opportunity!

Your Digital DNA

As more and more people realize the value and importance of personal branding, I thought it important to take a step back and remember that your online/digital presence is absolutely necessary …

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Personal Branding Interview: Kelley Keehn

Today, I spoke to Kelley Keehn, who is a financial expert, speaker, media personality and author of She Inc.  In this interview, Kelley talks to us about the psychology of money, why it’s harder for women to be successful, what money has to do with personal branding, mistakes Gen-Y’ers make with credit cards and more.…

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Brand Yourself as an Expert to Survive the Future

Last week, I wrote a blog post called “6 Reasons You Shouldn’t Brand Yourself as a Social Media Expert” and it quickly became the most popular post I’ve ever written on this blog (since October, 2006), with over 400 retweets and almost 60 comments. There were a few people who disagreed with my statements and …

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Personal Branding Interview: Don Bulmer

Today, I spoke to Don Bulmer, who is the Vice President of Global Communications at SAP AG.  In this interview, Don talks to us about the most important aspect of his personal brand, how social media is changing marketing, how social networks make it easier for companies to grow their audiences and much more.

What…
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Recent College Graduates Listen Up | Build Your Personal Brand

While doing my weekend reading I came across a few articles from different perspectives on the unemployment rate, job creation, and what new college graduates should do in such a tough job market. The tone was overwhelmingly negative and really didn’t leave you feeling too optimistic about the outlook for the future. Seems like the …

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Personal Branding Interview: Bruce Turkel

Today, I spoke to Bruce Turkel, who is an author, speaker and consultant on branding.  In this interview, Bruce talks to us about how important personal branding is to his clients, how to apply corporate branding strategy to personal branding, his seven steps to brand value, how to stand out as a speaker and much …