Month: August 2009

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Personal Branding Interview: Dave Ulrich

Today, I spoke to Dave Ulrich, who is one of the most well-known HR thought leaders in the world, winner of many awards and author of many books, such as HR Transformation.  In this interview, Dave talks to us about talent management, how to retain employees, five categories of leadership, if social networks should be …

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Are You Ready to Contact Literary Agents with Your Idea for Writing a Nonfiction Book to Build Your Brand and Promote Your Business?

Getting a literary agent to represent you is an essential step toward getting profitably published. Literary agents are necessary to help you get around the “gatekeepers” at most publishers; most publishers won’t even look at unsolicited manuscripts.

A good agent will save you time by knowing which acquisitions editors and publishers are most likely to …

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Distinct or Extinct: 8 Tips to Turn Mundane Projects into WOW Projects That Build Your Brand

Can you remember the last time you completed a “WOW” project? A project you’ll still be bragging and chortling 10 years from now, as Tom Peters would say? If not, rest assured that you can make your work matter – but only if you take proactive steps to make it work for you.

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My Personal Branding Journey Part 8: Communicate Your Brand with Good Blogger Relations & Twitter

This is the eighth of ten posts where we follow Marcos Salazar’s personal branding journey, as he uses the concepts and four-step process outlined in Me 2.0 for his own career.

In writing this series of posts, I’ve been trying to strike a balance between discussing why I began this personal branding journey while at …

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Bright Shiny Objects and Babies Like Me

I have a baby brain, even now after all these grown-up years.

A baby’s brain is exceptionally plastic, “captivated by the most unexpected events” and keen on seeing probabilities, while not terrifically impressed by certainties, per Alison Gopnik in Sunday’s New York Times.

Sounds like an entrepreneur’s brain, at least during the start up phase …

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Personal Branding Interview: Martin Yate

Today, I spoke to Martin Yate, who is the New York Times bestselling author of the Knock’em Dead series of career books and is now an evangelist for GoSavant, a video-based career training center.  In this interview, Martin gives his top resume and cover letter tips, shares some insight into how he’s built his personal …

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Personal Branding Interview: Gary Vaynerchuk

Today, I spoke to Gary Vaynerchuk, who I also interviewed for the sixth issue of Personal Branding Magazine.  This time, he’s back and his new book, Crush It!, is coming out soon.  I caught up with Gary before his life becomes crazy and asked him questions about his marketing platform, traditional media against new media, …

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How to Find Executives with “Juice” On Twitter

Dan Schawbel recently wrote an absolute must read blog post entitled: Branding by Association is the Single Most Powerful Idea in Personal Branding. He explores, in depth, the idea of “branding by association”, a concept that can propel you towards your goals faster and create more opportunities along the way.

I have used the “branding …