Month: September 2009

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Personal Branding Interview: Alan Deutschman

Today, I spoke to Alan Deutschman, who writes for Fortune Magazine, GQ, Vanity Fair and New York Magazine, while being the author of the new book, Walk the Walk. In this interview, Alan tells us why most aspiring leaders don’t actually become leaders, gives us an example of a leader that walks the walk, authenticity, …

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Have You Prepared Your Book’s Marketing Plan?

Much has been written about book proposals. But, less has been written about book marketing plans.

This is wrong! What happens after your book is published has a great deal to do with whether you become published and profitable…or just published.

Proposal versus marketing plan

A book proposal is a direct-marketing document intended to persuade …

Communication & NetworkingConfidence & AppearanceRelationship NetworkingReputation Management

Top 4 Articles Competitors Use to Outbrand You

Think you can take your personal branding efforts to the next level? My bet is that you can, with a little help from the experts.

Take this Wednesday to read the following posts. Because if you haven’t, your competition has. And they’ll use what they learned to outsmart, outreach and outbrand you.

So read on! …

Brand Yourself AsLifestyle & Habit BuildingRelationship NetworkingReputation Management

Are You Absent, Invisible, a Reflection or an Impression?

You may be among us and we might not know. If you’re not blogging or at least leaving comments on blogs, not tweeting or at least re-tweeting, or haven’t posted or at least contributed to a thread on a social network: you may be present but virtually invisible to us.

That’s unfortunate if you believe …