Month: December 2009

Marketing & Personal BrandingRelationship NetworkingSocial Media

From Function to Feeling in Personal Branding

There can be major emphasis placed on the importance of function when relating to personal branding. “Send me your resume,” the manager will say, “I want to know more about your experience.” Function can be defined as your ability to accomplish a task. This could also be called your “technical” skills.

I wanted to shift …

Communication & NetworkingNetworkingRelationship NetworkingSocial Media

If You Suck, Your Personal Brand Does, Too

Personal branding is not shameless, endless self-promotion. It’s not direct messaging me with your faux request to “take this IQ test and see if you’re smarter than me.” It’s not directing me to your website with every post. It’s not seeing yourself as the epicenter of everything to do with your industry, category, talent, idea, …