Sell Acuity To Get Hired
According to the thesaurus, acuity refers to keen awareness, perception, insight and alertness. Imagine demonstrating all of this on an initial interview. What do you believe the hiring manager will think of you as this is portrayed? That’s right, your personal brand will blossom making you the favored candidate!
The importance of interviewsYou lead …
Get Your Online Brand Centralized With Profiled
It can be easy to get your online information scattered in the age of social networking. But when you do seem to get all the content you want to feature for your brand, how do you know if the audience is finding something completely different online? In the professional world, image is everything. This also …
Arouse Don’t Assault
I have a client who persists in assaulting unprepared “prospects” with sales messages on social media. Not that this “jump them” attack can’t result in someone buying something. It is just the lowest percentage approach when it comes to actually generating revenue.
Selling tactics of the pastIn the early days of selling, sneak attacks …
Networking Internally For Your Next Job
For those of you job hunting within an organization, you may underestimate the role of networking internally. This important and essential activity is how you can build your personal brand within your current organization, and land a new career at the same time.
You have the upper handNetworking internally is the fastest and easiest …
How To Brand Yourself When You’re Just Starting Out.
A lot of personal branding advice is about putting yourself out there so that others to see you as an expert on a subject.
But what do you do when you’re just starting out in your field and don’t feel that you have a ton of expertise or unique information to share? What if you’re …
The Kind Of Twit Who Isn’t Worth Following.
I suppose I committed a cardinal sin of Twitter the other day. I unfollowed some people. I know this goes against the “get as many followers as you can” logic, but I have to say I found it to be a kind of cleansing experience. I see the Twitter experience – which isn’t for everyone, …
Four Steps to Take When You’ve Been Downsized
When you have been downsized, the first inclination for many people is to hit the job boards and begin searching for their next job. But doing that right after a layoff or termination may be more difficult than you think. Many people start a new search before they’ve had a chance to prepare and unwind, …
Why Web Design Matters
The advent of social media has, in no way, undermined the crucial importance of the webpage as the central hub of an integrated online strategy that is worthy of that name for both companies and individuals. If anything, it has underscored its role as the organizing principle behind the disparate social networks, microblogs, pinboards and …
Is Derrick Rose’s Brand Really Worth $260M?
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To adidas, Derrick Rose’s brand definitely is worth that sum of money. That is a significant amount of money to invest in one person long-term, let alone someone that …
7.4 Million Jobs Available – Find Your Dream Job NOW!
As this article is being written, there are over 7 million jobs available each and every month. Yes, you read that correctly . . . over 7 MILLION jobs are “open” each and every month today! So, now may well be the best time in the last several years for you to go looking for …