5 Ways to Find the Time for Personal Branding
You’re busy, I get it. You’ve got your job or school. You have a social life. You just don’t have a whole lot of time to do any of it to a great extent. You’re keeping up with Twitter and LinkedIn, and even Facebook, but you’re not able to do any real brand building. That …
Pinterest For Personal Branding: 7 Cool and Practical Uses
Personal Branding lovers are in luck. The hottest and quickly rising new social network Pinterest is fast proving to be a much welcome and indeed attractive addition to our personal branding repertoire. It is filled with endless possibilities yet to be explored.
We have reasons to believe that Pinterest is more than a passing fad. …
How To Get and Use Your Own Domain Name, Part 2
For that extra professional touch.
A JobMob reader asks:
I have a professional question. Do you know how someone gets a domain name that is their name? As in jacob@jacobshare.com?
There are actually 2 parts to the question:
1) How do you get your own domain name?
2) How do you use that domain for …
How to Get ‘Call-Backs’ to Job Hunting VM Messages
Yes, the economy is improving and you are among the 75 million or so people who want a new job . . . your career is stalled . . . you are frustrated . . . you are underpaid and you want a fresh start! So, you do what 90% of most job seekers do …
Can You Come Back From A Public Confrontation?
Personal branding has become an essential tool for individuals. If you want people to listen to you, to read what you’ve written, to follow you in social media, and so on, then you’re going to have to create a strong personal brand.
Your personal brand is not just about you, however. On the contrary, it …
Habits, Blogging, and Personal Branding Success
Charles Duhigg’s best-selling The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, describes how to change your habits and improve the way you’re blogging your way to personal branding success.
By taking a fresh look at your blogging habits, you can improve your ability to be consistently present with helpful, …
Thoughtful Leadership Benefits Society
When we think of traditional leaders, we envision a confident, courageous and dogmatic type of individual. Everything they do seems to work well, so they advocate everyone mirroring their activities and they boast of their achievements.
Modern day leaders do not behave in that way. Particularly with the usage of social media, it’s very easy …
Got Hacked? 5 Tips To Prevent Phishing In Your Brand
We all take a risk by having social media profiles, in that it is possible our personal information and credibility can be compromised.
Phishing, or a way to collect information online, such as usernames, passwords, or any other personal information, is quite common on sites like Facebook and Twitter.
You or someone you know may …
The 5 Languages of Nice
As my creative partner @FamousAlice says, s“competent and nice beats genius and difficult” when it comes to hiring, promoting and collaborating with team members – or selecting and working with vendors and consultants.
Competence is broadly understood as being good at what you do; but do not dismiss what it takes to be good – …
Standing Out with Polyvore
Have you heard about Polyvore? It’s a social networking site where people can look for brands and products and create their own collections called sets. Once you’ve created a set, you can share it with your friends and the whole Polyvore community. People can comment on your set, and you can also comment on other …