At Last, Your Brand and Connect.Me
Today’s highly competitive and digitized world has really changed the game for brands, both business and personal. Though advertisements may still attract your clients’ or customers’ attention, these aren’t enough to convince them to secure your services or buy your products. People are doing their research, asking for referrals and recommendations from people they know, …
Trust Your Worth
No matter what you’re doing personal branding for, there will come a time you’ll get asked that terrifying question: “how much?” That’s the one most people struggle with the most: you don’t want to be too high – or you won’t get the business, and you don’t want to be too low – or you’ll …
6 Tools Better Than An FAQs Page
Picture that someone has just absorbed your home page and perhaps dove into your other pages. They’re crossing an important point where they’ve gone from ordinary visitor to more interested party. They may not be ready to BUY just yet, but it’s reasonable to expect that they’re moving toward having an initial conversation, right?
They …
Your Résumé Should NOT Include A Headshot
Just don’t do it.
“But what if I—”
No.
“But what about—?”
No!
“But I like to—”
No!
Unless you are a model or an actor applying for a modeling gig or auditioning for a part, you should never, ever, ever, ever, EV-VER …
Personal Branding: When To Call In The Pros
Almost everyone who is drawn to personal branding is seeking some practical result who will translate into tangible improvements for their lives. The list includes the likes of obtaining suitable employment, getting a promotion, improving our career prospects, establishing ourselves as referents or gaining influence in our field of expertise. And for those more bent …
Eliminating The Nerves Of Networking
Do you walk away from networking situations feeling like it was a display of your best you? Or do you walk out the door feeling like you missed out on great relationships simply because you were too nervous?
Looking at those who network best, it seems to be some natural trait that they were born …
How To Get Your Own Domain Name, Part 1
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 [email protected]?
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 …
‘Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire’ Résumés Can ‘Burn’ You!
Is it ever a good idea to outright lie on your résumé, or even to significantly “fudge” the truth regarding your work history and/or accomplishments and achievements? The short answer to this question is “No!” because it can definitely come back to “burn” you! Nonetheless, this is a moral dilemma many job seekers wrestle with …
Belief vs. Fact vs. Assumption
In 1954, 25 year-old British medical student, Roger Bannister, broke the four-minute mile. Up until that point, it was thought not possible that a human being could achieve such a feat. Within the year following this historic accomplishment, the four-minute mile threshold was broken sixteen more times.
What was the difference?
Human beings are a …
7 Often-Overlooked Reasons To Write A Book
In the long run, these often-overlooked benefits of writing a may turn out to be even more important that your original goal of writing a book to build your personal brand.
The personal branding …