Could Your Personal Brand Survive Hurricane, Fire, or Flood?
What would have happened to your personal brand and business if you were a self-employed professional living in lower Manhattan or coastal New Jersey when Hurricane Sandy struck?
Would your brand and business survive if your computer, iPad, and smartphone were lost or damaged by fire, flood, or hurricane?
After the flood waters receded, would …
Your Story Creates Success
Have you ever said to yourself, “It’s of no use to continue” upon not being able to create the right connection with your prospect?
Often, an excuse will be created as to why the effort to continue will not be worthwhile. And, on occasion, the potential buyer will yell at the salesperson, “Get out of …
Where Success is Really Hidden
Not all successful people are happy. Some successful people are stressed out, miserable, angry, frustrated, depressed and lonely. They are barely able to get up in the morning. They trudge through the day. They might as well be breaking rocks on a chain gang in a 110-degree heat, with no water breaks. Their health is …
Branding For A Job Vs Branding For An Opportunity
Most job seekers brand themselves for a job because that’s how we’ve been taught to write resumes.
We’ve not only been taught to write resumes branding ourselves for a job, but it was reinforced while there were candidate shortages – because you could make lots of mistakes in a forgiving job market.
But in a …
Recipe For Success: Love What You Do!
I have been in the small business world for several decades as an educator, sales professional, entrepreneur. At many points, we face challenge, failure, triumph and success. One driver of perseverance, I have observed in those that endure and thrive, is a passion and deep belief in what they do, what their calling is and …
Personal Branding Weekly and Clarity in Social Communication
Editor’s Note: Have you ever experienced a low-ball salary offer and wondered what’s the best thing to do to come back from that? Author Skip Freeman, share some helpful tips to do that.
This week we covered that and what makes you valuable; the importance and power of Google AuthorRank (if you …
5 Easy Ways To Make A Great First Impression
What you say is often not nearly as important as how you say it. Most people underestimate the importance of making a positive first impression, while they overestimate their present ability to do so.
When you meet someone for the first time in any setting, your initial goal should be to appear trustworthy, likable, confident, …
Say, Show, Repeat: Personal Branding Secret Sauce
The purpose of your personal brand is to communicate with your target audience — potential clients, employers and people who might be able to refer you to them.
And, doubtless, you’ve taken time to think long and hard about who your audience is, how you can help them and why they should choose to work …
Strategies to Maximize Your Job Opportunities
In order to bridge the gap from college to your first career you need to know yourself; what do you bring to the table and what drives you, what you value and what …
Google AuthorRank Helps Personal Branding
If you’ve been hearing some talk about Google’s new AuthorRank algorithm, you need to pay attention to what’s going on with it, because it’s going to affect not only your SEO, but your personal branding.
AuthorRank is Google’s determination of how much they trust you to provide interesting, valuable content, and not dirty, nasty spam.…