Conquering Uncertainty: An Interview with Jonathan Fields
Follow your dreams. It’s a nice sentiment in principle, but how many of us actually follow through with it? Far too often, we get tied down with a backup plan and our extravagant dream life fades away in favor of the ‘safer’ alternative. But what does it take to actually make the leap into an …
30 Cool New Tools for Personal Brand Building
Every so often, you need to take a look around and discover if there are better tools than those you’re already using.
Here are some categorized suggestions to get you started.
ProductivityClick.to – copy any text and send it anywhere with just one click. Instant fave.
TubGet – download almost any video from YouTube …
9 Fatal Mistakes Most Employed People Make Today
You are employed. You are extremely busy. In fact, you are harried, frazzled, and oftentimes, any semblance of a good work/life balance seems a very distant, almost quaint memory.
Additionally, you have seen your colleagues downsized. You have either gone without pay raises or the ones you have received have been less than hoped for. …
Personal Branding is a Contact Sport
In the age of ubiquitous social media, I find that so many people lose sight of the fact that developing a personal brand involves real relationships with actual human beings. Technology has become “comfort food” for far too many of us in developing Me Inc. similar to popcorn at a movie theater. It is so …
7 Writing Tips for Half-Written Brand-Building Books
If you’re wondering what to do with a half-written brand-building book on your computer, you’re not alone!
No matter how frustrated and sad you may feel, it’s important to remember that you’re not alone!
Experienced authors, as well as emerging authors writing their first brand-building book, often find themselves forced to deal with incomplete books. …
Top 10 Promotional Gifts for the Holidays
Today’s post is written by Gareth Parkin.
Personalized Promotional Gifts For the Holiday SeasonWhether you are out there looking for work or you are a small business owner trying to grow your business, it’s time you thought about using promotional gifts to promote your brand. Large companies have been doing this for years. Go …
Resolve Issues with Sales Techniques
We have all encountered awkward moments whether with a significant other, client or prospective hiring manager. Whether you feel betrayed, angry or just uncomfortable, it is of less importance than the manner in which you respond.
Sales techniques lead the way out of potentially damaging your outcome.
Using the following steps in order may serve …
Is CardCloud the End of the Traditional Business Card?
Have you ever been caught without an extra business card to share with a new contact? It happens to the best of us – you might be at a family party or running errands, and happen to run into someone who you’d like to speak with again. But this can be difficult if you don’t …
Making Small Talk
The top three fatal errors you can make as a leader are:
Failing to leverage your market position Negotiating with irrational forces Not articulating your vision with vigorThis “don’t” checklist works for business, consumer and personal brands. The deadly dangerous part is this: you have to be right with all three rules if you …
Show,Tell, and Sound Off on Facebook!
I remember in 2007 signing up for Facebook because I have always been an ‘early adopter’ of technology and communication trends. It seemed like fun.
Then in 2008, we used it to promote one of our high school class reunions and grew our participants from 11 to 140 in less than a month! It was …