Readers: What Would Be In Your Personal Time Capsule?
What major part of your personal brand today might be different far in the future?
When I was 13 years old, someone at my school had the idea to create a time capsule. The idea picked up steam and the graduating class later created the time capsule and had the fun of burying it in …
The #1 Formula for Brand Greatness
Service to others leads to greatness and wealth.
The more people you serve, the greater your rewards. There is no formula for greatness or wealth that supersedes this one.
Authentic, unconditional service to others leads to self-reward. When you help people cross the bridge from discouragement to success, greatness is achieved. When you provide answers …
What Is “It”?
If so, you must start that process right now. You will improve your results by changing your behaviors. What does that mean? What got you here may not get you there.
Most would agree that our economy is still not in the greatest shape. If you happen to be starting a new venture, I suspect …
Unusual Places Provide Unexpected Opportunity
Have you ever wondered what others were thinking when they asked you to attend the most unusual events far from the professional style to which you are accustomed?
Not the traditional venueEarlier this year, I was asked to speak on the topic of Negotiation at a conference in Reno. On the one hand, I …
How to Build Your Personal Brand with an E-Newsletter
E-newsletters are a great way to stay in touch with your network, clients, and/or customers while still providing value to these individuals. Think about it: You likely receive an e-newsletter each week from a company or an individual whom you admire or enjoy. You might even share the content inside the newsletter with your network …
Personal Branding Interview: Deborah Shane
Today, I spoke to Deborah Shane, who blogs here and is an author, entrepreneur, radio host and expert. Her new book Career Transition-make the shift-the 5 steps to successful career reinvention is available now. In this interview, Deborah talks about how you know when you need to reinvent your career, how to go about reinventing …
Here Piggy, Piggy, Piggy
If you sit down with pigs, you will be served slop. Of course, this is easy to see if you’re a barnyard animal, harder to perceive as a businessperson. In a world where Brad Pitt shows up looking pretty scruffy at the Beverly Hills Hotel and even big time wheeler-dealers don’t carry enough cash to …
Lady Gaga Knows Her Brand, Do You?
I recently returned from a visit with my brother Glenn and his family, and we decided the day of Lady Gaga’s show to go! We got two awesome seats that they apparently released the day of and off we went to St Pete Times Arena in Tampa to join the “little monsters” and become two …
Mobilize Your Brand
Heather Huhman, a contributing author to the Personal Branding Blog and President of ComeRecommended.com, cited three personal branding predictions for 2011. One of them focused on mobile applications and websites. What have you done to prepare for your personal brand to go mobile?
Just look at the stats: 87% of Americans have mobile phones 72%…A Cup of Coffee to the Power of Silence
From lengthy posts to brief status updates, tweets, check-ins and online responses…there are an endless number of ways to deliver our message today.
But there is one personal communication tool that is often overlooked: Silence.
Several years ago, Esquire’s Tom Chiarella wrote an article on the power of silence, in which he pointed out that …