5 Choices To Best Volunteer Your Way To A Strong Personal Brand
If you take the time to research and choose the right organization, the right volunteering can really boost your personal brand.
Choose a direction, or discover oneI started volunteering at my local synagogue at a very young age when personal branding not only wasn’t a priority, it wasn’t even in my vocabulary.
That’s okay!…
Personal Branding Interview: Roger Connors
Today, I spoke to Roger Connors, who is the principal and co-founder of Partners In Leadership. His latest book is called Change the Culture, Change the Game, and it is a #1 New York Times bestseller. In this interview, Roger talks about hiring the right people, forming a corporate culture, and the connection between a …
Personal Branding Interview: Jessica Kleiman & Meryl Weinsaft Cooper
Today, I spoke to both Jessica Kleiman and Meryl Weinsaft Cooper, who have a combined 30-plus years experience in the public relations industry, having worked both in-house and on the agency side. They are the co-authors of Be Your Own Best Publicist, which just came out today. In this interview, they discuss how to get …
The Importance Of Being Interested
Imagine you walk into a business gathering filled with strangers. Who do you tend to gravitate towards, the person who treats you as a stranger by ignoring you or the person who takes the time to make eye contact and say hello?
Imagine you are in a meeting with individuals you have met before, but …
Personal Branding Interview: Heidi Grant Halvorson
Today, I spoke to Heidi Grant Halvorson, who is a motivational psychologist, and author of the new book Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals. In this interview, Heidi goes over how to define and commit to a goal, why it’s important to have short-term and long-term goals, why people fail at their goals, and …
7 Steps to Better Writing for Business & Branding Success
The path to better writing for business and branding success begins by examining your writing expectations. Too many entrepreneurs set themselves up to fail by having unrealistic expectations about what they “should” be able to accomplish when they write their first draft.
These unrealistic expectations frequently lead to disappointment, frustration, procrastination, last-minute mistakes, and missed …
Challenges Present Great Opportunity
I’m willing to bet we have all been on what seemed to be a very exciting path only to find out mid-way that circumstances changed. The excitement dwindled and you began to second-guess yourself.
Gold in the mountainIn the past, my energy would flatten, causing me to lose momentum and greatly inhibit my entrepreneurial …
3 of the Latest Tools to Discover, Monitor & Control Your Online Brand
Your online brand is often someone’s first stop to learn more about the “real you.” Applying for a job opening? The hiring manager will likely Google you. Trying to bring on a new client? I’m sure they searched the Web, looking for positive or negative results about you and your company.
So, as much as …
Act Like You Expect Great Things
I’ve interviewed five people in the last two weeks, because I’m adding to my staff. Some candidates were qualified skill-wise, but their personal brands were filled with sarcasm, skepticism and hostility. No matter what you say or what your resume has printed on it, your personal brand is going to win you or lose you …
Networking is Dangerous
“Wait,” you’re saying. “That’s not what I’ve heard. Networking is the only way to find leads for sales, jobs, and life in general.” Yes and no. Not all networking strategies are created equal, and some can hurt your brand for the long term.
The networking “strategy” of “volume” doesn’t build value if people don’t remember …