Personal Branding Interview: Josh Kaufman
Today, I spoke to Josh Kaufman, who is an independent business professor, education activist, and author of the Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business. Prior to developing the Personal MBA, Josh Kaufman worked as an Assistant Brand Manager in Procter & Gamble’s Home Care division. In this interview, Josh talks about if it’s worthwhile …
3 Keys to Create Increased Success in the New Year!
The transition to entrepreneurship is not an easy one. Personally, I was accustomed to having a team around me with whom I could confide challenges, ask for advice and discuss new ideas to improve my selling effort. I found being a solo-preneur lonely and filled with much uncertainty.
Through the years I endured many trial …
3 More Personal Branding Predictions for 2011
Recently, Dan Schawbel released his seven personal branding predictions for 2011. Among them:
Your online personal brand will be consolidated Soft skills become more important than hard skills As the economy gets better, the war for talent ignites Social networks will become completely ineffective for one-to-many marketing efforts Personal brands have more responsibilities Social media…What’s Your UBS-Unique Brand Style
“Everything you need is already inside of you.”
So, you are invited to a business party or event. You walk in and pretty much everyone is dressed in some form of black, blue, gray, brown, or beige. Then your eyes catch someone wearing a royal blue, cherry red, banana yellow, lavender something. Your eyes naturally …
Did You Get What You Wanted?
Successful personal brands spend much time exploring their psyches and behaviors to arrive at a position that will be enduring, profitable, and satisfying. After all, your brand must be authentic, easy to communicate, and welcome in the tribes you select to lead or at least be among. A personal brand must embrace who you are …
Your SMART New Year’s Resolution
How many New Year’s resolutions have you made that weren’t smart? For that matter, how many have you made that you can even remember? Outside of my ones about a boyfriend and more exercise, not only do I not remember mine, I clearly don’t keep them. (Or I would still be relishing my successes.)
That’s …
Announcing the 2010 Personal Brand Award Winners
Each year, Millennial Branding rewards some of the standout brands by recognizing them with Personal Brand Awards. Last year, Gary Vaynerchuk was the standout brand of the year, receiving the coveted gold award. In 2008, Jeremiah Owyang received the gold award, and in 2007, Rohit Bhargava received the first one. A panel of judges were …
Desperately Seeking Confident Job Seeker
Can you believe it’s the last Monday of 2010? Whether you’re working or job searching (which is a full-time job in itself), today marks the beginning of the last workweek of 2010. My challenge to each job seeker out there is to create a confident personal brand statement before January 1, 2011.
Change things up…Brand Review, Anyone?… (Before Ringing in the New Year?)
You’re counting the days. You’re doing things like taking stock, assessing your life, re-evaluating what you’ve accomplished in the last twelve months, and of course, you’re determined to make 2011 the best year ever. Yes/No?!
Hurrah. So let me pose two questions: (1) Is taking an Unofficial Review of your Personal Brand on your To …
A Cup of Coffee to Context
A few years ago, The Washington Post was looking for an answer to the following questions: “In a common place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?” and “If not in the right context, do we recognize talent?”
To find the answer, they put something “beautiful” in a common environment, at an inappropriate …