Using Facebook to Help Build an Entrepreneur’s Brand
I believe Facebook can help build the brand of an entrepreneur, while also be useful as a way for an entrepreneur to stay in touch with friends, family, and even co-workers/business partners. Here are a couple of tips an entrepreneur can use to help build their brand on Facebook:
Build your brand on Facebook1. …
Personal Branding Interview: Paul Sullivan
Today, I spoke to Paul Sullivan, who writes the Wealth Matters column for The New York Times, and is the author of Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don’t. In this interview, Paul talks about what it means to be a clutch player in business, goes through some clutch scenarios, and more.…
Facebook Places and Your Brand
Now that Facebook has decided to one-up Foursquare and other location-based platforms I thought it might be useful to think about what Facebook Places means for a brand. By now any social media savvy person knows the do’s and don’ts of checking in (if not, see my previous article here). There are some game changes …
What Type of Twitter User Are You?
After reading Chris Brogan’s 50 Power Twitter Tips I started really thinking about how people are using Twitter. The tips are insightful and should be read by everyone who using, thinking about using, and obsessing over Twitter. While most of the tips Chris covers are included in my book, Twitter Marketing for Dummies, it is …
Personal Branding Interview: Cathy Benko
Today, I spoke to Cathy Benko, who is the Vice Chairman and Chief Talent Officer at Deloitte LLP, and the co-author of The Corporate Lattice: Achieving High Performance in the Changing World of Work. In this interview, Cathy talks about the changing workforce, what the corporate lattice is, how to establish your personal brand when …
Are You “Paralyzed by Potential?” Get Over It!
Many potential authors remain potential authors not because they don’t have ideas or can’t write, but because they’re paralyzed by potential; they never write a personal brand building book because they are so trapped by what they could write that they never get started and finish their book.
When you’re trapped by potential, you never …
5 Little-Known Factors Could Affect Your Personal Brand
Although it’s a constant uphill battle to build your brand, destroying or severely damaging it is scarily easy. In that vein, you’ll want to stay away from the following practices:
Appearing Unfocused
You might have multiple interests or passions. Think about which is the most important or most developed to focus your brand around. It …
Personal Branding Interview: Nick Friedman
Today, I spoke to Nick Friedman, who is the President and Co-Founder of COLLEGE HUNKS HAULING JUNK, the largest and fastest growing US-Based Junk Removal Franchise Opportunity. He recently co-authored his first book called Effortless Entrepreneur: Work Smart, Play Hard, Make Millions. In this interview, Nick talks about his new book, what it means to …
Personal Brands: Your Amazing Race
Have you joined the rat race? Are you spending your days chasing other people’s goals, working other people’s hours, living someone else’s life?
Do your credit card debts or student loans or both; now define what you do and how much you do it for? Or is it some other obligation, like simply earning a …
10 Reasons Why YOU Should Care About Personal Branding
The demand for personal branding is increasing faster than I can type this post. Many of the reasons why you should build your personal brand have been discussed on this blog, including global competition, online presence management, and the need to stand out. The global population, from India to Malaysia, has been buzzing about the …