Your Networking Etiquette Can Tank Your Brand
Building your personal brand has become an important factor in promoting yourself to hiring managers, employers, and potential clients. One facet of building your brand is networking and building your connections. Networking online or offline, following proper etiquette or netiquette can help build upon your reputation and character.
Is this really you?As you worked …
Personal Brands: Let Me Entertain You
We’re having a BBQ with about 50 people up at my house in a few weeks. It’ll be in August, which weirdly enough, is when about a full third of my family and friends are born. So it’s always a big party, featuring crowd faves like ribs, beer, and cake. What could be bad?
Nothing, …
Win or Lose, You Choose. The Critical Skill That Builds Your Messaging Power And Everyone’s Valuation Of Your Brand
We hire the operations exec that keeps her cool under pressure; we don’t hire the guy for the C-suite marketing job, because he holds his knife and fork like a savage. We like the powerful and persuasive talker, but we offer the job to the guy who’s persuasive and listens, because he’ll gather the insights …
Personal Branding Magazine Issue 13 With Candace Cameron Bure
Volume 4, Issue 1 is focused on philanthropy and how you can grow your personal brand if you give back. Helping other people doesn’t only mean donating to charity; it means supporting a cause that aligns with who you are as a person. …
A Cup of Coffee to Leverage
In the past few weeks, we’ve discussed defining and solidifying your personal brand by building your network, increasing peer recommendations, and publishing relevant articles online. If you have completed some or all of the Sunday exercises over your cup of coffee, then you currently have some valuable personal branding collateral.
Magnify your personal brandDon’t …
You Can’t Trademark Your Name…But You Can Buy It In Google
You have probably seen the recent viral video about the guy who bought the names of some top New York ad executives in Google to help land his dream job…and it worked! Watch the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FRwCs99DWg.
This brings up an interesting dilemma for individuals who want to be found in Google. Unlike companies and …
Social Networking: Is Growth Destroying it’s Value for End Users?
Social networking is great for many things – it can help you get a job, make a new connection, get your foot in the door, and meet folks you would have never had the opportunity to meet physically. But, lately, I’ve started to wonder if social media networks are losing their value at the expense …
The Questions Every Entrepreneur Needs To Ask
When an entrepreneur decides to enter the workforce, they need to ask themselves many questions in order to determine if they are going to be a solid fit in joining a company. Here are some questions all entrepreneurs need to ask themselves. If they answer yes to over 50% of the questions, they could be …
Personal Branding Interview: Jim Petrus
Today, I spoke to Jim Petrus, who is the chief operating officer for Trump International Hotels Management LLC, the operating arm of Trump® Hotel Collection. Recently, Jim and his team have created the Trump Hotel Collection’s social media presence, including Twitter and Facebook accounts. In this interview, Jim explains why and how they are using …
10 Reasons Why A Blog Must Be Your Main Personal Branding Hub
A few weeks ago, I asked you What is the Main Hub of Your Personal Brand Online?
Real people, real blogs2 people took up the cause:
Steve Campbell of the Social Branding Blog had this to say:
“My blog is my main hub. It’s the site that all of my social profiles link to …