Karma and Your Brand Reputation
Anything that is posted online can always come back to haunt you in the future. I’m starting to see bloggers who feel that they can become more successful when they taunt and bully others in a public setting. These individuals, whom I won’t name, can justify their blog posts based on facts uncovered online. The …
Convert Your Personal Brand into Monthly Cash Flow
How can you convert your personal branding book into consistent monthly cash flow? Unfortunately, many authors fail to address monthly cash flow issues soon enough.
How and when does your personal branding book convert into cash?
Although writing a nonfiction book is generally accepted as the best way to create and promote your personal brand, …
A Lesson In Personal Branding From The Women of SNL
This weekend I watched a TV special about the women of Saturday Night Live that really made me appreciate the cast members for their talent as well as their brand. I learned the stories of great comediennes such as Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Sarah Silverman and Amy Poehler. These women, of course, are part of …
HOW TO: Build a Strong Online Brand in 14.5 Hours per Week
A Wall Street Journal blog post by Dan Finnigan, CEO of Jobvite, last week entitled, “A Resume Is Not Enough: How to Market Yourself Online” makes a really good point in the headline alone: having a positive online presence is more important than ever.
And if you’re without a job right now, you should have …
Personal Branding Interview #2: John C. Maxwell
Today, I spoke to John C. Maxwell, who is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, and author who has sold over 16 million books. You should also read my previous interview with John from early 2009. His latest book is called Everyone Communicates Few Connect. In this interview, John talks about why everyone communicates but …
The 2010 Top LinkedIn Groups for Personal Branding
Where to go on LinkedIn to learn and discuss personal branding.
How I compiled this listMy goal was to find the groups that truly are the best destinations on LinkedIn for personal branding.
First, I ran a search in the Groups Directory on the keywords “personal branding.” Glancing at the results, you can immediately …
Entrepreneurs and Personal Branding
On my personal blog I wrote an article about how my entrepreneur friend has struggled in the job search. She wore a lot of hats at her old company and her resume demonstrated that. Unfortunately, companies aren’t looking to hire an “entrepreneur.” They are looking to hire a “sales manager,” “business development manager,” “marketing manager,” …
Personal Branding Interview: Dave Ramsey
Today, I spoke to Dave Ramsey, who is a personal money management expert, is an extremely popular national radio personality, author of the New York Times best-seller The Total Money Makeover, and host of the“The Dave Ramsey Show” on Fox Business Network. In this interview, Dave talks about how he became very rich, lost it …
I Do Not Use Correct Punctuation. So What?
I have had a couple of conversations over the past week pertaining to my use of correct (or lack of) punctuation in my blog posts. There are many that have lectured me over the correct use of punctuation and grammar when writing my blog… (there it goes) simply because of my so-called lack of professionalism.…
Personal Branding Interview: Jill Konrath
Today, I spoke to Jill Konrath, who is the bestselling author of Selling to Big Companies, and the author of SNAP SELLING. In this interview, Jill talks about the characteristics of successful sellers, what snap selling is, how to break through the noise and make the sale, and more.
What are the characteristics of successful…