Personal Branding Interview: Shira Lazar
Today, I spoke to Shira Lazar, who blogs at the The Pop Report, hosts Mahalo’s THIS WEEK IN YOUTUBE, video blogs from around the globe for CondeNast’s pop culture travel guide, Jaunted, and is a journalist on Travel Channel’s upcoming CONFESSIONS OF A TRAVEL WRITER. In this interview, we find out about how Shira broke …
Branded Introductions
The way we introduce ourselves and others can leave us branded. Branded either for the good and highlighting what is uniquely our strengths. Or, branded negatively by shining a spotlight on our weak areas.
Living in West Texas, when I use the term ‘branded’ I imagine cowboys or vaqueros (Vaquero Regional Note: Used chiefly in …
Personal Branding Interview: Nancy Ancowitz
Today, I spoke to Nancy Ancowitz, who is the author of Self-Promotion for Introverts®: The Quiet Guide to Getting Ahead and a business communication coach specializing in career advancement and presentation skills. In this interview, Nancy explains what the advantages and disadvantages of being introverted are, gives self-promotion tips for introverts, shares some advice from …
Linkedin Profile Organizer and Killer Traffic Tip
Linkedin announced some new functionality this week with its new Profile Organizer. Now you have the ability to save profiles, organize your connections into folders, and add notes to any or all of your connections. Pretty cool stuff!
Linkedin is currently offering a free 30 day trial for anyone who would like to try out …
Several Academic Degrees in One Personal Brand
If you have a resume with a long Education section which lists several degrees in different academic fields, and you want to know how to place them in the context of your overall personal brand while you look for a job, then maybe this blog post is for you.
What if you, say, studied marine …
7 Habits of the Successfully Published, Part 5: Empathy
Successful authors exhibit a great deal of empathy for their readers. When an author writes with empathy–from the reader’s perspective–readers feel that the book was “written for me!”
This empathy can generate decades of reader loyalty; loyalty that may be far out of proportion to the value of the information contained in the book.
Authors …
Personal Branding Interview: Sharon Lechter
Today, I spoke to Sharon Lechter, who is is coauthor, with Robert Kiyosaki, of the international bestseller Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Her latest book is called Think and Grow Rich: Three Feet from Gold: Turn Your Obstacles into Opportunities!. In this interview, Sharon talks about how to find your inner passion, how she built her …
Still Job Hunting Like It’s 1999?
The latest job figures released on Friday showed that the U.S. unemployment rate inched up 10 basis points in September to 9.8 percent. Many companies continue to reduce headcount, and those that are hiring are being very cautious and taking their time to find the right candidate.
Yet, many job seekers are still approaching their …
Personal Branding Interview: Nicole Williams
Today, I spoke to Nicole Williams, who is a career expert, MSN columnist, TV personality and author of Girl on Top. In this interview, Nicole explains how women can succeed in the workplace, what struggles women face that men don’t, some career tips for job seekers, and more.
What does it take for a woman…Personal Brand Audit: What’s Your Online Visibility Score?
This is the fourth in a series of Personal Brand Audits, where we’ll make sure you’re keeping the touch points of your personal brand effective and up to date. (See Part 1: LinkedIn Audit, Part 2: Facebook Audit, and Part 3: Google Audit).
What is visibility?The hallmark of a strong personal brand online is …