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Personal Branding is a Real Life Role Playing Game

Personal branding is WoW and Final Fantasy; you just don’t know it yet.

What is your goal when you’re playing a role playing game?  Your goal is to level up your character, unlock every secret, find every hidden weapon, beat every boss, and ultimately, beat the game with a 100% completion rating.  Your goal requires …

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Personal Branding Interview: Nick Corcodilos

Today, I spoke with Nick Corcodilos, who is the host of Ask The Headhunter and author of Ask The Headhunter: Reinventing The Interview to Win The Job.  As a headhunter with years of experience, Nick reveals a lot of very interesting information to us in this interview.  He talks about what he uses to source …

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50+ Tips to Brand Yourself Online

Once you’ve designed your personal brand and have a personal brand name, use this handy list of suggestions to implement your personal branding strategy.

General purpose Show your expertise as much as possible. Publicize your brand-related successes and achievements. Make yourself easy to contact for thoughts and questions via email, Twitter, Skype, internet messaging, etc.…
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Personal Branding Interview: Steve McKee

Today, I spoke to Steve McKee, who is a marketing expert, BusinessWeek.com columnist and author of the new book, When Growth Stalls.  In this interview, Steve talks about how companies can sustain growth during the bad economy, and how people can develop their careers.  Steve shares research from his book and then talks about entrepreneurship.…

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Right Message, No Results? Why Audience Matters and How to Find The Right One

Do you ever feel like you’re doing all the right things with networking, but you’re not getting results? I got an email recently from one entrepreneur who networks diligently, participating in a business leads group, local Chamber of Commerce meetings, and other events.

He writes: “I feel my presentation is adequately polished, I follow up …

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Personal Branding Interview: Lewis Howes

Today, I spoke with Lewis Howes, who just published his own book on LinkedIn called LinkedWorking and is famous for his high aptitude as a LinkedIn user.  He knows all the ins and outs of building LinkedIn groups and has leveraged the power of these communities to starts events with thousands of attendees.  In this …

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The Best Source of Personal Brand Success is Already With You

“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” Napoleon Hill

It’s been said that the most lucrative source of profit for most companies is in their existing customer relationships. And, that it takes more effort to get new customers than to keep your current customers happy and …

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Personal Branding Interview: Samantha Ettus

Today, I spoke with Samantha Ettus, who just launched her new online video series called Obsessed TV, in collaboration with Gary Vaynerchuk.  Samantha has had bestselling books, done interviews with celebrities and has been on TV many times.  In this interview, she talks to us about her new show, how she’s able to get in …