Improve Your Personal Brand With a Makeover
I will be in Last Vegas until Wednesday, so here is another guest post for you. This post was contributed by Heather Johnson, who is an industry critic on the subject of how to become a nurse. She invites your feedback at heatherjohnson2323@gmail.com.
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Personal branding is all about a perceived image, so the best …
College Student Clash: How to Find Balance When Building a Professional Yet Realistic Brand
Today’s guest post is by Rebecca Corliss, who is a young professional from Boston. She is a recent graduate of Boston University, beginning a new career in technology PR. She’s dabbled in violin, clarinet, guitar and piano– and even began her college career majoring in music before her switch to PR. Her new blog, “Music …
When Prospects Buy You They buy your brand
While I’m in Las Vegas for EMC World, I’ll be running some guest posts by personal branding evangelists. Today’s guest post comes from a top commenter on this blog by the name of Luke Harvey-Palmer, all the way from Australia (you have to love the internet). Luke is a personal branding consultant there, with a …
Life Experiences Seperate Successful Leaders From Followers
When I was growing up, I was always intrigued by how successful people got to where they were. I desperately asked some business colleagues, but did not receive the answers I requested. In this search, my thirst for knowledge was never quenched, until I stumbled upon a book called “From the Sandbox to the Corner …
Do You Have The Ego For Self-Googling?
Background
Google is the dominant search engine, with about 70% of all search traffic. At the end of last year, the Pew Internet Research Team found that 47% of people search for information about themselves online (Self-Googling), which was more than double 5 years ago. I have written about the importance of Google before, when …
Success Story: African Student Turned Global Brand
Who is Willard Barure?
“My name is Willard Barure and I am a global brand. I am outgoing , good humoured and emotionally stable although i am not seeing anyone at the moment. I am a University student and i am an establishing stand up comedian who is lloking to elevate myself to an international …
Success Story: Laid Off Worker Is Hired Leveraging His Personal Brand
I’ve written 267 posts on personal branding in just over a year and today I have yet another reason not to stop (don’t worry this blog will last till I die). I’ve started to get more and more emails telling me how my advice has helped others succeed. Bob Tarne emailed me last week to …
Introducing the New Bonnie and Clyde for Careers
As you all probably know already, I’m highly connected on the career front. Recently, I crossed paths with the Bonnie and Clyde of the career world. Bonnie and Clyde were notorious outlaws, robbers and criminals during the great depression. Back then, they were publicity superstars, appearing just about everywhere. J.T. O’Donnell and Dale Dauten, may …
Are YOU Ready to Escape From Corporate America?
Pamela Skillings is an author, journalist, blogger and entrepreneur who spent twelve years working as a marketing executive for major New York companies. In 2004, she realized that corporate life wasn’t working for her anymore. By 2005, she left the world of steady paychecks and free office supplies to launch her own company. She met …
The Theory of eBrand Attraction
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Out of everything I’ve learning on my personal branding journey, the Theory of eBrand Attraction is one of the most significant. I say this because the whole idea of eBranding is to expose exactly who you are, in a very authentic way, to the world. When this occurs, there are those that are attracted …