Personal Brand Stereotypes #5: Only Punks Wear Mohawks
As we continue with the many personal brand stereotypes that plague our culture, I hope you’re being more observant as to people who are wearing pink shirts or glasses and are more understanding of their situation. No one wants to be made fun of or laughed at because of what they wear. People have the …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #4: The Hippie Phenomenon
I’ve been running a series for the past week on personal brand stereotypes. The purpose of these posts is to demonstrate how we are already perceived by others, without even noticing it. Sometimes we are penalized or ostracized by society for choosing to wear and act how we do, and other times we are rewarded …
Purchase Your Domain Name To Secure Your Personal Brand
Get Your Domain Name or Lose
I tell people all the time to purchase theirname.com, but few still take the initiative. You need to secure your eBrand these days or it will come back to bite you. There are billions of people in this world and many share the same name (John Smith, etc). This …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #3: The Curse of the Pink Shirt
For all of you who are new to this series, my first post was about tall individuals are immediately called basketball players and my second post was about how glasses make you look smart. Today , I wanted to examine the curse of the pink shirt. Of course women can freely wear pink shirts, but …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #2: Glasses Make You Look Smart
The previous post in the personal brand stereotypes series examined why tall people are perceived as beingm basketball players, even when most don’t play sports. I also touched on how height may be a factor when confronting the opposite sex and why girls go for taller male counterparts. Today, I examine how wearing eyeglasses makes …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #1: Tall People Are Basketball Players
This is the first post in a series of posts examining the many stereotypes our brands encounter due to our appearance. Today, I examine the “since you are tall you must play basketball” stereotype that some of us are a victim of.
Don’t even deny it for a second. I will even admit to asking …
Imagine Yourself as an Object or Image – What Would You Be?
An interesting way to understand who you are or just to describe yourself to others is to attach your personal brand to an object or image. Choose wisely, as your selection should embody exactly who you are, in terms of personality, values and qualities.
If I could be anything, it would be a bridge. A …
New Tool Reveals Job Trends for Your Search Terms
Simply Hired is a vertical job search aggregator that takes your search terms and gives you results that are pooled from various job banks on the internet. Their philosophy is to be the central hub for job listings online and today they announced a new tool that measures job trends over time. From July 2006 …
Personal Brands Need Personality – Just ask Rohit Bhargava
Rohit Bhargava leads the interactive marketing team at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide in Washington DC and is a founding member of the 360 Digital Influence team at Ogilvy. His current list of clients includes Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Lenovo, and Unilever. He authors the popular marketing blog Influential Marketing and will be publishing his first …
Good Personal Brands Triumph Over Evil When Social Media Is Involved
Gary Vaynerchuk is already starting to become a celebrity on this blog. Honestly, I’m not that much of a wine connoisseur, but I do enjoy someone who is passionate, honest and caring like Gary. Since he himself is a personal branding success story, by leveraging podcasting, blogging and social networking in order to project what …