Author: Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel is the Managing Partner of Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and consulting firm. He is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success (St. Martin’s Press) and the #1 international bestselling book, Me 2.0: 4 Steps to Building Your Future (Kaplan Publishing), which combined have been translated into 15 languages.
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Personal Branding Interview: Lisa Johnson Mandell

Today, I spoke to Lisa Johnson Mandell, who is an award-winning multi-media journalist, author and Career Image Specialist. She is the author of Career Comeback– Repackage yourself to get the job you want and blogs for AOL’s new Dime Crunch. In this interview, Lisa explains how to make a career comeback, how she’s made her …

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Personal Branding Interview: Tony Little

Today, I spoke to Tony Little, who overcame one major adversity after the other to become a fitness giant, record-breaking world-renowned salesperson, and founder and CEO of Health International Corporation. His latest book is called There’s Always A Way: How to Develop a Positive Mindset and Succeed in Business and Life. In this interview, Tony …

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Can You Put a Value on Virtual Relationships?

More and more relationships are being developed online first. It’s true for professional networking, as it is for dating. People are connecting with “the right” people online before they connect offline these days. The reason for this change is the evolution of first impressions, the amount of background information available to us with a click …

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Personal Branding Interview: Nancy Colasurdo

Today, I spoke to Nancy Colasurdo, who is a writer, a practicing life coach, a facilitator of goal-setting and creativity workshops, and a columnist for FoxBusiness.com. In this interview, Nancy talks about how she’s built her personal brand as a life coach and journalist, what issues she typically helps people with, how people can confront …

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Personal Branding Interview #2: Brian Solis

Today, I spoke to Brian Solis, who is a new media leader, principal of FutureWorks, blogger, and author of the new book Engage. In this interview, Brian talks about what engagement means in the social media world, how he came to write his new book, how engagement and personal branding go together, and why he’s …

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Personal Branding Interview: Diane Kennedy

Today, I spoke to Diane Kennedy, who is the co-author of Smart Business Stupid Business, and her previous books have been on the Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek best-selling lists. In this interview, Diane talks about the difference between a smart and a stupid business, mistakes that people make with personal branding, how to leverage …

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Personal Branding Interview: Jason Ryan Dorsey

Today, I spoke to Jason Ryan Dorsey, who is considered the Gen Y Guy®, an acclaimed keynote speaker, bestselling author, corporate consultant and award-winning entrepreneur. In the past twelve years, he has delivered 1,800 keynote speeches around the world, and his latest book is called Y-Size Your Business. In this interview, Jason tells us about …

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You Need to Become a Personal Brand Talent Scout

Finding the right talent is a difficult task, just ask any headhunter. One thing that everyone forgets is that we are all in the “talent scouting” and “recruiting” business now. From building out your personal brand board of advisers to surrounding yourself with like-minded individuals, you need to be talent scout if you want to …

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Personal Branding Interview: Laurie Davis

Today, I spoke to Laurie Davis, who is the eFlirt expert and co-host of LoveNation, a weekly Web show that covers emerging trends in the dating world. In this interview Laurie talks about how she branded herself, how your online profile can impact your dating life, what it takes to be an online dating coach, …