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: Zack Whittaker

Today, I spoke to Zack Whittaker, who is the youngest in the ZDNet network with his iGeneration blog.  In this interview, Zach examines the Gen-Y stereotype about technology, names some pieces of technology that have changed our lives, gives us a glimpse into personal branding in the UK and more.

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5 Things You Can Do to Have a Relevant Personal Brand

There are a lot of skills that you should be acquiring and honing right now, such as better writing skills, interpersonal skills and analytical skills. Although each of these skills is generally important for almost everyone, regardless of age and position, there is something more important that people are going to have to focus on …

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Personal Branding Interview: Peter Dunn

Today, I spoke to Peter Dunn, who  is an expert financial planner, award-winning comedian and author of 60 Days to Change: A Daily How-To Guide With Actionable Tips for Improving Your Financial Life.  In this interview, Peter goes over how he positioned himself in the crowded financial expert market, how he’s blended two very important …

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3 Step Personal Branding System

A lot of people I’ve spoken to don’t know where to start when it comes to personal branding, so today I wanted to focus on how to build your own personal branding system by modeling my own.  A personal branding system is how you consume, organize and share information every single day in order to …

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Personal Branding Blog: Lisa Orrell

Today, I spoke to Lisa Orrell, who is The Generation Relations Expert and author of “Millennials Into Leadership.”  In this interview, Lisa explains some Gen-Y stereotypes, what it takes to be a millennial leader, what millennials complain about in the workplace, and how she’s built her own personal brand.

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Personal Branding Interview: James Hamilton

Today, I spoke to James Hamilton, who is the Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy, and Professor of Economics and Political Science at Duke University.  He is also the coauthor of You Are What You Choose.  In this interview, James talks about what shapes our decisions, explains how decision making impacts marketing campaigns, and …

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Personal Branding Interview: Michael Beer

Today, I spoke to Michael Beer, who is a Professor Emeritus at Harvard Business School and author of High Commitment, High Performance. In this interview, Michael discusses how high commitment yields high performance, the six barriers to commitment, how people can succeed in a shifting workplace environment, why leaders need to be transparent and how …

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Personal Branding Interview: Dennis Crowley

Today, I spoke to Dennis Crowley, who is the co-founder of foursquare and previously founded dodgeball.com, one of the first mobile social services in the US, which was acquired by Google in 2005.  In this interview, we go over his latest and very popular startup called foursquare, as well as talk entrepreneurship, teaching and Family …