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: Daniel Brusilovsky

Today, I spoke to Daniel Brusilovsky, who is a 16-year-old media producer, entrepreneur, student CEO and writer for TechCrunch.  In this short but sweet interview, Daniel tells us how he got started as an entrepreneur, how he’s gotten certain dream opportunities in the tech space, and some recommendations for young professionals.

Daniel, how did you…
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Top 10 Rules for Having a Strong Personal Brand

Sometimes on Twitter (@DanSchawbel) I get into rants when ideas or thoughts come into my head.  The other night, I tweeted a list of ten rules.  I didn’t even bother saying what they pertain to, but from the tweets it was apparent that they had to do with how to be successful.  From my viewpoint, …

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Personal Branding Interview: Shira Lazar

Today, I spoke to Shira Lazar, who blogs at the The Pop Report, hosts Mahalo’s THIS WEEK IN YOUTUBE, video blogs from around the globe for CondeNast’s pop culture travel guide, Jaunted, and is a journalist on Travel Channel’s upcoming CONFESSIONS OF A TRAVEL WRITER.  In this interview, we find out about how Shira broke …

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Personal Branding Interview: Nancy Ancowitz

Today, I spoke to Nancy Ancowitz, who is the author of Self-Promotion for Introverts®: The Quiet Guide to Getting Ahead and a business communication coach specializing in career advancement and presentation skills.  In this interview, Nancy explains what the advantages and disadvantages of being introverted are, gives self-promotion tips for introverts, shares some advice from …

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Several Academic Degrees in One Personal Brand

If you have a resume with a long Education section which lists several degrees in different academic fields, and you want to know how to place them in the context of your overall personal brand while you look for a job, then maybe this blog post is for you.

What if you, say, studied marine …

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Personal Branding Interview: Sharon Lechter

Today, I spoke to Sharon Lechter, who is is coauthor, with Robert Kiyosaki, of the international bestseller Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Her latest book is called Think and Grow Rich: Three Feet from Gold: Turn Your Obstacles into Opportunities!.  In this interview, Sharon talks about how to find your inner passion, how she built her …

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Personal Branding Interview: Nicole Williams

Today, I spoke to Nicole Williams, who is a career expert, MSN columnist, TV personality and author of Girl on Top.   In this interview, Nicole explains how women can succeed in the workplace, what struggles women face that men don’t, some career tips for job seekers, and more.

What does it take for a woman…
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Personal Branding Interview: Adam Penenberg

Today, I spoke to Adam Penenberg,who is the author of Viral Loopand has written for Forbes, The New York Times, Fast Company, Inc., Slate, Wired, The Economist, Mother Jones and Playboy. Currently he’s a Contributing Writer to Fast Company.  In this interview, Adam introduces us to the concept of a “viral loop,” and then explains …

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How to Brand Yourself Without Alienating Your Company

There are a ton of arguments and insights on the struggle between personal branding and corporate branding in the blogosphere and through different organizations right now. This might be the hottest topic in this space based on what I’ve read and experienced for myself, being a brand behind a Fortune 200 brand, lately.  I’m prone …