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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Branding by Association is the Single Most Powerful Idea in Personal Branding

When Katie Konrath, our Sunday Personal Branding blogger, wrote about being connected to important people can build your brand, I smiled.  Possibly without knowing, she had touched on what I believe as the single most powerful and effective way to become more successful.  I actually wanted to write a post about this a long time …

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Personal Branding Interview: Chris Anderson

Today, I spoke to Chris Anderson, who is the editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, as well as the New York Times bestselling author of both The Long Tail and Free: The Past and Future of a Radical Price.  In this interview, Chris explains (possibly for the first time) the impact of the free economy on branding, …

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Personal Branding Interview: Tory Johnson

Today, I spoke to Tory Johnson, who is the Workplace Contributor on ABC’s Good Morning America and has just released her latest book called Fired to Hired.  In this interview, Tory explains the steps you’ll need to take to survive a layoff and come out ten times stronger.  She’ll tell you the mistakes people make …

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Announcing the 2009 Personal Branding Summit in Boston

Over the past few years, I’ve been experimenting and executing new projects rather quickly. In fact, between March 14 and August 1st of 2007, I created this blog, as well as Personal Branding TV, Personal Branding Magazine, the Personal Brand Awards, DanSchawbel.com and I wrote articles for magazines and websites.  Since then, I’ve obviously slowed …

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Personal Branding Interview: Michael Berland

Today, I spoke to Michael J. Berland, who is an internationally recognized strategic adviser and communications consultant, as well as the author of What Makes You Tick? How Successful People Do It — And What You Can Learn from Them.  For his book, he interviewed people such as Heidi Klum, NBC’s Brian Williams, Christie Hefner …

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Personal Branding Interview: Robert Scoble

Today, I spoke to Robert Scoble, who is an author, tech evangelist, blogger and fully employed worker.  Wearing many hats, Robert has some great advice and insights to share in this interview.  He talks about his career, his favorite interview, the future of branding, blogging and more.

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Personal Branding Interview: Maggie Mistal

Today, I spoke to Maggie Mistal, who is a career coach, radio host, TV contributor and blogger.  Maggie is Martha Stewart Living Radio’s Career Coach on SIRIUS and XM Satellite Radio.  In this interview, Maggie talks about career coaching, from the qualifications you need, to what makes a successful career coach, how to keep your …

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Personal Branding Interview: Larry Weber

Today, I spoke to Larry Weber, who is the chairman of the Digital Influence Group and the author of the new book Sticks & Stones: How Digital Business Reputations Are Created Over Time…And Lost in a Click. In this interview, Larry goes over why brand management is harder to control now, what reputation management tools …