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: Douglas Rushkoff

Today, I spoke to Douglas Rushkoff, who is the author of the new book Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back.  In this interview, Douglas discusses his view of personal branding, how branding impacts online transactions, how we can take the world back from corporations, as well as …

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Personal Branding Interview: Linda Bustos

Today, I spoke to Linda Bustos, who works for Elastic Path Software and is an award winning blogger at the Get Elastic eCommerce Blog.  In this interview, Linda talks about inbound and outbound marketing, why personal branding is important to Gen-Y, shares her avatar advice and more.

What does it mean to ‘get elastic’?

Though …

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Personal Branding Interview: Jonathan Littman

Today, I spoke to Jonathan Littman, who is a contributing editor for Playboy and the co-author of I Hate People.  In this interview, Jonathan reviews five archetypes that populate corporate culture at every level (his new book has all ten).  He goes over the Minute Man, the Smiley Face, Sheeple, Flimflams and Stop Signs and …

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Why Numbers Are Important For Personal Branding

I would consider myself an ambassador for the “numbers game” on social networks. Authorities like Seth Godin object to going after numbers, while people such as Guy Kawasaki think that it’s all about numbers (especially on Twitter).  I’m split in the middle right now, but I want to take time today to explain why numbers …

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Personal Branding Interview: Steve Miller

Today, I spoke with Steve Miller, who is a marketing consultant, speaker and blogger.  In this interview, Steve talks about what social media tools he uses for personal branding, his opinion on Twitter and it’s future, strategies Gen-Y should use to stand out and more.

Which social media tools do you rely on to build…
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Personal Branding Interview: Robin Wauters

Today, I spoke to Robin Wauters, who is best known as a TechCrunch writer based in Europe.  In this interview, Robin talks to us about his annual social media conference, other projects that he’s working on, how social media is different in various countries, and his thought on personal branding.

You organize an annual conference…
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Personal Branding Interview: Kelley Keehn

Today, I spoke to Kelley Keehn, who is a financial expert, speaker, media personality and author of She Inc.  In this interview, Kelley talks to us about the psychology of money, why it’s harder for women to be successful, what money has to do with personal branding, mistakes Gen-Y’ers make with credit cards and more.…

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Brand Yourself as an Expert to Survive the Future

Last week, I wrote a blog post called “6 Reasons You Shouldn’t Brand Yourself as a Social Media Expert” and it quickly became the most popular post I’ve ever written on this blog (since October, 2006), with over 400 retweets and almost 60 comments. There were a few people who disagreed with my statements and …

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Personal Branding Interview: Don Bulmer

Today, I spoke to Don Bulmer, who is the Vice President of Global Communications at SAP AG.  In this interview, Don talks to us about the most important aspect of his personal brand, how social media is changing marketing, how social networks make it easier for companies to grow their audiences and much more.

What…
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Personal Branding Interview: Bruce Turkel

Today, I spoke to Bruce Turkel, who is an author, speaker and consultant on branding.  In this interview, Bruce talks to us about how important personal branding is to his clients, how to apply corporate branding strategy to personal branding, his seven steps to brand value, how to stand out as a speaker and much …