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: Beth Kobliner

Today, I spoke with Beth Kobliner, who is the New York Times bestselling author of Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties.  In this interview, Beth gives some great financial advice for young adults who are completely clueless when it comes to money.

Why is a good financial education important to…
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Personal Branding Interview: Karen Post

Today, I spoke with Karen Post, who is a fellow branding expert, author, social media entrepreneur, speaker and businesswoman.  Karen talks about how she’s established her personal brand, while building the brands of other companies and gives some insight into how she’s created a community around her brand, while explaining the importance of brand symbols …

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Personal Branding Interview: Donna Fenn

Today, I spoke with Donna Fenn, who is a contributing editor at Inc. Magazine and author of an upcoming book called Upstarts! Since the book isn’t coming out till August, I figured I would get the first book interview before everyone else starts harassing her.  In this interview, Donna talks about Gen-Y entrepreneurship, how it’s …

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The Demise of Job Boards and the Rise of People Searching

We’re all familiar with the term “job board.” In fact, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of job boards in existence.  Some you may know about and others you may never know about.  You’ve obviously heard of Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com and Yahoo! Hotjobs because they are large brands, with large news distribution partners (Careerbuilder has CNN …

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Personal Branding Interview: Andy Nulman

Today, I spoke with Andy Nulman, who is the author of Pow! Right Between the Eyes: Profiting From the Power of Surprise.  In this interview, Andy explains why surprise is essential to establishing a personal brand, why standing out matters, the process of brand building, staying relevant to the times and much more.

How important…
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Personal Branding Interview: Jason Buss

Today, I spoke with Jason Buss is a Talent Management executive, strategist and blogger The Talent Buzz.  In this interview, Jason talks to us about managing his full-time job and his blog, how he sources candidates, what the best social network is for recruitment, the new employer/employee contract and more.

How do you manage having…
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Personal Branding Interview: Daniel Coyle

Today, I spoke with Daniel Coyle, who is a contributing editor for Outside magazine, and a New York Times bestselling author.  His latest book is called The Talent Code, which he discusses in the below interview.  Daniel defines talent, gives some great examples of talented people, explains the attributes of talent, how he’s used his …

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Personal Branding Interview: John Kador

Today, I spoke with John Kador, who is a New York Times bestselling author and author of the new book,  Effective Apology.  In this interview, John discusses how executives can earn more money by apologizing, the significance of the word “sorry,” the power of authenticity, some great examples and more.

Can you explain how executives…
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