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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Get Your Brand Name Out There By Freelance Writing

Today, I spoke with Michelle Goodman, who is one of the more well-known freelance writings in the career space.  Writing for publications is an extremely important self-promotion, value delivery and a compensation machine for your personal brand.  I’ve done it before and there is no reason you can’t.  Whether it’s paid or unpaid, freelance writing …

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A 16-Year-Old Entrepreneur Tells Us How to Make eMillions

Today, I spoke with Stanley Tang, who is a 16-year-old rockstar entrepreneur.  He makes me wish I knew this personal branding stuff ten years ago.  Stanley is very ambitious and has earned a lot of respect for a young Gen-Y’er.  To be able to interview millionaire players for a book isn’t something most high schools …

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How to Build a Successful Community For Your Personal Brand

Today, I spoke with Seth Kahan, who is a speaker, author, Fast Company blogger and extremely knowledgeable when it comes to building communities.  I think this topic is extremely important because you can be very successful in today’s world if you own a community based on your area of expertise.  It’s not enough just to …

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Success Story: Build Your Dream One LinkedIn Contact at a Time

I love hearing your personal branding success stories, so if you have one, please email me ([email protected]) and I’ll post it on this blog. I’ve blogged about seven success stories on this blog and look forward to hearing each one. I like inspiring others with personal branding success stories.

Here are a few from the …

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Interview with the Luke Skywalker and Obi Wan of Recruitment

Today, I spoke with Chris Russell (Luke Skywalker) and Peter Clayton (Obi Wan Kenobi). Since I started blogging, I’ve been following both of these recruiting pioneers and media producers and I wanted to interview both of them simultaneously about their new project, JobRadio.fm.  When Chris makes a big move, people watch and when Peter talks …

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The Road to Me 2.0: Presentation at MIT and Book Cover Revealed!

I’ve been thinking about when to start promoting my book, and let’s face it, I already have. The one big detail I haven’t revealed is the cover or the structure of the book. The official title of my book is called “Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success.” I’ve spoke about how …