Personal Branding and Dating Form a Relationship: Get Ready for Valentines Day!
Recently, I spoke with dating expert and extraordinaire, Joe Tracy, about how personal branding ties in with dating and relationships. The timing was perfect for this because Valentines day is right around the corner. Joe has over a decade of experience in the online and offline publishing industry. In 2003, Tracy oversaw the launch of …
Derrick Kwa Interviews Me – The Youngest of the Personal Brand’ers
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The interview lasted for about 40 minutes and the rest can be found on his blog that he just redesigned. Derrick is 17 years old, therefore he is the youngest personal brand’er I know!
Info on Derrick:
“Born in 16 December 1990, in Singapore. I’m just an average guy, trying to forge his own …
Let Jobs Magnetically Come to Your Personal Brand: 4 New Solutions
The job and career development sites just keep getting better. I’ve been speaking of the goal of personal branding for a while now and my prayers have finally been answered, or so I hope. Basically, the end result of personal brand management is recruitment based on your brand. Instead of proactively searching for jobs, your …
Google’s Social Graph API: The Future of Personal Brand Management
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This video gives a glimpse of the future of our personal brand management. I’ve talked before about how many social networks there are and how people quickly join them and secure their name. There is far too many social networks and more are added each day. We really need to be cautious about which …
Behind the Magazine: How Was Issue 3 Created?
In this video, I explain the process by which the 3rd issue of Personal Branding Magazine was created. Developing the magazine takes at least three months, including project management with author submissions/deadlines, getting the cover shot approved, as well as setting up the interviews, finalizing sponsors, taking all the content and mending it together and …
Laid Back Friday 1/25/08: Brand Mystery 8, a Song and a Question
The best part about Friday’s is that after work or your last class, you have the whole weekend to have fun and rejuvenate. Here at Personal Branding Blog, I am now offering you relief from a long week reading countless entires on self-branding, amongst other blogs and news sources. In order to make Friday’s as …
Should YOU Go Back to School After Graduating College?
Here is a conversation that I had with Ryan Healy about the need for attending graduate schools.
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Me: I really should go back to school…are you going to?
Ryan: Not a chance. I just don’t think the investment is worth it. It’s so much easier to learn by doing.
Me: But what if it’s …
The Future of Your Searchable Brand – With or Without Google?
The DLD conference was yesterday and it was held in Munich. The highlight of the event (Thanks TechCrunch) was a session called “Humans Disrupting Algorithms,” in which David Kirkpatrick of Fortune spoke with Jimmy Wales and Jason Calacanis. Jimmy has developed a beta of Wikia Search, whereas Jason Calacanis has been running Mahalo for a …
Follow Ted Demopoulos’ Tracks to an Effective Internet Presence
When Ted Demopoulos came to me telling me he wrote a new eBook entitled “Effective Internet Presence” I was on vacation. That didn’t stop me from reading his book on the plane ride home to Boston. Ted has an excellent personal brand and has branded himself as a blogging, podcasting and information technology expert.…
Your Personal Marketing Plan – Part 5 of 5
Originally published in 2008. Updated in 2025 as part of the Personal Branding Blog relaunch under Brown Brothers Media.
Your Personal Marketing Plan Post Series
Section 1: Situational Analysis – A detailed description of exactly where you are in your life, as well as your mission, vision and life cycle.
Section 2: Audience Analysis – …