Personal Brands have a direct effect on corporate image
The people you deal with through companies can either break or make your perception of the company as a whole. If you are unhappy with a specific service or product that a person is either selling you or supporting you with, then you blame the company. We see this mostly in retail stores, such as …
Brand Mystery 3 – Name that Personal Brand
Brand Mystery is a game where you guess who the personal brand is below. The person who guesses the correct answer first receives a link on the next autopsy post.
Brand Mystery 2 Winner: Adam Salamon
Clue: From the Underworld…
An Interview with Stephen Pazyra on Online / Offline Branding
In a world where your brand should be expressed online and offline, sometimes individuals can have difficulty ensuring consistency across both lines. With an online website or blog, you are able to extend your reach and enter new markets. Watch as I interview Stephen Pazyra, CEO of 1-800-Bakery.com and La Patisserie, both of which are …
Personal Branding bookshelf – my recommendations
The following are my recommendations for must-read book. Each author has a lot of credibility to their brand and I hope you enjoy reading this fine selection of books! Feel free to recommend a book in the comments section.
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Career Distinction: Both William Arruda and Kristen Dixon have written a book that will help …
What is the real definition of Personal Branding? New project!
My latest project is to collaborate with experts in the Personal Branding field, in order to get a more refined and single definition of Personal Branding. I think one of the major problems that I face, along with all of you is that when we are asked “so what is Personal Branding?”, we give our …
24 Years of the Dan Schawbel Brand…happy birthday to me!
Today marks 24 years of my Personal Brand. What does this mean for me? Besides not being able to say that I’m 23 anymore, just about nothing. I’ve had a great year and met some really amazing people, such as Wendy Marx, Andrea Nierenberg, Neil Patel, Rohit Bhargava, Jeremiah Owyang, William Arruda, Guy Kawasaki and …
The Future of Recruitment: Exclusive Interview with Jim Buttimer, COO of CareerTV.com
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Watch as I discuss video resumes and the future of recruitment with the brand behind CareerTV.com, Jim Buttimer. CareerTV is the world’s first interactive TV website to help college students and young professionals find successful careers within the world’s top companies. As the COO, Jim has developed the architecture behind CareerTV.com, with a focus …
How to Protect Yourself From Identity Theft
After suffering from identity theft on Wednesday, I was forced to either put all my energy into regaining all my loses or quit. One attribute of my brand and a saying that I like to follow is “what doesn’t break me, makes me stronger.” Without a Google account (gmail), a PayPal account and taking a …
Personal Brand Identity Theft – Need Help!
Today was a most unusual and disheartening day. I woke up for work at 6 am and found my gmail account locked. I was able to see a few messages, but they were “grayed out” so I couldn’t open them. I noticed one subscriber to Personal Branding Magazine in the listing, so I viewed my …
Personal Brand Recognition – The new form of compensation
It seems like there has been a compensation transition due to the rise of social media. Although cash compensation will always reign supreme by the majority, I’ve been seeing more and more social media participants “stick” to other new age forms. One example is what the blogosphere calls “link love,” which I define as recognition …