Category: Networking

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Building Your Personal Brand Through Volunteerism

Whether you’re in between jobs, in school, or working full time, volunteering is a great way to build your personal brand. Sharing your time with non-profit organizations can help you build your network and develop your skills while doing some good for your community.

Volunteering shows you’re team oriented.  When you give your time to …

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Promotional Gifts as Part of the Nurturing Campaign

Promotional products and business gifts are both time-tested ways of getting your name out there in front of the crowd. Nearly every major company spends time and resources on producing and distributing these items at tradeshows, product showcases, etc.

But, have you thought of the concept through? Is the “gimme” the end of your campaign …

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Cool, Clever Trends Help Personal Branding!

I have been watching, following and studying trends for many years. To see how demographics, events, cycles all intersect, converge and impact our lives in such immediate and long lasting ways is fascinating! The financial and banking collapse at the end of 2008, was a long time in coming, but once it hit it changed …

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How to Know When Your Personal Brand Isn’t Working

You’ve taken all the right steps. You came up with your personal brand, made business cards, customized your resume, wrote cover letters, accumulated recommendations, compiled a portfolio/blog/website, completed your social media profiles, and set up your professional, brand-compatible email account. You’ve networked, applied for jobs, and put yourself out there.

But after all that work, …

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5 Tips for Protecting Your Personal Brand on LinkedIn

LinkedIn has become arguably today’s most valuable job searching tool, providing it’s users with endless possibilities for networking, connecting with colleagues from the past, and promoting and developing their businesses. But did you ever stop and think that the way in which you use LinkedIn could actually hurt your job search prospects?  Well it can!  …

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When They Just Aren’t That Into You

The toughest thing about creating a personal brand is just that—it’s personal.

So when someone doesn’t like you or how you present yourself, it hurts in a way that’s very different from representing a company or organization.

With video or TV appearances, it’s particularly tough because you are judged not just on what you say …