10 Steps to Make Your Own Personal Infographic
A creative way online to describe and brand yourself in just a few minutes.
Start by visiting the online infographic wizard created by ionz.
Don’t speak Brazilian Portuguese? Me neither, so click the UK flag in the upper right hand corner of the screen to have the text translate before your eyes.
Do it yourself…How Influential Is Your LinkedIn Brand?
LinkedIn has always been an essential piece of one’s professional online brand. Recognizing this, Klout, the startup that measures influence on Facebook and Twitter, recently announced the addition of LinkedIn.
Is clout important?Klout believes that everyone who creates content has an influence, whether you’re on the “A-list” or not. Using their tool, they hope …
3 Things Stand-Out Brands Have in Common
This is an excerpt from Chapter 12 of my book Career Transition-make the shift-“Re-brand Yourself into a Fresher Version of You”
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” Maria Robinson
Discovering, uncovering, reinventing, and nowadays, re-branding yourself are truly adventures no matter what …
Google Me on the Web: Easy Online Identity Management
Did you know that 85% of hiring manager’s Google you before, or after, an interview? Or that up to 84% of companies use social media to source their new talent and 95% of them use Linked In? How are you managing your online reputation? Let’s hope it’s better than Rep. Weiner. who returns 6.7MM results …
Speak To Sample Your Brand
Your product is awesome and you are ready to market it to the public. The need to get the word out is imperative to your marketing strategy. Public appearances and speaking to people at areas in which your product may be of interest will enforce the solidity of your product and brand. By being there …
Write Well To Make Your Personal Brand Stand Out
Writing is everything when it comes to building your personal brand. If you can’t write, your brand will suffer. It’s not just enough to be able to string together a few sentences into a coherent thought. You need your own voice, your own style to come through what you write.
Your writing needs to stand…The Formula for Perfect Constructive Criticism
In Constructive Criticism or Compliments: Which Builds Your Brand Better?, I explained why constructive criticism is such a smart personal branding tool when used properly, and commenter Bruce Bixler responded beautifully in showing us how:
I liked the outline [of the article] but what is missing is specific example(s) of how a constructive criticism can …
Prepare NOW to be Downsized
Are YOU Prepared to be ‘Downsized?’
As this blog is being written, the sputtering economy—once again!—is slowing down. Notwithstanding a few recent glimmers of hope, unemployment remains stubbornly and intractably high. As a matter of fact, a recent news story claimed that chronic unemployment, i.e., unemployment among those who remain without a job for six …
The Cutest Cat Video on the Internet? Really?
I’ll be brief.
For whatever reason, there is an endless sea of cat videos on the Internet. Funny cats, mean cats, fighting cats, talking cats, captioned cats, and much, much more.
So, out of the millions of often pointless cat videos–how does ONE stand out?
Chances there are others who can do the same job…Socially Inspecting What You Are Expecting
Social media has truly changed the way people do business and connect with each other online. What’s great about social media is the fact that it’s fast and easy. Typically, you communicate with others in short and concise messages, so it’s important that you learn the best way to get your information out there using …