Creating Momentum in Brand Building
As I’ve blogged about recently, it’s important to keep up branding resolutions, add personal social media profiles to a corporate website, follow branding rules for entrepreneurs, and so forth.
And all of these ideas should be followed to ensure a complete branding across the social web. However, many of these rules assume you have fully …
This Is So Funny, It Happened To Me Too!
“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.” – Glenn Clark
How do you express your sense of humor without going overboard, off the edge, or over the top online and in person? I think this is really hard to do, but if …
2 Ways to Quickly Boost Your Personal Brand
The essence of a personal brand is that it’s similar to a corporate brand, yet it’s personal to you, which allows for more freedom and, in all honesty, far more fun. Take a look at music or acting and notice how the likes of Russell Brand, Jennifer Lopez and Justin Timberlake have wildly successful careers …
The Product Called You
You are the hub of every interaction you have. And, you are also the product. What you do and say either adds values or detracts from your business relationships, client relationships and even your personal interactions.
Working with small businesses and entrepreneurs, I often take them through nine elements to their brand. Since your brand …
7 Ways to Build Your Personal Brand Offline
You know how important your online brand is, but there’s just something about meeting others face-to-face, isn’t there? Through a simple handshake, a conversation, or chance encounter, you’re typically able to make a stronger connection than you would through technology.
Showing up puts you aheadAttend industry conferences and trade shows. Conferences provide several benefits …
Is Your Personal Brand Getting a Standing Ovation?
“Engage me. Make me fall in love with you.” That’s Julie Greenwald, chairwoman & CEO of the Atlantic Records Group, talking to Adam Bryant about the way she hires. The interview appeared in the Corner Office, one of my favorite columns in The New York Times Sunday’s Business Section. What’s more, when Greenwald is interviewing …
What’s Your Preference, Extraversion or Introversion?
Where’s your energy coming from? Are you more energized or drained at the end of a discussion? Identifying your personality preference for *extraversion or introversion helps you figure out what energizes you.
One is not better than the other and, at times, everyone extraverts and introverts. However, one of these describes your preferred approach to …
New Year’s Personal Branding Resolutions Update
A few weeks ago I proposed New Year’s Resolutions for Entrepreneurs and Personal Branding and explained how I will personally follow these rules to continue my personal branding. I will now propose these resolutions to you, the reader, and ask how you have improved your personal branding.
How have you improved?I will blog more.
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What Do You Want To Be Known For?
Have you noticed that the days of mass appeal and utilizing broad targeted approaches are behind us?
When you look at products, politics, medicine or any other key industry, it’s pretty much about niche and focus. It’s not a phone, it’s a smart phone. It’s not Republican, it’s Tea Party. It’s not general medicine, it’s …
Ask The Experts: What’s Your Favorite Personal Branding Pet Peeve?
I asked all the experts here on Personal Branding Blog for their personal branding pet peeves.
Notice any trends?
Deborah Shane:
One of my pet peeves about people’s personal branding on their social platforms is when they follow a conversation that not everyone knows about. Best to take that stuff one on one or in …