Personal Branding Pledge for 2011
This is my year.
This is the time when I re-launch my life.
I blast away to my dreams and my visions.
I leave behind ties that bind me for no reason.
This is the season of my greatest leap forward, into my zone.
I decide who I am and how I want to be …
Brand Lessons from YouTube’s Top Ten…Spice Up!
YouTube has released a list of its top ten videos of 2010. I learned something. I learned that if you want to be “most watched,” be Justin Bieber or a talking orange. Let’s ignore the titillating topic of transient tastes and concentrate on my favorite of the videos, an Old Spice ad, and what it …
ARC: Awareness and Respect (build) Character
Am I a grumpy old man at age 58? Am I feeling like Rodney Dangerfield who “never got any respect?” Am I old-fashioned and, as Jethro Tull might suggest, Living in the Past? My questions have to do with, what I perceive to be, a lack of respect in America today.
I am sitting in …
Wisdom from Winnie the Pooh
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions, but in 2011 I resolve to live my life more like Winnie the Pooh. He seems to always be happy, having fun and adventures. I’ve found some important words of wisdom to follow in this coming year, taken from Pooh’s Little Instruction Book, by author A. …
5 WordPress Plugins for the Personal Brand-Building Blogger
Useful WordPress plugins that build your brand while helping your readers too.
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Official description: “A WordPress plugin that simplifies the process of including a picture when writing posts. Authors simply choose from a predefined list of images in the Write Post page to display an image in a post.”
There are many plugins …
New Year’s Resolutions for Your Personal Brand
When it comes to building a company from the ground up, or searching for a job as an individual, the importance of building a differentiated brand is one of the most important things you should invest your time and resources in. While there’s no single secret to success, here are 10 New Year’s resolutions you …
Be A Good Sport
Sportsmanship is not limited to games played on fields, courts, and courses. After all, what is sport? It is simply athletic competition. Absent the athletics, it is merely competition.
As a human being, you compete every day, do you not? In your career. In business. At home, subtly, with neighbors. The entire human existence – …
Evaluating Your Personal Brand-Building Success During 2010
As a prelude to the fast-approaching New Year, here are some questions to ask yourself as you evaluate your progress building your personal brand-building efforts during 2010:
Writing & publishing a brand-building bookDid you publish a book during 2011, or make significant progress towards publishing a brand-building book? Or, do you still feel writing …
3 Keys to Create Increased Success in the New Year!
The transition to entrepreneurship is not an easy one. Personally, I was accustomed to having a team around me with whom I could confide challenges, ask for advice and discuss new ideas to improve my selling effort. I found being a solo-preneur lonely and filled with much uncertainty.
Through the years I endured many trial …
Did You Get What You Wanted?
Successful personal brands spend much time exploring their psyches and behaviors to arrive at a position that will be enduring, profitable, and satisfying. After all, your brand must be authentic, easy to communicate, and welcome in the tribes you select to lead or at least be among. A personal brand must embrace who you are …