7 Personal Branding Predictions for 2011
Every year, since 2007, I’ve made some personal branding predictions for the following year. In 2007, I predicted that we would see a surge in freelancers, which was accurate because 30% of all Americans are free agents now. I also mentioned that our education systems would start teaching classes around the new tools and web …
The Life Changing Question
Fact: If you don’t have goals and aspirations for yourself, you will be destined to live everyday of your life helping others achieve their goals and aspirations at the expense of your own. Said differently, if you do not have passionate and exciting goals for you and your family, you will live your entire life …
Make Your Personal Brand Stand Out From The Competition
Here are a 3 simple ways you can make your personal brand stand out from your competition:
Be helpful. Be brief. Be consistent.Helpful, brief, and consistent will serve you well, whether you’re writing an article, a book, an e-mail, preparing a podcast, or delivering a speech.
Helpful (because it’s not about you)Success is …
Capitalize on Who You Are!
We all hear talk of going into endeavors that follow your passion and talent whether interviewing to become an employee or building a business, and from this to build your brand. This morning, mine came to light causing me to laugh!
Upon the publication of my second book, HIRED! How to Use Sale Techniques to …
A Cup of Coffee to Having an Enemy
Everyone wants to be liked.
The more friends, the better, right? Never want anyone to say something bad about you or voice displeasure at what you do or how you do it.
Well, it’s time to let that feeling go – and you can do it today before you finish your cup of coffee.
Your…Secret Weapon of the Job Transition Campaign
The reference portfolio is a powerful tool that deviates from traditional ways of thinking about landing a new job. But the truth is, the reference portfolio may be the most powerful tool you’ll have in your job transition arsenal. Take a moment and grab a few books from your library and look …
What To Do When Google Shows Negative Results About You
Whenever Google – or any search engine – is finding some unpleasant information about you, there are 2 options:
Remove it at the source Bury it with newer, positive information Remove it at the sourceIf the troublesome search result is something you created yourself, like a blog post or Facebook page, you could remove …
Use The F-Word
It is a fact of life: sooner or later someone will wrong you. They may say something unkind. They may personally injure you or a loved one. Or they may damage your property. Whatever the case, eventually someone will wrong you.
While it is a given that eventually someone will wrong you, what is not …
How to Make Your Personal Branding Messages Resonate
The best way to ensure your personal branding message gets through to your clients, co-workers, and prospects is to fully engage them, so that your ideas resonate – or are in perfect sync – with them.
Resonate is also the title of a new book from Nancy Duarte, Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences.…
Is Fear Surrounding Money Preventing You From Succeeding?
“Price too high / too low / fair?”
The same people suffer from the fear of asking for more money or saying no to a project that is monetarily unfair. This is true too for many job seekers at the end of the interviewing process who are fearful of asking more money than what is …