Personal Brands: Your Amazing Race
Have you joined the rat race? Are you spending your days chasing other people’s goals, working other people’s hours, living someone else’s life?
Do your credit card debts or student loans or both; now define what you do and how much you do it for? Or is it some other obligation, like simply earning a …
10 Reasons Why YOU Should Care About Personal Branding
The demand for personal branding is increasing faster than I can type this post. Many of the reasons why you should build your personal brand have been discussed on this blog, including global competition, online presence management, and the need to stand out. The global population, from India to Malaysia, has been buzzing about the …
Personal Branding Interview: Jim Kouzes
Today, I spoke to Jim Kouzes, who is the one million copy bestselling author of The Leadership Challenge, and author of his latest book The Truth about Leadership: The No-fads, Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know. In this interview, Jim talks about the myths of leadership, proven leadership practices, and more.
What are some myths…5 Reasons Your Brand Should Live Outside of Your Company
My topic last week of logos for personal brands opened up a discussion about how to establish your personal brand in relation to the company you work for. If you’re a business owner these two elements are much more intertwined than the average worker bee out there, but for the average worker here are some …
Lessons From a Year of Personal Branding Blog Posts
I’d like to share some of the lessons I’ve learned from a year of posting on Dan’s Personal Branding blog.
A little over a year ago, on August 5, 2009, I posted my first post, the 11 Biggest Mistakes Made by First-Time Authors.
My goal in sharing the following is to encourage you to post …
Personal Brands: Change Your Channel
You probably believe you’ve dialed in reality by now. You know how you roll and how the world turns. You think it’s a rat race or a breeze, chaotic, or linear.
You may even think you know who you are in the hearts and mind of people who meet you and interact with you.
How …
Branding: Another Way To Make Your Resume Stand Out
Improve Resume Response. Whenever you deliver your resume by more than one communication medium, it improves your hit ratio. With e-mail the standard, most managers get far less traditional mail than they used to, now only the most important business communications are committed to print. When you send a resume and cover letter by e-mail …
Automate Your Brand?
Is there such a thing as automating anything? Or, is human interaction necessary at every level?
I posed those questions over dinner last week to Brandon Kennington and Matt Dotson, the two thought leaders who podcast Automate My Small Business.
MATT: And you know both of us have been focused on the internet for most …
Personal Branding Interview: Harry Beckwith
Today, I spoke to Harry Beckwith, one of the world’s most respected marketers, has advised 23 Fortune 200 companies, including Target, ABC and Wells Fargo. Harry first book, Selling the Invisible, was named one of the top ten business and management books of all time. In this interview, Harry talks about personal branding from a …
Personal Branding Interview: Colleen DeBaise
Today, I spoke to Colleen DeBaise, who is the small business editor at The Wall Street Journal, author of The Wall Street Journal. Complete Small Business Guidebook, and blogger at crackingcurry.com. In this interview, Colleen talks about the DNA of a successful small business, work/life balance for entrepreneurs, personal branding, and more.
Out of all…