Roger Federer and Personal Branding
In Wimbledon 2008, Roger Federer found himself down to Rafael Nadal 2 sets to none. Roger was playing for his 6th Wimbledon title in a row; Rafael was playing for his first – either way, history was going to be made.
Roger was winded, discouraged, and it seemed like a 2 sets to none lead …
Personal Branding Interview: Bruce Turkel
Today, I spoke to Bruce Turkel, who is an author, speaker and consultant on branding. In this interview, Bruce talks to us about how important personal branding is to his clients, how to apply corporate branding strategy to personal branding, his seven steps to brand value, how to stand out as a speaker and much …
19 Qualities of The Best Handshake in the World
Your handshake is a convenient personal branding accessory right in the palm of your hand, so use your handshake to leave a great impression. Here’s how.
How important is a handshake as a way to brand yourself?People shake hands all the time.
Unless your handshake is particularly bad, people will rarely react negatively to …
Why Tactics Without Strategy is a Recipe for Networking Frustration
Are you heavy on tactics and light on strategy when it comes to networking for your business? You’ll know if you’re feeling at all frustrated that the time you’ve put in is far outweighed by the meager results you’ve gotten out.
Trouble is that when we get into this situation we think we need to …
Personal Branding Interview: Dave Lakhani
Today, I spoke with Dave Lakhani, who is the author of How To Sell When Nobody’s Buying. In this interview, he talks about how selling has changed in the past few years, what social media means for selling, what personal branding has to do with selling and more.
How has selling changed in the past…REQUIRED: A Custom Facebook URL For Your Brand Name
Facebook is releasing custom URL’s for both profile and fan pages. This is a big move by Facebook and if you review their announcement this afternoon, there are a few details that you want to pay attention to. From my perspective, this is perhaps the most important news since Google released their profile pages a …
Personal Branding Interview: Scott Anthony
Today, I spoke to Scott Anthony, who is president of Innosight and the author of The Silver Lining: An Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times. In this interview, Scott talks about how companies can stay afloat today despite the economy, why companies need to stop some innovation efforts, some thoughts and tips on personal reinvention and …
It’s Not About You
I hate to tell you this, I really do. The truth is that most people don’t give a hoot about your personal brand. They don’t care how great you are at what you do. They don’t care that you are the perfect solution to their problem.
They don’t care about how many impressive clients you’ve …
Personal Branding at Work | Best Practices
The workplace is competitive and the best jobs will increasingly go to those who have the strongest personal brands. That makes it imperative for you to begin building and promoting your personal brand now so you don’t lose out on opportunities!
Fearful to appear self-centeredHowever, many fear that promoting their personal brand will make …
Personal Branding Interview: Jason Alba
Today, I spoke to Jason Alba, who is a good friend of mine and one of the first bloggers I met when I started out a few years ago. Jason is the founder of JibberJobber.com, as well as the author of two books, a DVD and various other projects. In this interview, Jason tells us …