Category: Communication & Networking

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Personal Branding Interview: Marshall Goldsmith

Today, I spoke with Marshall Goldsmith, whose been featured on this blog before and in the current issue of Personal Branding Magazine.  Marshall is a huge advocate for personal branding, as he’s spent his career building the brands of Fortune 500 CEO’s.  His latest book is called Succession: Are you Ready and in this interview, …

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A Secret Personal Branding Tip For MyBlogLog

One of the social networks that I feel is very underutilized and spoken for is MyBlogLog. I’ve been a fan of this network since I started out in the blogosphere back in 2006.   MyBlogLog was acquired by Yahoo! Inc. and it allows you to create a profile, join communities (blogs), share your social feed (much …

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Develop Your Friend’s Personal Brand Because it Will Improve Your Own

Chris: “Cmon man, you have to go snowboarding with us tomorrow!”

Me: “I can’t, I just got too much work to do. Here’s an idea, lets have fun tonight!”

Chris: “What do you have in mind?”

Me: “Come over, bring your laptop, your thinking cap, and lets work the night away!” (keep in mind this …

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Personal Branding Interview: Lindsey Pollak

Today, I spoke with Lindsey Pollak, who is a good friend of mine and fellow Gen-Y career guru.  She wrote a book called Getting from College to Career and has several columns in big media outlets, in addition to speaking and consulting.  In this interview, Lindsey talks about what she’s learned from speaking to college …

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Road to Me 2.0: 14 Book Marketing Ideas For Authors

As I get ready to launch my first ever book, which is entitled Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success on April 7th, I would like to keep you in the loop with how things are going, while teaching you from my experiences. So far in this series, I told you how …

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Personal Branding Interview: David Meerman Scott

 Today, I spoke to David Meerman Scott, who is about to release his latest book, World Wide Rave.  I’ve spoken to David before in a previous interview that explains much of his position on social media, PR and marketing.  He’s all about publishing information (i.e. blogging, podcasting), instead of paying thousands of dollars to advertise.  …

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Build Your Personal Brand to Become a Celebrity

Scheduling note:  Don’t worry, Jacob Share will be back posting regularly starting next Friday.  I’m filling in for him today and will quench your thirst with this new article ;).

Personal branding is more than just a career development concept and practice.  Powerful and world recognizable brands, such as Oprah, Michael Jordon, Tiger Woods and …

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How Adding a Tailored Sound Bite to My Resume Doubled Interview Requests

Have you ever watched stars on the red carpet? When they are interviewed, there is one universal theme to their answers – Short and Sweet. Memorable. Quotable. Also known as the Sound Bite.

Personal branding sound bite

I recently added a “Profile” section to my resume, which serves as my personal branding sound bite to …

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Personal Branding Interview: Larry Winget

Today, I spoke with Larry Winget, who is a four-time New York Times/Wall Street Journal bestselling author. He is a member of the International Speaker Hall Of Fame. He has starred in his own television series and appeared in national television commercials.  In this interview, Larry talks about how passion is irrelevant to success, why …

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Personal Branding Interview: Brian Solis

Today, I spoke with Brian Solis, who is a globally recognized expert on Web 2.0, Social Media, and the new technology landscape.  He is the Principal of FutureWorks and his new book is called “Putting the Public Back in Public Relations: How Social Media Is Reinventing the Aging Business of PR” which comes out on …