Myth: Personal Branding Is All About YOU
False! Personal branding is not about you, it’s about everyone else. This post is required reading for everyone who believes that myth.
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Note: I tend to do podcasts when the point can better be expressed through my personality and personal connection.
Daniel Pink Introduction
This all comes together as one of six chapters in …
Professional and Personal Communication Across Generations
Today, I wanted to discuss how different generations communicate. The more you understand how to reach people properly, the more successful you will be with responses. Imagine yourself as the receiver before you send messages. This discussion will wrap around new and traditional methods of communication and serve as a resource for you, prior to …
College Students Fail When They Ask For Jobs Instead Of Relationships
Within 24 hours, I’ve been given the impression that college students ask for jobs from alumni, without trying to start a relationship or at least network. I just got through speaking with one of my friends who is a freshman in college and we have a networking event today for our fraternity and he goes …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #10: Connections to Corporate
This will be the last “personal brand stereotypes” post I do for a while, to make room for all the other special content I have lined up for all of you. I was thinking about doing a Greek stereotype post (fraternities and sororities) or a racial stereotype post (Black or Asian people), but today I …
So You Want People to Read Your Email? A Lesson in Email Branding
I receive a lot of spam mail, as well as email messages from those who are clueless about personal branding. The strange thing is that I get more spam on this blog than my email. I just read “Akismet has protected your site from 36,927 spam comments.” Isn’t that just absurd? Don’t people know that …
Weekend Reading: Getting from College to Career by Lindsey Pollak
As I say, the time when you should be paying the most attention to your personal brand is in college. During college you are given the most amount of choices and the highest degree of education before you enter “the real world.” Choices, such as what major and minor you want to enlist in, as …
Personal Branding is About Dedication
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Note: I have 14 other podcasts on my YouTube channel.
I shot this video when I came home from work. It takes me so much less time to do a podcast, rather than to do a full fledged written post. I also like to switch up how I deliver content, to make things more …
Boston College Student’s Get a Lesson in Personal Branding
I feel that personal branding should be the heartbeat of higher education. The logic here is that the sooner you discover your personal brand, the more risks you can take, as well as the easier it is to carve our your career path.
Today I spoke at Boston College to some freshman and seniors who …
Your Mobile eBrand: Rank #1 in Google or Else!
If your new to this blog, then the guy with the smile to the left is me. This past weekend, I purchased a new toy, after waiting for the price to go down and for all the bugs to be fixed. The iPhone is quite an impressive piece of equipment I must say.
My favorite …
Personal Branding and Dating Form a Relationship: Get Ready for Valentines Day!
Recently, I spoke with dating expert and extraordinaire, Joe Tracy, about how personal branding ties in with dating and relationships. The timing was perfect for this because Valentines day is right around the corner. Joe has over a decade of experience in the online and offline publishing industry. In 2003, Tracy oversaw the launch of …