Personal Branding Interview: Ryan Paugh
Today, I spoke to Ryan Paugh, who is the co-founder and community manager at Brazen Careerist. Ryan is one of my good friends and I had the pleasure to connect with him close to when I started blogging a few years back. Ryan, along with Penelope Trunk and Ryan Healy (also good friends), have re-launched …
Schawbel Report: The Current State of Personal Branding Worldwide [August 2009]
It’s already August and I haven’t done one of my reports this year, which is a shame because I did three last year. The point of each of these reports is to show you trends, insights and a lot of resources which will keep you in tune and up-to-date with the latest happenings in the …
Personal Branding Interview: Gary Vaynerchuk
Today, I spoke to Gary Vaynerchuk, who I also interviewed for the sixth issue of Personal Branding Magazine. This time, he’s back and his new book, Crush It!, is coming out soon. I caught up with Gary before his life becomes crazy and asked him questions about his marketing platform, traditional media against new media, …
Personal Branding Interview: David Gelles
Today, I spoke to David Gelles, who is a reporter at The Financial Times and has been in the media industry for years, at places such as Forbes, The Miami Herald and The New York Times. In this interview, David talks about how social media impacts different types of people, how journalism and his role …
Personal Branding Interview: Bob Garfield
Today, I spoke to Bob Garfield, who is a columnist for AdAge and the author of his latest book The Chaos Scenario. In this interview, Bob talks about his new book, his opinion on the impact of social technologies on media, where radio and TV will end up, and his future media outlook.
What is…Branding by Association is the Single Most Powerful Idea in Personal Branding
When Katie Konrath, our Sunday Personal Branding blogger, wrote about being connected to important people can build your brand, I smiled. Possibly without knowing, she had touched on what I believe as the single most powerful and effective way to become more successful. I actually wanted to write a post about this a long time …
When Does Personal Branding Become Shameless Self Promotion?
I recently wrote a post on the Viralogy Blog focusing on how non-celebrities are using Facebook Fan pages as a way to reach out and stay connected to their community. Lets face it, not everyone uses Twitter, and Facebook provides another great platform to build a fan base and promote your great content.
I personally …
Personal Branding Interview: Liz Lynch
Today, I spoke to Liz Lynch, who contributes to the Personal Branding Blog every Thursday. She is a networking strategist, speaker, author of Smart Networking: Attract a Following in Person and Online, and founder of the Center for Networking Excellence. Liz shares her thoughts on why you need to create your own personal brand to …
Personal Branding Interview: Robert Scoble
Today, I spoke to Robert Scoble, who is an author, tech evangelist, blogger and fully employed worker. Wearing many hats, Robert has some great advice and insights to share in this interview. He talks about his career, his favorite interview, the future of branding, blogging and more.
You’ve changed companies many times in the past…Why LinkedIn Recommendations Really Are Valuable
In a blog post titled “Requested Recommendations on Social Networks: Why I Won’t Do It“, Jeremiah Owyang weighs in against recommendations on LinkedIn. Although what he says has a lot of merit, ultimately this is an example of throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
In his article, Jeremiah sums up by saying:
I Won’t …