Why Would Any Company Care About Personal Brands?
With all the buzz about personal branding, I’m often asked, why would a company care about an employee’s personal brand?
Every industry along with the companies within that industry have acronyms that they use exclusively. J.L.P. is one acronym used by well known international retail giant. It stands for “just like picture”. And, now copycat …
3 Ways to Use Search and Authenticity in Personal Branding
I was skimming through Chris Brogan’s posts and happened across a post called: A Counterpoint to the Branding Craze. This caught my attention because I am a huge advocate for branding, in both the personal and professional world.
I have tried to use my blog to create a brand identity for myself and my company …
Personal Branding Interview: Vitor Lourenço
Today, I spoke to Vitor Lourenço, who is a 22 year old Product Designer for Twitter. In this interview, we get the inside scoop on what it’s like to work for Twitter, what a typical day is like, how to get a job there, and much more. Vitor really paints the picture for what Twitter …
Does Your Brand Match Your Potential Employer’s?
Everyone’s so busy trying to land a job – any job – that they’ve forgotten one of the cardinal rules in the hiring process: If you aren’t a fit with the company’s culture, it’s not going to work out in the end.
While personal branding has been a career strategy for a while now, employer …
The Hidden Goldmine Within the LinkedIn Companies Tab
I was interviewed by CNN this week to give some quick tips on using social networking for a job search beyond just updating your status to say you’re looking for a job.
In the segment I focused most on LinkedIn not only because there are now close to 45 million professionals who are members of …
Use Personal Branding to Increase Your Sales
A few months ago I did an interview with Dan Schawbel and I thought I would share it with you all here. Dan speaks about personal branding and how sales reps can position themselves to succeed it what I call the New Sales Economy. While the interview focuses on sales reps, it’s important to remember …
Personal Branding Interview: Peter Mortensen
Today, I spoke to Pete Mortensen, who is the communications lead for Jump Associates and author of Wired to Care. In this interview, Pete talks to us about how important empathy is, especially in a time of economic crisis and uncertainty. He also mentions the benefits of empathy at a company, how companies can brand …
Personal Branding Interview: Alaina Love
Today, I spoke to Alaina Love, who is a consultant, speaker and author of The Purpose Linked Organization. In this interview, Alaina talks about what people want in an employer, why having a sense of purpose at work matters, how managers build top talent and much more.
From the applicant perspective, what do most people…Personal Branding Interview: Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
Today, I spoke with Tony Hsieh, who is the CEO of Zappos, a brand that many of you are familiar with, especially my female readers. Tony has done an excellent job branding his company as the ultimate customer service machine. He has over 200,000 Twitter followers and what he’s done for Zappos has been one …
When Personal Branding, Social Media and Human Resources Collide
Personal branding is all about positioning yourself as favorable to corporate recruiters, while HR’s job is to hire the top talent, position the company as the best place to work (employer branding), figure out benefits packages for employees and much more. Social media has changed the way applicants and recruiters communicate with each other and …