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Personal Branding Interview: Judy Shapiro

Today, I spoke to Judy Shapiro, who is Chief Brand Strategist of Cloud Linux, CEO of engageSimply a social media/ direct marketing communications company and contributor to AdAge.com.  In this interview, Judy talks about how she got started in the advertising world, how the industry has changed since she started, calculating the ROI of social …

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Personal Branding Interview: Jay Greene

Today, I spoke to Jay Greene, who served as BusinessWeek’s Seattle bureau chief till 2009, and is now the author of Design Is How It Works. In this interview, Jay talks about design thinking, how important design is for brands, examples of design companies that have succeeded, and more.

Jay, what is “design thinking”?

It’s …

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Personal Branding Interview: Jane Buckingham

Today, I spoke to Jane Buckingham, who is the President of Trendera, a generational expert, and author of her latest book called The Modern Girl’s Guide to Sticky Situations.  She is also the wife of Marcus Buckingham, who appeared on the cover of Personal Branding Magazine in the seventh issue. In this interview, Jane talks …

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Personal Branding Interview: M.P. Mueller

Today, I spoke to M.P. Mueller, who is the President at Door Number 3, as well as the New York Times “Branded” blogger. In this interview, M.P. talks about the survival rate for companies that don’t have brands, lessons she’s learned from running a small business, and more.

What’s the life expectancy for a company…
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Personal Branding Interview: Arielle Ford

Today, I spoke to Arielle Ford, is the president of The Ford Group and author of The Soulmate Secret. She was instrumental in launching the careers of many NY Times bestselling self-help authors including Deepak Chopra, Jack Canfield, and Mark Victor Hansen. In this interview, Arielle talks about how she got started in non-function book …

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Personal Branding Interview: Jeanne Meister

Today, I spoke to Jeanne Meister, who is an internationally recognized workplace learning consultant, and the author of The 2020 Workplace (Harper). In this interview, Jeanne disects the 2020 workplace, shows some very interesting research findings, explains how companies can retain talent, gives her opinion on ROWE (I previously interviewed the creators of ROWE), and …

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Personal Branding Interview #2: Susan Gunelius

Today, I spoke to Susan Gunelius, who is the President & CEO of Keysplash Creative, the author of Blogging All-in-One For Dummies, and a columnist for Forbes.com and Entrepreneur.com. This is a follow-up interview to the one I had with Susan at the end of 2009. In this interview, Susan talks about the current state …

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Personal Branding Interview: Adam Taki

Today, I spoke to Adam Taki, who is the son of renowned food industry businessman Dr. Ghazi Taki and co-founder, as well as spokesperson of Amazing Taste Foods Inc.  In this interview, Adam talks about how he created his corporate brand, stood out from the competition, talks about some branding strategies, and more.

How did…
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Personal Branding Interview #2: Sally Hogshead

Today, I spoke to Sally Hogshead, who is a speaker, author, and brand innovation consultant. This is a follow-up to my previous interview with Sally back in January 2009. Her latest book is called FASCINATE: Your 7 Triggers of Persuasion and Captivation. In this interview, Sally talks about her new book, analyzes my triggers of …