Personal Branding Interview: Brett Blumenthal
Today, I spoke to Brett Blumenthal, who is the #1 Amazon bestselling author of “GET REAL” and STOP Dieting!, the founder of Sheer Balance, and a contributor to Shine from Yahoo!. In this interview, Brett talks about how she molded her personal brand with her corporate brand, how she decided on her career path, some …
Can Your Personal Brand Create Real Financial Change?
Have you made the leap and started your personal branding journey? Do you ever wonder if creating your personal brand is worth it? Can it create opportunity and even financial change? Can it happen to you?
It can. It will. If you begin.
Just like all of you, there was a day when I did …
Personal Branding Interview: Dr. Doug Hirschhorn
Today, I spoke to Dr. Doug Hirschhorn, who is a New York-based psychology expert, mental coach and CNBC commentator. He is also the author of 8 Ways to Great: Peak Performance on the Job and In Your Life. In this interview, Doug talks about Conan O’Brien, what his brand is, if it should be tweaked …
Gordon Gecko and Information as a Commodity
I absolutely love the movie Wall Street. There are plenty of reasons why I love the movie but it is not because of the awesome acting, the dull color fade of the 1980’s, or the slicked back hair styles of Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas. It is one line that makes the movie… one line …
5 Tips to Communicate More Effectively
If you haven’t heard about the napping transit worker who was caught on TwitPic and the firestorm of controversy that ensued, there’s a lesson to be learned: it only takes one tweet to capture you a moment that kills your personal brand. Which got me thinking about another medium that quickly spreads: email.
Take 5…Create Your Own Career Insurance Policy via Your Personal Brand
Is anyone else sick of hearing people use the recession as an excuse for just about everything? “Oh well I can’t, you know, the recession…”
Well, Negative Nancy, guess what? You should of learned your lesson when the dot com bubble burst and then again after September 11- there is no such thing as job …
Personal Branding Magazine Issue 11 Seth Godin Interview Preview
For the February issue of Personal Branding Magazine, Seth Godin will grace the cover, with an exclusive and lengthy interview I conducted with him about his new book, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable. Out of all his bestselling books, this one is the closest related to personal branding because it focuses on becoming indispensable, meaning that …
Personal Branding Interview: Joe Balestrino
Today, I spoke to Joe Balestrino, who is an SEO expert and writer for blogs such as Search Engine Journal. In this interview, Joe explains how companies can be successful without internet marketing, what we could know about with Google real-time search, lists some SEO strategies, mistakes people make when optimizing their sites, and argues …
Personal Branding Interview: Lisa Hoover
Today, I spoke to Lisa Hoover, who is a freelance writer and professional blogger. Her work includes being a contributing editor for Lifehacker and other major blogs. In this interview, Lisa talks about how to she become a professional blogger, who she admires, how she balances her time with multiple children, and some lessons learned.…
The Branding Power of Personal Projects
Personal projects are a great way to kick start your personal brand.
Have you ever felt this way?Ji Lee is a Creative Director at Google Creative Labs. After 4 years in a past job, he felt stifled and frustrated by the lack of progress until he finally realized what his problem was: other people …