Personal Brands are Today’s Leaders, Not Tomorrow’s
Ouch. I keep reading about personal branding being a tool that sets you up to be tomorrow’s leaders. Why do old people always say this to young people? And, why do young people repeat it?
Does anyone wake up in the morning and say, “I hope I’ll be tomorrow’s leader.” When they wake up the …
3 Personal Branding Theses For The New World of Work
Gone are the days when only college marketing majors and entrepreneurs had to know how to use marketing to build brands. These days, the internet has enabled everyone with a pulse and some ambition to take advantage of this growing platform. It’s all about survival …
Personal Branding Interview: Patricia Hunt Sinacole
Today, I spoke to Patricia Hunt Sinacole, an HR expert who runs First Beacon Group LLC and is also columnist for The Boston Globe. In this interview, Patricia talks about how job seekers can become more employable, what retail marketing strategies work in a job hunt, why companies should limit social media use at work …
Defining Your Brand via 6 Traits that Make You a Leader
I finished reading Lisa Orrell’s Millennials Into Leadership: The Ultimate Guide for Gen Y’s Aspiring to Be Effective, Respected, Young Leaders at Work this week. Wow! What a great resource for tomorrow’s leaders.
Traits That Make You a Great LeaderIn Millennials Into Leadership, Orrell discusses “defining your brand by documenting the traits that you …
Personal Branding Interview: Pamela Mitchell
Today, I spoke to Pamela Mitchell, the founder and CEO of The Reinvention Institute, Inc. (TRI), author of The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention: Essential Survival Skills for Any Economy, and columnist for Inc.com.
In this interview, Pamela talks about the process of career reinvention. She also provides examples of those that have made the …
The Tri-Fecta of Opportunity: Personal Branding, Social Media and Inbound Marketing
Lately, I’ve had some interesting conversations on Personal Branding, Social Media and Inbound Marketing. I really enjoy writing and speaking about these topics because they are the new frontier of the Web 2.0 marketplace. And when combined properly they can create massive opportunity where it would not have existed before.
Once upon a success story……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 …
Personal Branding Interview: Bob Burg
Today I spoke to Bob Burg, who is a highly sought-after speaker and the bestselling author of Endless Referrals, The Go-Giver and his upcoming book Go-Giver’s Sell More, which comes out on February 18th. In this interview, Bob talks about how to network by giving before receiving, talks about how he was inspired to write …
4 Personal Branding Tips Learned From Corporations
Companies have long understood the power of branding. They spend millions of dollars a year making a brand promise to customers that goes beyond the technical and physical attributes of a particular product. They build an identity that customers feel safe choosing over the competition.
So, what four specific takeaways can you get from corporate …
Personal Branding Interview #2: Alexandra Levit
Today, I spoke with Alexandra Levit, who is the author of New Job, New You: A Guide to Reinventing Yourself in a Bright New Career, a columnist for The Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal and a gen-y expert and speaker. I’ve interviewed Alexandra before about her previous book called How’d You Score That …