Disagree With Personal Branding? Read This!
I took a week vacation, where I was barely online (it costs 59 cents per minute to use the cruise ship internet service) and I thought really hard about all the criticism that personal branding has received in 2009. I’ve heard rants from people who think personal branding is selfish and others from people who …
3 New Year’s Non-Resolutions For The Personal Brand-Building Blogger
It’s such a cliché to blog New Year’s resolutions, and no way at all to stand out. So instead I’ll bring you a list of things that hopefully other people won’t do to you and your personal brand in the coming year and beyond.
Scraping your website and stealing your contentI remember the first …
Talk About Who You Are Not What You Do
When you read the title of this post it seems fairly simple right? Talk about who you are not what you do. Unfortunately it is not that simple nor that easy. I would bet my company on the fact that many people reading this post combine what they do with who they are (identity = …
Personal Branding Interview: Peter Dunn
Today, I spoke to Peter Dunn, who is an expert financial planner, award-winning comedian and author of 60 Days to Change: A Daily How-To Guide With Actionable Tips for Improving Your Financial Life. In this interview, Peter goes over how he positioned himself in the crowded financial expert market, how he’s blended two very important …
iPhone Applications For Personal Branding
It fascinates me how powerful information is and how much we have to consume each day to remain current. In fact, if I didn’t peruse the live feed on Facebook a week or so ago (I saw Brian Solis commenting on Jeremiah Owyang’s app), I would be late with this post and might have missed …
3 Step Personal Branding System
A lot of people I’ve spoken to don’t know where to start when it comes to personal branding, so today I wanted to focus on how to build your own personal branding system by modeling my own. A personal branding system is how you consume, organize and share information every single day in order to …
Personal Branding Interview: James Hamilton
Today, I spoke to James Hamilton, who is the Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy, and Professor of Economics and Political Science at Duke University. He is also the coauthor of You Are What You Choose. In this interview, James talks about what shapes our decisions, explains how decision making impacts marketing campaigns, and …
Is Personal Branding Life?
Our virtual lives and the life we lead in reality are quickly becoming one. Most phones have cameras, some have a video feature and almost everyone you know has a computer with an internet connection. Furthermore, a lot of people have phones, such as the iPhone, that give you access to the internet even without …
From Function to Feeling in Personal Branding
There can be major emphasis placed on the importance of function when relating to personal branding. “Send me your resume,” the manager will say, “I want to know more about your experience.” Function can be defined as your ability to accomplish a task. This could also be called your “technical” skills.
I wanted to shift …
Is Visibility More Important Than Money?
The cost of content is decreasing, but the importance of content is increasing. Now and in the future, your main differentiator will be your personal brand. Distribution and promotional costs are being reduced in price because of social media tools that allow you to achieve both. More and more people are preaching that “social media …