Personal Branding Interview: Frances Cole Jones
Today, I spoke to Frances Cole Jones, who is the author of The Wow Factor: The 33 Things You Must (and Must Not) Do to Guarantee Your Edge in Today’s Business World and and founder of Cole Media Management. In this interview, Frances goes over controlling your reputation, how to sell yourself in any given …
Personal Branding Interview: Sarah Evans
Today, I spoke to Sarah Evans (PRSarahEvans), who is a public relations and new media consultant at Sevans Strategy, a guest writer for Mashable, a blogger, and more. I spoke with Sarah because she’s been able to stand out amongst the million other PR people out there. In this interview, we talk about her personal …
Personal Branding Interview: Jim Camp
Today, I spoke to Jim Camp, who is the best-selling author of negotiation books Start with No® and No: The Only System Of Negotiation You Need For Work and Home, and is chairman of Camp Negotiation Systems®. In this interview, Jim tells us what challenge we all face, what people need to know about how …
Personal Branding and the Digital Economy
The world is changing and it’s going to have a monumental affect on every profession and person. The rules and boundaries have shifted as the internet and social networking have evolved into staples of our everyday lives.
Change is inevitable – growth is a choiceThe world economy is in the process of going digital …
Brand Yourself Before Someone Else Brands You
Discovering your personal brand is the first step in the personal branding process for a reason. If you don’t know what you’re brand is then how are you going to convey it to the world? Your brand is what you will be known for. When your name or image is seen or heard, what will …
Personal Branding Interview: Paul Dunay
Today, I spoke to Paul Dunay, who is an ex-Personal Branding Blogger, author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies and is the Global Managing Director of Services and Social Marketing for Avaya. In this interview, Paul tells us why the web is the best place for marketing, how he got his book deal by blogging, tips …
Personal Branding Interview: Kit Yarrow
Today, I spoke to Kit Yarrow, who is the co-author of Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens and Twenty-Somethings are Revolutionizing Retail. In this interview, Kit sizes up the typical Gen-Y’er, explains how this group is different than other generations, illustrates how they’ve influenced the workplace and buying, shares some highlights from her research, what motivates …
Has the Word “Humble” Changed From Web 1.0 to Web 2.0?
A lot of people confuse personal branding with shameless self-promotion and for good reason. Personal branding involves letting your audience know that you exist, including your achievements, what you stand for and what you can provide to them. Branding would be ineffective if you just did it for a single day, which is why our …
Have You Prepared Your Book’s Marketing Plan?
Much has been written about book proposals. But, less has been written about book marketing plans.
This is wrong! What happens after your book is published has a great deal to do with whether you become published and profitable…or just published.
Proposal versus marketing planA book proposal is a direct-marketing document intended to persuade …
Position Yourself for the Career You Want Not the Job You Have
I prefer the term career over the term job. A job is a single occurrence, while a career is something built over the course of your life. A career is typically made up of many jobs. Sometimes they are interrelated and other times there is no real direction, therefore there are multiple careers leading to …