Category: Marketing & Personal Branding

Professional visibility now extends far beyond titles or resumes.

Here we help you express your expertise clearly, position your work with intention, and build recognition through consistent contribution.

 

The goal is a personal brand that reflects real value and strengthens over time.

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8 Ideas to Turn Your Successful Blog into a Book

If you currently have a successful blog with a moderate fan base of subscribers, you might be considering the benefits of having a book to expand your personal brand. One of the most difficult parts of getting started is figuring out how to market the ideas and blog content you have in book form, without …

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Personal Branding Interview: Gaylan Nielson

Today, I spoke to Gaylan Nielson, who is the co-author of FAKE WORK and the CEO of The Work Itself Group, Inc.  In this interview, Gaylan explains what “Fake Work” is, why it exists, how companies can avoid it and then shares some examples.  This information is important for companies and people who are looking …

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Personal Branding Interview: Douglas Rushkoff

Today, I spoke to Douglas Rushkoff, who is the author of the new book Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back.  In this interview, Douglas discusses his view of personal branding, how branding impacts online transactions, how we can take the world back from corporations, as well as …

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Personal Branding Interview: Linda Bustos

Today, I spoke to Linda Bustos, who works for Elastic Path Software and is an award winning blogger at the Get Elastic eCommerce Blog.  In this interview, Linda talks about inbound and outbound marketing, why personal branding is important to Gen-Y, shares her avatar advice and more.

What does it mean to ‘get elastic’?

Though …

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Why Numbers Are Important For Personal Branding

I would consider myself an ambassador for the “numbers game” on social networks. Authorities like Seth Godin object to going after numbers, while people such as Guy Kawasaki think that it’s all about numbers (especially on Twitter).  I’m split in the middle right now, but I want to take time today to explain why numbers …

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Personal Branding Interview: Steve Miller

Today, I spoke with Steve Miller, who is a marketing consultant, speaker and blogger.  In this interview, Steve talks about what social media tools he uses for personal branding, his opinion on Twitter and it’s future, strategies Gen-Y should use to stand out and more.

Which social media tools do you rely on to build…
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Personal Branding Interview: Don Bulmer

Today, I spoke to Don Bulmer, who is the Vice President of Global Communications at SAP AG.  In this interview, Don talks to us about the most important aspect of his personal brand, how social media is changing marketing, how social networks make it easier for companies to grow their audiences and much more.

What…
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Personal Branding Interview: Bruce Turkel

Today, I spoke to Bruce Turkel, who is an author, speaker and consultant on branding.  In this interview, Bruce talks to us about how important personal branding is to his clients, how to apply corporate branding strategy to personal branding, his seven steps to brand value, how to stand out as a speaker and much …

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REQUIRED: A Custom Facebook URL For Your Brand Name

Facebook is releasing custom URL’s for both profile and fan pages. This is a big move by Facebook and if you review their announcement this afternoon, there are a few details that you want to pay attention to.  From my perspective, this is perhaps the most important news since Google released their profile pages a …

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Personal Branding Interview: Jason Alba

Today, I spoke to Jason Alba, who is a good friend of mine and one of the first bloggers I met when I started out a few years ago.  Jason is the founder of JibberJobber.com, as well as the author of two books, a DVD and various other projects.  In this interview, Jason tells us …