Are you a 2.0 Egotist?
One of the harshest (and in my view, mostly unfair) criticisms hurled at personal branding is that – when taken to its fullest expression – it encourages and promotes self-centeredness, self-aggrandizement, narcissism and plain outright selfishness. Although anyone familiar with the brief yet intense history of personal branding models and philosophies in the XXI century …
Summer Vacation: How to Balance Personal Branding and Parenting
So much of your personal brand relies on maintaining a consistent presence on social media, being available to clients, and staying on top of trends in your field. Combine all that with parenting, and you are probably stretched pretty thin!
For better or worse, tech has made it easier for professionals to spend more time …
Hair Rules for TV and Online Video
August is truly the cruelest month for hair. So it seems appropriate that we tackle the silly and superficial, but oddly crucial, issue of on-camera hair.
We all know that your appearance on camera, whether it’s for TV or online video, is vital to making a good quick impression on your viewer and building your …
Dealing with Presentation Nerves On Stage and On Camera
With the popularity of TedTalks and Slideshare, GoogleHangouts and Skype, presentations are everywhere. If you haven’t been doing them already, sooner or later you’ll be asked to show off what you know either onstage or on camera.
This is a debilitating prospect for many of us. I know so many people who are great 1-on-1 …
Brand Your Looks: On-Camera Makeup
Part of your brand is how you appear in photos and present yourself in videos.
Here’s how to get a natural on-camera look that doesn’t scream TONS OF MAKEUP and lets your audience concentrate on what you are saying rather than what you look like.
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Just For Men: How to Look Great On-Camera
You are working hard to brand yourself and your business with written posts on your blog, Twitter feed, and Facebook page. But have you remembered to consistently brand your face?
Yup, that’s right. Part of your brand is how you look in photos and present yourself in videos. You want people to listen to what …
10 Ways to Combine Your Personal and Product Brand
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC recently published #FixYoungAmerica: How to Rebuild Our Economy and Put Young Americans Back to Work (for Good), …
Multimedia eBooks: Extending Your Content and Your Brand
Hello!
This is my first post for Dan’s blog and I’m thrilled to be Personal Branding’s newest contributor. My goal here at Personal Branding is to share video tips and ways you can connect with your audience without being plastic or pushy. As a video coach, I’ve worked with journalists, nonprofits, and business folks for …
It All Began With A Picture
There are no shortcuts to building a credible, durable and goal-oriented personal brand that delivers tangible results for your career and your life. As experts and those who have achieved remarkable professional and personal benefits remind us with the full authority of experience, before embarking onto any practical steps to develop our brands we must …
Kickstart Your Personal Branding Journey In 2012
Here we are, starting a new year where so much will happen: the London Olympics, the US Presidential Election, the end of the current global financial crisis (we hope!) and tons of other exciting stuff. Did you get your new calendar yet? Any New Year resolutions? Concerned about how to start the year on the …