Elevator Questions
There are a lot of resources out there related to the elevator pitch.
The networking gurus all agree that when it comes to building meaningful relationships the key to success is being interested in the other person.
From that perspective, having an elevator pitch may sound silly. On the other hand, having good elevator questions …
Ignite Word of Mouth with the New LinkedIn Contacts
LinkedIn is often considered as the avant-garde of online job portals, and quite rightly so. As a professional Rolodex, using word of mouth marketing has helped LinkedIn become something users can turn to when they’re on the lookout for a job or meeting someone for business purposes. But now the website is looking to expand …
Personal Branding Weekly – 29 April 2013
It seems that more people are using the buzz words “personal branding” as describing it as designing your brand or perhaps the visual imagery of your brand. Personal branding is so much more than that and foundational to it is discovering your actual brand.
We hope this week’s articles help you in the discovery process:…
Easy Ways to Deal with Difficult Co-workers
Whether you are a CEO or entry-level employee, getting along with others is paramount to success and your career is no exception to this rule. While tenacity, hard work, intelligence and making the right decisions are all significant factors in the equation to achievement, interpersonal relationships can either make an individual’s career manageable and more …
Your Attitude: Career Maker or Career Breaker?
YOU … and the impressions you make on others … are the essence of your personal brand. Do you tend to smile or frown? Slump or stand confidently? Speak positively or negatively? Listen attentively or appear distracted? Do you have control over the impressions you make, or are you unaware of them?
I have carefully …
Turn Roadblocks into Sales
Does frustration set in when ignored or told “No”?
I find being ignored the most frustrating of the two because it puts communication at a standstill, while being told “No” is usually an easy fix.
When you are awaiting for a response from someone but it does not come, try a variety of methods for …
Personal Branding Weekly – Sunday, March 31st
Joyful greetings to you! No matter what holiday you are celebrating, we are grateful and thankful for your readership and hope that you’re enjoying a day focused on family and fun.
This week – here are the great posts that might have slipped by you with the shortened work week, school week or even spring …
5 Things You Control In How Google Brands You
Amazingly, all of what Google publishes and how it brands is about how WE choose to serve, act and react. Transparency today gives us no-where to hide.
If you do it, say it or post it, you will be found and outed. Just Google people or companies and you will see many examples of this. …
Successful Networkers Respect Boundaries: Etiquette and Tact Pay Off!
There is a delicate balance between self-promoting and promoting with tact and appropriateness. If you pay close attention to the signals you’re receiving from peers and colleagues you can learn when someone truly wants advice or information about your product/service and when they’re not really interested. Ask yourself the question; Is it worth investing energy …
Do or Don’t, Actions Matter to Personal Branding Success
What we do matters to our personal brand–just as much as what we don’t.
I was speaking to a client yesterday and bringing him through my on-boarding process. The job wasn’t a big one–it was quite in fact a tiny job. Having been wrapped up in a big job and a few personal matters, I …