Personal Branding Interview: Alexandra Levit
Today, I spoke with Alexandra Levit, who is the author of How’d You Score That Gig?, a columnist for The Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal and a gen-y expert and speaker. Alexandra shares her worst job advice, how people can reinvent themselves in this economy, challenges recent college graduates will have, and more.
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You Don’t Need to be an Expert to Build Your Personal Brand
According to my blog archives, I have been blogging for exactly 1 year. For an entire year I have been trying to build my personal brand equity through video interviews, a video documentary, and getting publicized throughout the internet.
Looking back, there are a lot of things that I feel I could have done better. …
Personal Branding Interview: Scott Ginsberg
Today, I spoke with Scott Ginsberg, who is known as the “nametag guy” and the author of many books, including his latest one called “Stick Yourself Out There : Get Them to Come to You.” We talked about what makes people unique, push and pull marketing, and how to build a web presence.
Is it…Is Your Personal Brand Getting Flabby? 5 Ways Networking Can Help Get It Back in Shape
Much to my husband’s chagrin, I’ve never been much of a skier. No matter how hard he’s tried to make it enticing, and no matter how much I’ve appreciated the luxe accommodations and the Austrian ski instructors, the skiing itself just hasn’t been a good fit. On a trip to the French Alps a few …
Why Connecting with Important People Helps Your Brand
I’ll admit it. Last week, I sent an @ reply to MC Hammer on Twitter.It’s not what you think. I wasn’t looking for fashion tips, or trying to break into the music world. Far from it! Actually, I had just seen a video on YouTube of a horse race where the winner was owned by …
How to Develop the Personal Branding Dream Team
On a previous post, I showed you how to develop your own brand by helping your closest friends develop their own personal brands. Now that you have a close group of friends with a strong understanding of how a personal brand can develop your personal and professional lives, it’s time to solidify the personal branding …
50+ Tips to Brand Yourself Offline
Now that you know how to brand yourself online, complete your personal branding strategy with another handy list, this time of suggestions for branding yourself offline in the real world.
It’s all about leaving the best impression.
Reminder: General Guidelines to Brand Yourself Offline Show your expertise as much as possible. Give people every way…How to Evolve Your Personal Brand When You’re Changing Careers
On the Smart Networking Teleseminar series this week, I interviewed career coach Annemarie Segaric on how to launch a new career in this economy. We discussed a number of changes that listeners were going through, among them: moving from the for-profit world to a non-profit, diving into a completely new
industry, relaunching a career at …
Five Tips for Creating Video Posts
Now that my blog has gained some traction, I’ve been thinking about how to introduce video blogging to my audience to stretch myself and my blog. After getting advice from many people on how to get started, here are five tips I’ve heard:
Tune in to what others are doingGood bloggers read a lot …
Personal Branding Interview: Steve Farber
Today, I spoke with Steve Farber, who is the president of Extreme Leadership and author of the new book Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership. In this interview, Steve talks about helping other people instead of self-promotion, why personal brands don’t scale, his leadership cycle theory, and networking.
A lot of people…