President G.W. Bush: The Brand Challenge
He served his country to the best of his ability for 8 long years. Yet despite his good intentions his nation did not seem to approve of his actions. And so, after countless hours campaigning and nearly a decade of public service, he leaves behind a personal brand in shambles. This is not the legacy …
Welcome to the New and Improved Personal Branding Blog!
Today marks the first post on my redesigned blog. I’m very excited and have worked the past few months to make this happen for everyone. I’m going to go over my three part blog transition first, then explain where this is heading afterward.
In the beginningMy first blog was called Driven-To-Succeed and it was …
Schawbel Report: The Current State of Personal Branding [December 2008]
A lot has happened since the last time I posted a “Schawbel Report” on the state of personal branding worldwide. The July edition had some great information on how education is evolving with social media tools, how the workplace is becoming more virtual and reputation management 2.0. I finally got around to doing my 3rd …
11/28/08: Personal Branding News and Recommendations
I want to wish you all a happy thanksgiving and would like you to enter my latest contest, when you have a minute. I’m still giving away a few more free books! Other than that, I have a few announcements from my friends and a few new books that I just finished reading.
Friend announcements…
10/23/08: Personal Branding News and Recommendations
Personal branding news
Personal Branding Magazine
The big news next week is that the sample issue of Personal Branding Magazine Volume 2, Issue 2 comes out on Monday, for you to download free of charge. The full paid issue will be made available on November 1st. I will discuss this in depth next week and …
Social Networks from Traditional Media Titans and Your Personal Brand
I’ve wanted to do this post for a while and luckily I waited for the perfect time, when 4 of the biggest media players (traditional media) have embraced social networking. From a personal branding perspective, I recommend getting a profile on at least one of these if you have very little presence or are a …
9/19/08: Personal Branding News and Recommendations
Hot events
Brazen Boston
Brazen Careerist, a company started by Ryan Paugh, Ryan Healy and Penelope Trunk, is coming to my hometown (Boston). For those who haven’t heard of this company, they are an online community and career center for Gen-Y. The community boasts over 100 Gen-Y thought leader bloggers, whose combined insight and ideas …
9/12/08: Personal Branding News and Recommendations
Personal news
I’d like to announce that Sunday is my 25th birthday (9/14/83). If any of you are in the Boston area let me know and I’ll give you details about where I’ll be throwing a party on Saturday night. It’s really jaw dropping to see that this year is already coming to an end.…
Personal Branding News and Recommendations
Book announcement
All, the next few weeks are going to be very busy, challenging and hectic for me as I go through the editing phase of my book, which is due to production in just a few weeks. From what I’ve heard, you might see it on Amazon come November, but it won’t be in …
8/1/08: Personal Branding News and Recommendations
It’s been quite a challenging week for me after getting a bad cold these past few days, but as they say “the show must go on.” Passion is a crazy thing, but it certainly allows me to keep going with all that I manage on a reoccurring basis. I have a lot of exciting announcements …