What Does Your Email Signature Say About Your Brand?
This article will be discussing the email signature on a personal account – not a corporate email signature. The reason is, for an entrepreneur, as previously discussed, needs to maintain their own separate brand.
Communicating your brandHere is how I view each item from a personal branding standpoint when I see them in the …
Hey, We’re Getting The “Brand” Back Together!
You have envisioned the personal brand you want for yourself. You formulated a plan to make it happen. You work hard to turn your vision and plan into a reality.
Life, however, is not perfect. Despite all your planning and hard work, you get off track. Somehow, some way your words or deeds are not …
Negotiate With Ease and a Smile!
Building your brand is about consistency in everything we do. I’m going to bridge this to the fact we each negotiate many times during the day but most people fail to recognize this. And then they hinder their outcome telling themselves, “I’m afraid to negotiate.” This is inconsistent with reality.
Old school negotiationsThe reason …
Write an About Me Page that Reflects Your Brand
Your online brand is often someone’s first stop to learn more about the “real you.” Applying for a job opening? The hiring manager will likely Google you. Trying to bring on a new client? I’m sure they searched the Web, looking for positive or negative results about you and your company.
So, as much as …
Do You Dare Challenge Your Personal Brand Anxiety?
For those of you focusing 100% of your time on getting your personal brand 100% perfect, this is for you.
For that voice in the back of your head that gets in the way of releasing your creativity out in the world, this is for you.
Dares and challengesAnd if you’re struggling with any …
10 Tips for Finding Your Ideal Career
That ideal career might seem elusive, but with some effort you can build a personal brand that will lead to ongoing career satisfaction.
Take the time to assess what is really important to you. Inventory your skills, values, interests, personality preferences, and constraints. Identify the lifestyle you want and decide how work fits in with…5 Choices To Best Volunteer Your Way To A Strong Personal Brand
If you take the time to research and choose the right organization, the right volunteering can really boost your personal brand.
Choose a direction, or discover oneI started volunteering at my local synagogue at a very young age when personal branding not only wasn’t a priority, it wasn’t even in my vocabulary.
That’s okay!…
3 of the Latest Tools to Discover, Monitor & Control Your Online Brand
Your online brand is often someone’s first stop to learn more about the “real you.” Applying for a job opening? The hiring manager will likely Google you. Trying to bring on a new client? I’m sure they searched the Web, looking for positive or negative results about you and your company.
So, as much as …
Watch Your Language!
Words are powerful, and whether you utter them aloud or to yourself, they create emotion. They determine how you and others feel. I’m sure you have heard the saying, “Sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you?” Don’t believe this for a second. There are more people lying on a …
How to Live the Life You Don’t Want
The easiest way to become trapped in your career is to put on a pair of golden handcuffs. If you want your career and personal brand to move in a positive direction it is important to recognize and avoid this trap.
Avoid the trapThe golden handcuffs refers to staying in an unpleasant situation that …