Tweeting About Being Fired From the New Yorker; Why Journalists Should Take Charge of Their Personal Brand
All in all, last Friday was probably a good day for Dan Baum.
The former New Yorker staff writer’s decision to use Twitter to chronicle his unwilling exit from the magazine in 2007 has generated quite a bit of buzz and attracted a few hundred followers to his account.
At 1:46pm on May 8, Baum …
‘Miss California’ Personal Branding Winners and Losers
I live in Los Angeles and I’m a native Californian. I love living here – I was born in Southern California, where I live now. I’ve also lived in San Francisco – what a magnificent city! As a Californian, my ears perked up when I saw out of the corner of my eye last week …
Personal Branding Interview: Richard Laermer
Today, I spoke with Richard Laermer, who is the author of five bestselling books including his latest one called 2011: Trendspotting. In this interview, Richard spends a lot of time explaining how public relations has changed, from the early days till now and helps us prepare for the future. He also touches on the different …
An Audacious Way to Build an Online Brand
Last week, Jamie Varon made waves in the Twitter and Gen Y communities with a career advice post about her last job and a new website to get Twitter to hire her. I caught up with her to talk about what she’s doing to build her online personal brand – and ask how she comes …
The Best Source of Personal Brand Success is Already With You
“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” Napoleon Hill
It’s been said that the most lucrative source of profit for most companies is in their existing customer relationships. And, that it takes more effort to get new customers than to keep your current customers happy and …
Unconscious Personal Branding
We talk a lot here on the Personal Branding Blog about how to project a personal brand effectively. But, what about the messages we unconsciously project? In the last couple years, I’ve lived in some very different environments – and it’s incredibly interesting to see how I needed to change simple automatic behaviors just to …
Personal Branding Interview: David Meerman Scott
Today, I spoke to David Meerman Scott, who is about to release his latest book, World Wide Rave. I’ve spoken to David before in a previous interview that explains much of his position on social media, PR and marketing. He’s all about publishing information (i.e. blogging, podcasting), instead of paying thousands of dollars to advertise. …
Personal Branding Interview: Brian Solis
Today, I spoke with Brian Solis, who is a globally recognized expert on Web 2.0, Social Media, and the new technology landscape. He is the Principal of FutureWorks and his new book is called “Putting the Public Back in Public Relations: How Social Media Is Reinventing the Aging Business of PR” which comes out on …
Personal Branding Inteview: Mel Robbins
Today, I spoke with Mel Robbins, who is a syndicated radio show host and a business success coach. She’s involved in so many different types of media that I wanted to get her impression of how they differ and what she likes the best. We also talk about what it’s like to interview celebrities like …
Personal Branding Interview: Debbie Weil
Today, I spoke with Debbie Weil, who is known as the top expert when it comes to CEO blogs. She’s been very effective at positioning herself and has even wrote a book called The Corporate Blogging Book to further her brand over the past two years. Debbie is a very talented blogger and I’ve been …