Are You Listening?
Whether you’re the top dog in your company or a regular employee, listening is an important skill. Unfortunately, it’s a skill that many haven’t mastered. How often have you acted like you were listening, but in fact were already preparing your response in your head? How often have you felt unheard, dismissed even? Listening not …
Interacting with Social Influencers Creates Awareness for Your Brand
Trust is the most important factor when forging new business relationships online. Having the right connections for your personal brand is a start, but it’s how you nurture those relationships that counts so that people know and trust you.
How can your brand interact with influencers in a successful way? Through individual attention and conversation. …
Prepare Yourself to Ask Better Phase Two Questions
If you have ever watched the White House briefings you may have noticed the reporters always have a follow on question at the ready. Of course this is to be expected as they are professionals in the reporting business. You should take a page from their playbook and also be ready with that follow on …
For Personal Brands, It’s Self above Service
Service listings that is.
Personal branding strategy to increase word of mouthLet me tell you the tale of the financial planner…..
Hi, I’m Maria Elena and I’m a financial planner. I provide 401Ks, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, SEPS, IRAs, I can help you with college planning and take care of all your financial needs. …
How You Answer This ‘Warm-up’ Question May Leave You ‘Out-in-the-Cold’
At the beginning of virtually any job interview you will undoubtedly be asked what are commonly referred to as “warm-up” questions. For example, you might be asked, “Tell me why you think you might be the person for this job?” Or perhaps one like this: “Describe for me what you do in your current job.” …
10 Common Personal Branding Mistakes to Avoid
For many people, especially creative types and those involved in business, building a personal brand is one of the most important steps towards success. This is also something that is never “finished.”
Building a personal brand is on ongoing project that can easily eat into your work time—if you let it.
However, it is possible …
Easily Achieve the Smooth Sale
Certain practices are essential for building trust and likeability as you develop the sale. Patiently adhering to the correct process will ultimately get you to the end goal you hold dear. Not doing so, or implementing selective pieces of an overall strategy, and out of order, upsets the potential relationship. The poor practice diminishes the …
What to Do When You’re Afraid of Networking
Does the thought of entering a crowded room filled with strangers make your palms sweat?
Networking is a fear many people share. Some would even say it’s one of the scariest steps of finding a job. Whether it’s getting freaked out by small talk or the fear of forgetting someone’s name, networking can be a …
Personal Branding Weekly – The Quick and the Dead
Today’s consumers are always on the move, and they love to get hold of any information the fastest way that they can. If you have a potential customer with very limited time to listen to take in a sales pitch, what will you say to make a memorable impression? How are you going to create …
How To Update Your Personal Brand After Changing Careers
The average Baby Boomer has held eleven jobs from ages 18 to 46, according the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, but it is estimated that Millenials are expected to have as many as 20 jobs in their lifetimes! In a climate ripe with unemployment, underemployment and a strong desire to “do something that makes a …