Corporate America: Your Hiring Processes Are Branded As ‘Broken’!
Look at it from almost any perspective and there is only one conclusion that can realistically be drawn about the hiring processes currently prevailing in Corporate America—they are sadly broken and essentially out of sync with the realities of the current labor market pool. What’s worse, most companies don’t even seem to have any genuine …
Awesome Spreads
When I first ventured out on my own (entrepreneur), I scratched around looking for the recipe to be wildly successful. Already a hard-wired optimist, I read countless self-help books, watched YouTube videos from all the gurus and talked to every man, woman and even child who might share the secrets to being a successful entrepreneur. …
How To Choose The Right Topic To Write About
Choosing the right topic to write about is the first step to success, when writing books, blog posts, or speeches for content marketing & personal branding.
Here’s a simple, 3-step system I developed to help my book coaching clients break the bonds of procrastination.
It’s based on a simple PDF worksheet you can download and …
Details And Relationships Transform Small Sales Into Big Business
Salespeople and entrepreneurs alike frequently settle for small sales when in fact their sales could have been more frequent and larger in scale. Why does this happen and how may it be avoided?
People buy from those they know, like and trust. Paying attention to details upfront establishes the quality of your relationships. A level …
Blogging For Your Brand: 3 Factors To Consider
In September 2010, I wrote about the benefits of leveraging a blog for your personal brand. Going into 2012, it still remains to be a great way to shape and promote your brand online. The benefits gained from blogging can lead to great success, whether it’s to securing a job or becoming an expert in …
Blogging: A Faster Way to Build Brand and Authority!
You visit us here daily and weekly and you come back to read our articles.You Tweet them, share and post them out to your communities because they bring some value to your day and life. We as bloggers in this community really appreciate that. We want you to get to know us as people and …
College or Career: Smart Gen Z Choices
How often are you impressed by someone to the point you want to go the extra mile to make a difference in their life? That’s what happened when I met 21-year old Lauren of LN Accents at the WGN Studios in December. She was just 19 years old when she began LN Accents, which has …
Your Personal Brand: Normal is Not Enough!
This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on Why Your Personal Brand Needs a Mindset Shift. You can find the first installment here. Check back next week for our next section on why your personal brand is not about you.
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You’ve probably heard the adage “Dress for the job you want, not the …
Managing Your Personal Brand Via Online Presence and Reputation
Regardless of how you manage your reputation in real life, your personal brand is made up in large part by your digital presence and online reputation
Your posts, tweets, updates and comments mean you and your brand are always on and ready to start a conversation–with or without you. Online, your prospects and customers can …
3 People Who Never Belong In A Brainstorm Room
“OK, everybody. Come on into the brainstorm room/conference room and let’s talk about (Insert Initiative Here). We’re going to need to generate some ideas.”
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let’s take that a step back. As it turns out, the process of cultivating ideas isn’t for everybody. It’s not an automatic right based on title. I think …