Where to Plant the Right Seeds for Your Brand
An author I very much respect told an audience that when it comes to building your online presence, you should plant many seeds. He’s right. But every garden can only have so many seeds. And as you build your personal brand, it can seem like a daunting task to choose exactly where to dedicate that …
Avoid Using Your Employer’s Name in Your Twitter Account
Using your employer’s name in your Twitter account can be a little problematic for you for a number of different reasons. Unless you’re using an employee-specific account, you’re going to have problems if you use your employer’s name as part of your personal brand.
Let’s say you work for Lamplighters Lighting Solutions and you launch …
10 Reasons Why I Follow Back on Twitter
Creating a successful and influential ‘Me 2.0’ persona presupposes a strategic use of the social media. Since our objectives and goals are multifarious, it is up to each and every one of us to make a number of well-thought-out decisions in the social networks to ensure that how we want to be perceived, how we …
Explode Your Career by Saying NO
Two years ago, I decided to focus exclusively on keynote speaking. That meant saying NO to prospective coaching clients and consulting opportunities. It also meant saying NO to potential “platform speaking” opportunities. And as a result of saying NO far more often than I ever had before, my career immediately started taking off.
I wrote …
30 Cool New Tools for Personal Brand Building
Every so often, you need to take a look around and discover if there are better tools than those you’re already using.
Here are some categorized suggestions to get you started.
ProductivityClick.to – copy any text and send it anywhere with just one click. Instant fave.
TubGet – download almost any video from YouTube …
9 Fatal Mistakes Most Employed People Make Today
You are employed. You are extremely busy. In fact, you are harried, frazzled, and oftentimes, any semblance of a good work/life balance seems a very distant, almost quaint memory.
Additionally, you have seen your colleagues downsized. You have either gone without pay raises or the ones you have received have been less than hoped for. …
Personal Branding is a Contact Sport
In the age of ubiquitous social media, I find that so many people lose sight of the fact that developing a personal brand involves real relationships with actual human beings. Technology has become “comfort food” for far too many of us in developing Me Inc. similar to popcorn at a movie theater. It is so …
7 Writing Tips for Half-Written Brand-Building Books
If you’re wondering what to do with a half-written brand-building book on your computer, you’re not alone!
No matter how frustrated and sad you may feel, it’s important to remember that you’re not alone!
Experienced authors, as well as emerging authors writing their first brand-building book, often find themselves forced to deal with incomplete books. …
Top 10 Promotional Gifts for the Holidays
Today’s post is written by Gareth Parkin.
Personalized Promotional Gifts For the Holiday SeasonWhether you are out there looking for work or you are a small business owner trying to grow your business, it’s time you thought about using promotional gifts to promote your brand. Large companies have been doing this for years. Go …
Resolve Issues with Sales Techniques
We have all encountered awkward moments whether with a significant other, client or prospective hiring manager. Whether you feel betrayed, angry or just uncomfortable, it is of less importance than the manner in which you respond.
Sales techniques lead the way out of potentially damaging your outcome.
Using the following steps in order may serve …