How to Build Your Personal Brand with an E-Newsletter
E-newsletters are a great way to stay in touch with your network, clients, and/or customers while still providing value to these individuals. Think about it: You likely receive an e-newsletter each week from a company or an individual whom you admire or enjoy. You might even share the content inside the newsletter with your network …
Personal Branding Interview: Deborah Shane
Today, I spoke to Deborah Shane, who blogs here and is an author, entrepreneur, radio host and expert. Her new book Career Transition-make the shift-the 5 steps to successful career reinvention is available now. In this interview, Deborah talks about how you know when you need to reinvent your career, how to go about reinventing …
Lady Gaga Knows Her Brand, Do You?
I recently returned from a visit with my brother Glenn and his family, and we decided the day of Lady Gaga’s show to go! We got two awesome seats that they apparently released the day of and off we went to St Pete Times Arena in Tampa to join the “little monsters” and become two …
Mobilize Your Brand
Heather Huhman, a contributing author to the Personal Branding Blog and President of ComeRecommended.com, cited three personal branding predictions for 2011. One of them focused on mobile applications and websites. What have you done to prepare for your personal brand to go mobile?
Just look at the stats: 87% of Americans have mobile phones 72%…A Cup of Coffee to the Power of Silence
From lengthy posts to brief status updates, tweets, check-ins and online responses…there are an endless number of ways to deliver our message today.
But there is one personal communication tool that is often overlooked: Silence.
Several years ago, Esquire’s Tom Chiarella wrote an article on the power of silence, in which he pointed out that …
You Lost Me At Hello!
One of the most memorable lines from the 1996 classic movie “Jerry McGuire” comes at the very end.
“I love you. You . . . you complete me. And I just . . . ,” Jerry stammers to Dorothy.
“Shut up. Just shut up,” Dorothy, Jerry’s love interest, responds, “You had me at ‘hello.’”…
LinkedIn: Do You Have a CEO-Worthy Name?
Is your name helping your professional chances of success?
On April 27th 2011, LinkedIn tried to answer that question by announcing some findings regarding first names and executive positions.
According to the official press release:
The top five names for male CEOs globally are:
Peter Bob Jack Bruce FredThe top five names for female …
How To RETHINK And Grow Rich
The old ways and the old days will not return. We live in a new global community fueled by a technology-driven economy and marketplace. The good news is that today, contrary to what you have been told by the negative and pessimistic voices competing for your attention, or what you think, there are UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES.…
Net≠Working
I had the opportunity to attend two conferences over the past few weeks. It is often hard to know what to expect in terms of value derived by attending but I go anyways with an open mind looking for that something. The point in going is to network while picking up a few gems that …
Bridging Their Story To Yours Increases Results
Today we begin with the end of the story and then progress to the beginning. Why? The proper sequence of events builds your brand and this is the knowledge we wish to share first.
3. Differentiating yourself from everyone else brings out the unique you ~ your brand.
2. Working so that everyone feels they …