The Art of “Sententia”
“Jay, your problem is you have too much time to think,” I was told by someone earlier in the week. I have to admit, even in jest, his remark caught me by surprise. I replied to him, “Your comment doesn’t even make sense.”
The statement reminded me of a neighbor I had many years ago, …
What ‘Angry Birds’ Can Teach About Getting Hired
Those bouncy, chirpy, flipping birds . . . what’s got them going so and why do we care? The pigs have taken the birds’ eggs and are holding them in their lair, which is surrounded by various barriers to prevent entry. Our mission is to get the eggs …
What Your Social Media Username Says About Your Brand
While it may seem like a trivial task, choosing your username for your social media properties (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube username, Gmail username) is an important branding task. Often, your username will serve as the “first impression” a new viewer has to your brand. In an attempt to make the process easier, I’ve included my views …
Twitter Personal Branding Q + A #11
Responses to recent tweets by people about personal branding and Gen-Y, Twitter, presentations and lack of focus.
Jeff Putthoff, @putthoff, twittered: #comingofage having a personal brand as a youth. Is it possible to think about this at such a young age? Ti me is a different perspective
Jacob Share, @jacobshare: It’s true. On the one …
The Seeds Of Altruism
A consistent message in the world of networking is that if you want to get things from those in your network, you need to resolve to give first.
Now if you are focused on giving so you get from our network, great. But the fact of the matter is that if this is the only …
Customer Service = Brand
The past few weeks have been an interesting experience and a lesson in terms of “what good does not look like” in the wonderful world of customer service. Here is the situation. I am in the midst of trying to move some retirement money around and have been doing so for the better part of …
How To Promote Your Brand-Building Self-Published Book
In response to Jason and Victor’s comments about last week blog post, Introducing an Even Easier Way to Write Your Book, I’d like to share some of the ways you can promote your brand-building ebook or self-published print-on-demand book.
The following ideas are presented with the caution that they are ideas, or options; not a …
Personal Branding Interview: Tim Sanders
Today, I spoke to Tim Sanders, who is a New York Times bestselling author and his newest book is called Today We Are Rich: Harnessing the Power of Total Confidence. In this interview, Tim talks about how he was inspired to write his new book, how you can get rich by giving, how social media …
Open Minds Walk Through Open Doors
Your meter of willingness to consider new ideas requiring additional education will drive your level of success. Your thoughts drive your action.
Have you ever been told, “That won’t work”; or “You will fail” and other such encouraging news? I actually find these declarations motivating!
What does it take?Are you willing to take the …
Minimum Effort to Create and Maintain Your Personal Brand
Creating and maintaining your personal brand may seem very time-consuming to some people. While it’s important to create an authentic brand and product results, it doesn’t mean you have to spend a ton of time doing so.
Great yield and less timeCheck out these few ways to reach the same outcome but with less …