Personal Branding Pledge for 2010
Repeat this pledge every day. Post it on your bulletin board. See how you get what you want in 2010:
This is my year.
I’m fighting for it.
Fighting to keep the big, juicy prize in mind so it lands in my hands by the end of this year.
Fighting to see and stay on …
Job Boards And Their New Role in Your “Social” Job Search
If you’re a job seeker, or you were in the past, then you know what a job board is. It’s a database of “open” positions at companies looking to hire specific talent and they are searchable by multiple filters, such as geography and company name. They make money per job listing and have other advertising …
Write a Book While Building Your Personal Brand
Today, the line between marketing and writing a book has been erased; today’s social media makes it’s easier than ever to build your personal brand by writing a book. With a little planning, you can write your book while building your brand!
Think of your book as a giant jigsaw puzzle; each of your blog …
Top 20 Most ReTweetable Words and Phrases
We all know that Twitter is a great Personal Branding tool — but have you ever wondered what are the most retweetable words and phrases on Twitter? Well, if you have ever wondered how to make your Tweets go further, faster, this post is for you.
The 20 Most Retweetable Words and Phrases on Twitter…
3 New Year’s Non-Resolutions For The Personal Brand-Building Blogger
It’s such a cliché to blog New Year’s resolutions, and no way at all to stand out. So instead I’ll bring you a list of things that hopefully other people won’t do to you and your personal brand in the coming year and beyond.
Scraping your website and stealing your contentI remember the first …
Should Auld Aquaintance Be Forgot?
Tonight we will celebrate the end of 2009 and herald in a new decade. From private parties and entire city celebrations to safe home celebrations, we all have our own way of saying “goodbye to 2009”. Somewhere in the activities you are bound to hear the song “Auld Lang Syne”. It’s an old Scottish poem …
Personal Branding Interview: Emily Bazelon
Today, I spoke to Emily Bazelon, who is a senior editor at Slate and co-editor of DoubleX, Slate’s site for women. She is also a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and the Truman Capote law and media fellow at Yale Law School. In this interview, Emily talks about how she first got …
When Do You No Longer Need a Personal Brand?
I wondered about this question when I read Penelope Trunk’s comment on Nicole Crimaldi’s blog, Ms. Career Girl.
I’m 42 years old. I have had a very successful career, and I can be judged on my track record. So I don’t need a personal brand.
So, newsflash, you never hear me writing about my personal …
Guilty of UnPersonal Branding?
Are you guilty of relying on your company’s name and presence – and not working hard to establish your own personal brand? Unless you have an infamous past to hide, you’ll do yourself and your company a big favor by relentlessly communicating a clear, consistent and compelling personal brand. Then, you may leverage your brand …
10 Reasons Why You Have to Manage Your Personal Brand
The concept of personal branding came way before social media. Everyone has a personal brand, whether they like the concept or loathe it. It’s inescapable. The issue most people have once they discover their authentic brand is how to manage it from the “big idea” to the execution of that idea and then actually protecting …