The Boom of Social Sites and Personal Branding
Here is a fantastic infographic that helps to visualize the relative size of social networks over time.
The timeline is quite interesting — you can really see the explosion of social networks in 2003 – 2006 and the relative slowdown in their creation after 2007. There was also a considerable slowdown during the tech bubble …
Personal Branding Interview: Alan Collins
Today, I spoke to Alan Collins, who is author of Unwritten HR Rules: 21 Secrets for Attaining Awesome Career Success in Human Resources and a former Vice President of Human Resources at Pepsi. In this interview, Alan talks about employee referral programs, how HR has changed over the past decade and some trends to watch …
6 Questions Your Book Proposal Must Answer
The first step in writing a book to build your personal brand–after researching the topic, of course–is to prepare a book proposal that will convince literary agents and publishers of the commercial feasibility of your book.
Proposal as sales toolTo succeed, you have to view your book proposal as an advertisement, or direct-marketing sales …
Could You Recover From These Personal Branding Nightmares?
Does your personal brand have what it takes to overcome one of these nightmares?
5 personal branding nightmaresBeing Labeled A One Hit Wonder
People tend to starting using this label about someone who has had only one significant achievement long enough ago that they could have repeated it by now, yet haven’t. If that …
From Function to Feeling in Personal Branding
There can be major emphasis placed on the importance of function when relating to personal branding. “Send me your resume,” the manager will say, “I want to know more about your experience.” Function can be defined as your ability to accomplish a task. This could also be called your “technical” skills.
I wanted to shift …
4 Ways to the Latest in Personal Branding
The fact that you’re on Personal Branding Blog right now means you’re already ahead of the curve differentiating yourself for career success. And all of us contributors are thankful for you taking the time to hear what we have to say – and applying our knowledge to your life to boost your career. The next …
If You Suck, Your Personal Brand Does, Too
Personal branding is not shameless, endless self-promotion. It’s not direct messaging me with your faux request to “take this IQ test and see if you’re smarter than me.” It’s not directing me to your website with every post. It’s not seeing yourself as the epicenter of everything to do with your industry, category, talent, idea, …
Is Visibility More Important Than Money?
The cost of content is decreasing, but the importance of content is increasing. Now and in the future, your main differentiator will be your personal brand. Distribution and promotional costs are being reduced in price because of social media tools that allow you to achieve both. More and more people are preaching that “social media …
A Little Thank You Goes a Long Way
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’ve never hired a candidate who didn’t send a thank you note after our interview. As a hiring manager, it’s just one simple way to compare my top candidates. If I have an open position and two of the candidates are evenly matched skill-wise but only …
Are You Ready for the Personal Branding Cloud?
Last week I shared with you how to sync up your Twitter and Linkedin profiles to help promote your personal brand. This week I will take a look at Linkedin and their announcement to open the Linkedin platform, what this means for your personal brand, and the evolution of the Personal Branding Cloud.
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