Category: Relationship Networking

Professional progress is often shaped by the strength of relationships.

Here we explore how trust is built through consistency, generosity,
and shared purpose.


The goal is a network that grows naturally and supports long-term opportunity.

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Personal Branding Interview: Jason Fried

Today, I spoke to Jason Fried, who is the co-founder and President of 37signals.    In this interview, Jason talks about how simplicity is so important when it comes to products, his views on personal branding, web 2.0, the future, and more.

Your brand is based on simplicity and your products represent that. Why is simplicity…
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Twitter Personal Branding Q + A #4

Responses to recent tweets made recently by people about personal branding.

Sherman M. Cheng, @chengm7ny, asked: thinking of building up my personal brand…but what should I start with?

Jacob Share, @jacobshare:

The first part of a personal branding is to understand what its goals should be i.e, once you’ve understood what your personal branding goals …

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Secrets to Getting More Referrals – Part 2

Increasing Your “Referability” Factor

 

Getting referrals and attracting opportunities from people you connect with both in person and online comes down to being highly referable.

Last week I posed some questions to help you assess your referability factor. The first three test whether you’re giving contacts enough information to make the referral:

Can contacts…
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Personal Branding Interview: Daniel Pink

Today, I spoke to Daniel Pink, who is the New York Times bestselling author of A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, and the author of the new book called Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which arrives in late December.  This is one of his first interviews before his …

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Personal Branding Interview: Josh Mullineaux

Today, I spoke to Josh Mullineaux, who is the Director of Marketing and lead business development manager at Unique Blog Designs.  Josh and his team have helped a lot of big companies and personal brands build their blog platforms, such as Yahoo!, MySpace, ShoeMoney and I.   I’ve been their client for about a year now …

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How Many Pages are Needed for a Brand Building Book?

Are you overestimating the number of pages needed to write a book that successfully builds your personal brand? Many business owners and career-oriented employees who want to write a brand-building book think “too big,” “too comprehensive, and “too many pages.”

Too many brand-oriented individuals think in terms of their college textbooks, comprehensive compilations of every …

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You Speak, I Cry Inside. Personal Branding Never Sleeps.

It’s time to do a mind-sweep, because what you think is gushing out of your mouth and into your texts, tweets, posts, and email. That self-talk you’ve got going is killing your chances to connect with the opportunities that are all around you. Personal branding is a 24/7/365 effort – because if you do it …

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Personal Branding to Prevent Career Suicide

Two days ago I read an article on CNNMonday.com about how many people are afraid that taking a “survival job” to make ends meet now will destroy their career when the economy picks up again.

That’s very understandable.  When you’re forced into a lower-level job than you were currently doing, or find yourself doing a …