The Unintentionally Successful Accidental Personal Brand
For most people there is one path to recognition, status and authority—slaving away, day in and day out, mastering a craft, drawing attention to achievements, and hoping that one day all that hard work will coalesce into a recognized personal brand. There is, however, the exception: the Accidental Personal Brand. This is the person who …
Bridge Web 2.0 Generation Gap and Engage
Now that the economy is beginning its slow uphill climb, boomers are beginning to think about retirement and the cycle of hiring entry-level talent is beginning again. Yet, a lot has changed in these past months and as any hiring manager can attest to, the Millennial Generation is like no other.
Many hiring managers are …
Personal Branding Interview: Starr Hall
Today, I spoke to Starr Hall, who is a public relations expert and author of Get Connected: The Social Networking Toolkit For Business. In this interview, Starr points out the top things that people looking for a job in PR should know, explains that not all publicity is good publicity, gives different ways you can …
7 Habits of the Successfully Published, Part 6: Modelers
Successful published authors often model their success on the successes of other authors. They don’t they don’t model to copy or plagiarize, they model so they can understand the ideas and techniques that are working for other authors–or has worked in the past–so they can adapt the lessons to their own current situation.
Why reinvent …
30 More Personal Branding Experts on Twitter
After the success of my first list of personal branding experts to follow on Twitter, here’s the followup:
Nance Rosen, @nancerosen Mohammed Al-Taee, @maltaee Harp Arora, @harparora Jan Melnik, @janmelnik Catherine Kaputa, @CatherineKaputa Cindy Kraft, @CFOCoach Deb Dib, @CEOCoach Gayle Howard, @GayleHoward Andy Robinson, @AndyInNaples Jason Alba, @jasonalba Jann Watt, @jannwatt Kim Batson, @CIO_Coach Krishna…Personal Branding Interview: George Foreman
Today, I spoke to George Foreman, who is a former two-time world heavyweight boxing champion, the face of The George Foreman Grill and a New York Times bestselling author. In this interview, George goes over his entrepreneurial journey, with sound advice that he’s experienced from both his boxing career and his business ventures.
How did…Building Relationships Organically – Part 1
When we don’t need anything and simply interact with the people around us—with the other students in our classroom, the other players on our sports team, the other professionals in our office, our neighbors next door—we build relationships organically. Proximity leads to conversation and shared experiences, which brings us closer and leads to more conversation …
Personal Branding Interview: John Baldoni
Today, I spoke to John Baldoni, who is the author of Lead Your Boss: The Subtle Art of Managing Up and is a leadership consultant, coach, and speaker. In this interview, John explains how you can lead your boss in a hierarchical organization, why leadership is important in a bad economy, some tips to influence …
Break Out of the Social Media Prison
This is a direct response to Carlos Miceli’s post on Owl Sparks: Prison, Fear, and Personal Branding
You know that feeling you have when you first meet someone? It’s that feeling that you have to put your best foot forward so that you can make the best first impression. We have this feeling at networking …
Personal Branding Interview: Daniel Brusilovsky
Today, I spoke to Daniel Brusilovsky, who is a 16-year-old media producer, entrepreneur, student CEO and writer for TechCrunch. In this short but sweet interview, Daniel tells us how he got started as an entrepreneur, how he’s gotten certain dream opportunities in the tech space, and some recommendations for young professionals.
Daniel, how did you…