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: Martin Yate

Today, I spoke to Martin Yate, who is the New York Times bestselling author of the Knock’em Dead series of career books and is now an evangelist for GoSavant, a video-based career training center.  In this interview, Martin gives his top resume and cover letter tips, shares some insight into how he’s built his personal …

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Personal Branding Interview: Gary Vaynerchuk

Today, I spoke to Gary Vaynerchuk, who I also interviewed for the sixth issue of Personal Branding Magazine.  This time, he’s back and his new book, Crush It!, is coming out soon.  I caught up with Gary before his life becomes crazy and asked him questions about his marketing platform, traditional media against new media, …

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How to Find Executives with “Juice” On Twitter

Dan Schawbel recently wrote an absolute must read blog post entitled: Branding by Association is the Single Most Powerful Idea in Personal Branding. He explores, in depth, the idea of “branding by association”, a concept that can propel you towards your goals faster and create more opportunities along the way.

I have used the “branding …

Career DevelopmentCommunication & NetworkingPositioningRelationship NetworkingReputation Management

How to Deal with a Needy Client

If you’re an agency or a consultant, then you’ve faced a needy client one time or another. You know who I’m talking about:

They call you multiple times a week to get updated on what’s going on with the project They frantically feel like the world is ending because they haven’t seen results since last…
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My Personal Branding Journey Part 7: Strategies for Creating an Online Presence

This is the seventh of ten posts where we follow Marcos Salazar’s personal branding journey, as he uses the concepts and four-step process outlined in Me 2.0 for his own career.

Whenever I get a notification that someone is following me on Twitter, I visit their profile and take a look at their website. If …

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Blogger Code of Ethics – Do We Need One?

Should bloggers have a code of ethics like journalists do? My last post on Personal Branding Blog about Four Reasons You Aren’t Getting Book Publicity from Bloggers caused a stir concerning bloggers having or not having a code of ethics. Here are some interesting quotes from the comments section:

Susan de la Vergne commented:

“If …

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My Personal Branding Story Part 6: Narrative, Context, and Being a Purple Cow

This is the sixth of ten posts where we follow Marcos Salazar’s personal branding journey, as he uses the concepts and four-step process outlined in Me 2.0 for his own career.

In my last two posts, I described why I decided to use the concept of being a Renaissance Worker as my personal brand.  In …