Interview with NY Times Bestselling Author Ori Brafman
Today, I spoke with Ori Brafman, who is the New York Times bestselling author of Sway. We spoke about how people are swayed to make the wrong decisions, what influences our professional and personal lives and “value attribution,” which is how much value your employer places on your head. I hope this conversation sways you …
Nombray Offers a Solution to Unify Your Web Presence
Many of you are flustered with your web presence right now and are trying to make sense of it, as well as manage it. The problem is that it’s hard for people to understand your personal brand, when it’s scattered throughout the web.
A first impression on the web is equal to the website someone …
Network Smarter to See Faster Personal Branding Results
Today, I spoke with Liz Lynch, who is a networking-a-holic and the author of a book about networking. I always say “make your life one big networking event,” and Liz helps us figure out how to network online and offline, even if we’re lazy and hate the word “networking.” Liz will give you a sense …
A Personal Brand is Demolished by Being Selfish Instead of Useful
It is very rare for me to single people out for bad personal branding, especially when I made mistakes when I first entered the blogosphere a few years ago, such as spamming the press/bloggers and leaving self-promotional comments on blogs. Those days are over and by learning from mistakes, it’s helped me teach you how …
It’s a Long Career and a Small Corporate Community
Today, I spoke with Anne Fisher, who is a senior writer at Fortune and the face behind the “Ask Annie” column at Fortune.com. We discuss a lot of important workplace themes, such as office politics, how the workplace has changed in the past decade, the real way to get a job and what to do …
5 Tips for Networking With People Who Are More Successful Than You Are
Originally published in 2008. Updated in 2025 as part of the Personal Branding Blog relaunch under Brown Brothers Media.
It’s very challenging to network with people who are more successful than you are. I’ve been able to do this over the course of the past few years pretty successfully. I’ve spoken with over 70 successful …
Removing Your Personal Brand From Your Company
Today, I spoke with Laura Vanderkam, who is a columnist for USA Today, an author and a long-time journalist. She talks about how there are other career options for people these days and how you don’t have to work in a cubicle all your life. If you’re a young professional who thinks they have to …
Schawbel Report: The Current State of Personal Branding [December 2008]
A lot has happened since the last time I posted a “Schawbel Report” on the state of personal branding worldwide. The July edition had some great information on how education is evolving with social media tools, how the workplace is becoming more virtual and reputation management 2.0. I finally got around to doing my 3rd …
Personal Branding is Your Secret Weapon in the Battle for Jobs
Today, I spoke with Liz Goodgold, who is a long time branding expert, speaker, author and consultant. Liz provides a great endorsement for the fine art of personal branding 😉 and she also has great ideas around how entrepreneurs can market themselves, as well as how people can become more visible as a corporate employee. …
11/28/08: Personal Branding News and Recommendations
I want to wish you all a happy thanksgiving and would like you to enter my latest contest, when you have a minute. I’m still giving away a few more free books! Other than that, I have a few announcements from my friends and a few new books that I just finished reading.
Friend announcements…