Breaking News: Facebook Chat (IM) Goes Live
Typically, I leave breaking news about social networks to my peers. Nick O’Neill is world renowned for covering this space (Update – Nick found out about this 3 weeks ago), so I hope he doesn’t mind. I went into my Facebook account tonight and saw that the IM functionality was already in place. I asked …
Is It Possible To Brand Yourself By Accident?
I get a lot of books by authors looking to promote on my blog. Sometimes I receive press releases, or a PR person contacts me without being authentic. When an author contacts me directly, with a personalized message, then I take more interest, especially when they send me a copy of their book. I will …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #10: Connections to Corporate
This will be the last “personal brand stereotypes” post I do for a while, to make room for all the other special content I have lined up for all of you. I was thinking about doing a Greek stereotype post (fraternities and sororities) or a racial stereotype post (Black or Asian people), but today I …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #9: Jews Have Big Noses and Bald Spots
There will be one more post in this series, marking #10. Today, I wanted to bring out religion, so that maybe we could have a great discussion around the perception of Jews. Feel free to examine the information in this post, as well as my analysis and comment on it. This series has been much …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #7: A Nice Car Means You’re Successful
After dealing with ageism, I wanted to talk about social classes and how they are perceived by what they wear or what product brands they are attached to. James Bond drives an Aston Martin in many of his films, which includes the DB5 classic car and the Vanguish. You can’t tell me that those wouldn’t …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #6: Ageism Puts Gen-Y in Danger
I hope everyone is enjoying this personal brand stereotype series. I think a lot of encounters we have with others go unnoticed and some of the ways we react to physical appearance can either hurt or help another person. The funny thing with personal branding is that sometimes you have little to no control over …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #5: Only Punks Wear Mohawks
As we continue with the many personal brand stereotypes that plague our culture, I hope you’re being more observant as to people who are wearing pink shirts or glasses and are more understanding of their situation. No one wants to be made fun of or laughed at because of what they wear. People have the …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #4: The Hippie Phenomenon
I’ve been running a series for the past week on personal brand stereotypes. The purpose of these posts is to demonstrate how we are already perceived by others, without even noticing it. Sometimes we are penalized or ostracized by society for choosing to wear and act how we do, and other times we are rewarded …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #3: The Curse of the Pink Shirt
For all of you who are new to this series, my first post was about tall individuals are immediately called basketball players and my second post was about how glasses make you look smart. Today , I wanted to examine the curse of the pink shirt. Of course women can freely wear pink shirts, but …
Personal Brand Stereotypes #2: Glasses Make You Look Smart
The previous post in the personal brand stereotypes series examined why tall people are perceived as beingm basketball players, even when most don’t play sports. I also touched on how height may be a factor when confronting the opposite sex and why girls go for taller male counterparts. Today, I examine how wearing eyeglasses makes …