The Bain of Obama’s Brand
If everything good about you was eclipsed by someone’s loud voice, if everything you believed was in the shadow of someone else who communicated better – you would be angry. But if anger were the cryponite of your brand – the one thing that if you were, you would never get where you wanted to …
Personal Branding Weekly and Using Twitter’s Recommendation Wall
Personal Branding Weekly
Are you starting to feel the “fall season” settling into your area? Use this as a perfect reminder to update your profiles and review your networking platforms. This past week Glassdoor shared some great tips on how to do that while Oscar and Jeff shared how to deal with mistakes and the …
6 Secrets For A More Powerful LinkedIn Summary
If you are like most LinkedIn members, your LinkedIn summary isn’t very clear or compelling.
In a recent article, I shared a step-by-step process on how to create a powerful LinkedIn headline. Here are 6 secrets for creating a powerful LinkedIn summary:
1. Start smart. Before you write your LinkedIn summary, you need to be …
Mistakes of a Lifetime
We all make mistakes: but not all mistakes are of the same nature, carry the same consequences or hurt ourselves and others to the same degree. And to rub salt in the wound, we might add that there are some mistakes – the mistakes of a lifetime – for which there does not seem to …
Spin Negative Publicity Like Princess Kate
Kate Middleton’s most recent tabloid scandal involved pictures of the princess topless on vacation in France with Prince William. First published in the French magazine Closer, the pictures became an instant sensation. Although Closer was ordered to remove the photos, several other magazines — including the Irish magazine Chi and Irish newspaper Irish Star Daily …
Personal Branding Weekly – Moving from We to Me
Personal Branding Weekly
From working with a career coach to great email etiquette techniques, last week’s Personal Branding Blog posts focused on being authentic, building a brand and even reviewing the political landscape and personal brandings.
Here’s the articles you might have missed:
Cool, Clever Trends Help Personal Branding! by Deborah Shane If I Were…5 Rules of Thumb for Proper E-mail E-tiquette
I’m currently recruiting for several positions, so I’ve been receiving tons of e-mails from job seekers applying for our open jobs. It was while going through these submissions that I got the inspiration for this post. One of the messages I received was a very brief e-mail with a resume attached. The e-mail simply stated …
Five Personal Branding Tips for Musicians
Some of the best and worst personal branding practitioners I know are musicians. The good ones promote the bejeezus out of themselves everywhere and anywhere they can. The bad ones book a gig, post something to Facebook (maybe), send a few posters to the venue, and leave it at that.
Here are five personal branding …
Be Authentic – To a Point
The other day, I was at an event where the speaker was advising attendees about the power of authenticity. During the Q&A, one of the audience members raised her hand and asked about how much authenticity the speaker advised. As the audience member explained, she was just beginning a career as a freelance copywriter, but …
What’s Wrong with Romney’s Personal Brand?
On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” The New York Times’ David Brooks shared a historical perspective that puts Mitt Romney in a unique position. The candidate’s unfavorable ratings are 50%, causing Brooks to pronounce Romney: “the least popular candidate in history.”
David Gregory, host of the show, attempted to define Romney’s personal brand:
“Personally, I think …