Twitter Personal Branding Q + A #5
Responses to recent tweets made recently by people about personal branding.
Lyndsay Siegel, @Siegels, asked: do you think it’s important for everyone to have a personal brand?
Jacob Share, @jacobshare: Whether they like it or not, everyone has a personal brand. Most people don’t give any attention to their brand, and it shows- at best, …
The Personal Branding Inflection Point
Have you ever wondered what the job marketplace will look like a few years from now? It is intriguing to think about because we have arrived at a huge inflection point in the marketplace for businesses, entrepreneurs, careers, and jobs.
I like to think of inflection points as points in time when everything changes. Things …
5 Steps to Saving Your Tarnished Workplace Brand
I’ve written before about overcoming setbacks to your personal brand, but that piece specifically focused on your brand’s name. What about when your personal brand takes a hit in the workplace or in some way negatively impacts your career? This can be huge, and it’s something I’ve recently experienced myself.
Bring some shine back to…Leaving a Job? 4 Ways to Brand Yourself Until the Very End
People are so wrapped up in finding job opportunities, that they often forget the importance of how to quit a job. If you’re not using the final weeks, months, days and hours at a job to reinforce your passion and expertise, you are missing out on a golden personal branding opportunity. The people you work …
Personal Branding Tip: Stop Trying to Control Your Employees and Brand
Are you worried your corporate marketing department and lawyers are going to stop you from creating your personal brand? If you are, this post is for you and for the corporate control freaks fighting a fool’s battle.
The marketing department has lost control of the brandWhen I write and talk about personal branding, quite …
Reader Branding Nightmare: Job Search Sabotage?
Yesterday I had a conversation with a job seeker who was very worried about his former boss.
For the past few years, Jim (not his real name) had worked as a programmer in a small, tight-knit part of the IT industry. After the economic crisis hit and clients started tightening budgets, Jim’s company reacted in …
The Personal Branding Authority Flowchart
Do you want to stand out from the crowd? Do you want to be seen as a leader in your niche? Do you want to be one of the top earners in your line of work? If you are nodding your head up and down saying yes, this post is for you.
The steps of …
When You’re Most Visible Are You On-Brand?
Classy. Conan O’Brien’s final evening with NBC he spoke directly to the audience sharing with them that on this last night he could speak in whatever manner he wanted to about the network with no ramifications. After the last show, he was then in a legal agreement to not say any disparaging remarks about the …
Being Yourself vs Being Professional
One questions that I keep hearing again and again is how to brand yourself, while maintaining a professional image. You want to brand yourself based on who you are inside – an authentic you – but depending on your circumstances, you may have to hold back some of your clothing choices and language. You aren’t …
Can Your Personal Brand Create Real Financial Change?
Have you made the leap and started your personal branding journey? Do you ever wonder if creating your personal brand is worth it? Can it create opportunity and even financial change? Can it happen to you?
It can. It will. If you begin.
Just like all of you, there was a day when I did …