Visibly Mobile
At coffeehouse in San Francisco with the whirring of a coffee grinder in the background, James Alexander- Founder of Vizibility, the company that helps you to take control and manage what people find about you on Google, spoke with me and generously shared some updates with his company. They’ve just launched their mobile friendly search …
Online Branding Platforms Face-Off
How many websites do you have an online presence on? Three? Five? Maybe even upwards of ten?
While perhaps it’s unrealistic to expect you to eliminate accounts to simplify your online brand, it can be difficult to keep track of all of your profiles, particularly if someone is searching for you on a specific site.…
Mobilize Your Brand
Heather Huhman, a contributing author to the Personal Branding Blog and President of ComeRecommended.com, cited three personal branding predictions for 2011. One of them focused on mobile applications and websites. What have you done to prepare for your personal brand to go mobile?
Just look at the stats: 87% of Americans have mobile phones 72%…LinkedIn: Do You Have a CEO-Worthy Name?
Is your name helping your professional chances of success?
On April 27th 2011, LinkedIn tried to answer that question by announcing some findings regarding first names and executive positions.
According to the official press release:
The top five names for male CEOs globally are:
Peter Bob Jack Bruce FredThe top five names for female …
Out Foxing Job Boards
Take a peek at JobFox.com to see if you’ll benefit from networking with recruiters, as promised by Rob McGovern the site’s CEO. Rob is the founder and former CEO of CareerBuilder.com, so he knows a few things about what does and doesn’t work on both sides of the hiring equation.
Be seen and consideredThe …
Six Steps To Defeat Mediocrity and Anonymity
I have a wish for you. That is to rise above mediocrity. To do something more amazing than getting your next promotion. To not be a faceless cog in someone else’s machine. To actually grow your personal brand enough that you are known for being awesome, not for keeping your head down or not making …
Four Ways To Use Gmail To Build Your Network
Gmail may be the social networker’s best friend, because nothing and I mean nothing, lets you connect so quickly, easily, and thoroughly with a new network like Gmail does.
The free functions availableFor one thing, you can feed any email account into your Gmail account. I run my business account and three other personal …
Tips For Writing A Brand-Building Book From Gamestorming
Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers, by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo, offers numerous lessons and tips for business professionals who want to write a book to build a personal, or corporate, brand.
Gamestorming’s success speaks for itself
Gamestorming appeared less than a year ago–during July, 2010. It currently is among …
Around the World at UCLA
This weekend, I held my twice-yearly personal branding boot camp at UCLA, brilliantly guest lectured by Jeffrey White, the SEO/reputation management genius and attended by a full complement of fired-up attendees from around the world. The intellectual endurance athletes hailed from Japan, Germany, Venezuela, the US and beyond.
Personal branding knows no bounds
The group’s …
With Personal Branding, There is NO Bare Minimum
A question I occasionally hear from people who are just getting started with personal branding is, “what is the bare minimum I should do online?”
As my friend Doug Karr says, “that’s like being given the keys to a high-performance race car and asking what’s the slowest you can drive. The better question to ask …