Personal Branding Interview: Richard Sambrook
Today, I spoke to Richard Sambrook, who is the Director of the BBC’s Global News division, responsible for leading the BBC’s international news services across radio, television and new media. In this interview, Richard talks about the future of journalism, how the demographics of his blog readers compare to the BBC’s, international news, personal branding …
Personal Branding Interview: Ryan Paugh
Today, I spoke to Ryan Paugh, who is the co-founder and community manager at Brazen Careerist. Ryan is one of my good friends and I had the pleasure to connect with him close to when I started blogging a few years back. Ryan, along with Penelope Trunk and Ryan Healy (also good friends), have re-launched …
Schawbel Report: The Current State of Personal Branding Worldwide [August 2009]
It’s already August and I haven’t done one of my reports this year, which is a shame because I did three last year. The point of each of these reports is to show you trends, insights and a lot of resources which will keep you in tune and up-to-date with the latest happenings in the …
How to Use Linkedin to get the Job You Want
If you want to get a job in this economy you better lose the “depression mindset” and start using social media to open more doors for you. Despite all the garbage you hear on TV about job losses, some companies are hiring, but they won’t come looking for you. You must go find them.
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Social Media Does Not Prepare You For…
So I’ve been doing a whole lot of interviewing for a Social Media Manager position here at SocialMediaMarketing.com. With so much content online about interviewing best practices, I thought that everyone would be an expert in interviewing, especially if you hang out in the blogosphere. There are so many career blogs out there with solid …
My Personal Branding Journey Part 9: Maintaining Your Brand
This is the ninth of ten posts where we follow Marcos Salazar’s personal branding journey, as he uses the concepts and four-step process outlined in Me 2.0 for his own career.
About a year ago, I received an email from someone who had commented on a post of mine on a series about postcollege depression. …
Personal Branding Interview: Dave Ulrich
Today, I spoke to Dave Ulrich, who is one of the most well-known HR thought leaders in the world, winner of many awards and author of many books, such as HR Transformation. In this interview, Dave talks to us about talent management, how to retain employees, five categories of leadership, if social networks should be …
My Personal Branding Journey Part 8: Communicate Your Brand with Good Blogger Relations & Twitter
This is the eighth of ten posts where we follow Marcos Salazar’s personal branding journey, as he uses the concepts and four-step process outlined in Me 2.0 for his own career.
In writing this series of posts, I’ve been trying to strike a balance between discussing why I began this personal branding journey while at …
When the Boss Invades Facebook
Don’t panic. It’s just a little invite from your boss. But seriously, what would you do if your boss were to find you in Facebook and sent a request to be your friend? Now, your boss will see your photos in the last …
Personal Branding Interview: Gary Vaynerchuk
Today, I spoke to Gary Vaynerchuk, who I also interviewed for the sixth issue of Personal Branding Magazine. This time, he’s back and his new book, Crush It!, is coming out soon. I caught up with Gary before his life becomes crazy and asked him questions about his marketing platform, traditional media against new media, …