7 Content Ideas for Personal Branding Success
Save time creating the content you need for personal branding success using the following 7 content themes, or timeless content categories.
The best way to build your personal brand is to consistently provide helpful, relevant content to others in your field. This approach attracts search engine traffic as well as both the experts and newcomers …
How Unemployment Affects Your Personal Brand
Being labeled “unemployed” is a unsettling, but unfortunately, it’s still a harsh reality for many people as we approach 2014. More than seven percent of people in the United States fall into this category.
When you’re unemployed, you need to do everything you can to keep yourself motivated in your job search. You need to …
How Do You React to Pressure?
If you are interviewing for a job, you are probably going to get the “stress” question at some point. The simple truth is this. If you can’t work under pressure, you won’t get the job. If it comes up in a job or promotion interview, there’s a reason you’re asked this question.
Consider that the …
Personal Branding Weekly – Who’s in Second Place?
Much of my day is spent working with small business owners, entrepreneurs and solopreneurs, and helping them market themselves and their business. It’s interesting that small business owners and small businesses work so hard to make themselves look larger and to blend in with large companies and yet large companies are working hard to look …
Communicate in the Way That Works For You
What are the best stories you have ever heard? How long did you remember them? Do you still remember them? What made them memorable?
My guess is … they were personal stories and/or they were personalized and enhanced by the story teller.
The storyteller likely included passion, drama, humor and perhaps a bit of self-deprecation. …
Audio Branding and Its Importance to Your Personal Brand
Audio branding, also known as sonic branding, is a verbal identity that gives a personal brand its own distinct personality using tone of voice. It makes use of sound to reinforce a company’s identity and brand. Sound has always been a great tool to convey memorable messages to consumers as it is something that we’ve …
How Often Should You Be Checking In on Your Competition?
How often do you check up on your competitor’s brand mentions and sentiment? What do you look for?
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that …
Picture Your Personal Branding Strategy
Christine Chopyak’s Picture Your Business Strategy: Transform Decisions with the Power of Visuals shows how you can picture your journey to personal branding success from the present to the future.
Visual thinking is one of the most important success strategies in business and personal branding today. Previous articles, like Resume Tips for Projecting a Creative …
Insecurity: A Driving Force for Good & Evil
During an interview on FOX Business News last week, the host challenged me when I mentioned insecurity and low self-esteem is an epidemic and causes most workplace conflict.
The brief four minute segment was too short to give the issue its due, so this may be the best forum to discuss it.
He challenged me …
Overcoming Rejection to Achieve Success
Rejection sucks, but it’s not the end of the world. In fact, rejection is a part of success. People who avoid rejection don’t get hurt or disappointed, but neither do they feel accomplished or successful. No one likes to hear “no”, but you can’t achieve your goals without taking a risk. Here are some tricks …