Personal Branding Weekly – Need to Know Who You Know
Somebody You Currently Work with can be a Valuable Connection.
This could be a fellow employee if you work for a company or an organization. If you’re a solopreneur, it could be anyone that you work with whether it is as a client or not. If you and the front end cashier of dry cleaner …
Personal Branding Weekly – Be the Host, Your Brand Benefits
Have you ever heard the statement – she’s the hostess with the mostest?
You may think you’ve only heard kids saying it but, in truth, I’ve heard adults utter the phrase as soon as someone makes a comment about how good a hostess someone is.
If you want your brand to stand out, then you …
Personal Branding Weekly – Think Before You Write
Posting one’s opinions in a very bold and disrespectful way on somebody else’s profile is akin to randomly ringing another’s doorbell and trying to convert them to a different religion or trying to sell them something they’re not interested in.
Even in supposedly mature circles, there are still some people who try to push their …
Personal Branding Weekly – Meaningless Appreciation Works against Your Brand
We’ve all been at the receiving end of a meaningless ‘thank you’ or ‘appreciate you’.
When appreciation is insincere, it’s received negatively. It actually has the opposite effect than what may have been the original intention. Or, even worse, it’s seen as manipulative.
I shared some of the negative phrases that are seen as pithy …
Personal Branding Weekly – Dazzling Conversation Starters
Ever hit that moment of awkward silence?
At an event and don’t know what to talk about?
Does it seem like all you do is grip, grin and graze making chit chat that’s merely a conversation seeking a topic?
Here’s an easy acronym to navigate you through a conversation. Ask questions following the pattern of …
Personal Branding Weekly – Cursed By This Myth?
Have you heard that knowledge is power?
Well, that’s a myth.
Knowledge alone is not power. Applied knowledge is power.
If you want to be average and not stand out, then you’ll operate on this myth. Think about it. How many people do you know who really know a lot? Ask them any factoid, piece …
Personal Branding Weekly – Stand Up to Stand Out
I did say that you need to stop doing it yourself.
This week I wrote that you have to get out of the mindset of “do it yourself” when it comes to networking.
Yet, one thing you can do yourself is stand up to stand out when you network.
Get off your rear! I mean …
Personal Branding Blog Weekly – Work Your Networking Plan Daily
You may have already witnessed the results of networking. People with strong connections often get the inside scoop on industry information, good deals, and sometimes, the good jobs. Making connections and nurturing these relationships over time is important. Solid established networks have catapulted many careers and businesses.
Unfortunately, for many of us, networking does not …
Personal Branding Weekly – There is No Box
“Think out of the box” seemed to be the mantra for an entire decade. What if you approached this a bit differently and realized that there is no box? The only boxes are often the ones we create ourselves. Often, we supply the hammer and nails to create “this box”.
When the book “The 7 …
Personal Branding Weekly – Stop Guarding Your Resources
I recently wrote about the five things you need to stop doing now to create great connections in 2015.
Stop guarding your resources is one of them.
In a minute, you can Google almost anything that you want to know more about so the days of keeping resources or a piece of information “top secret” …