Is Your Personal Brand Ready for the Digital Universe?
Each year IDC, an IT think tank, in sponsorship by EMC puts out a report on the state of the Digital Universe. This year’s report has just been released and there are some interesting trends that personal branders can draw from the report.
Here are some of the interesting findings from the IDC report: Between…How to Maintain Connections Online When it’s Just Not in Your DNA
People like Dan Schawbel and Shane Mac impress me daily with their sheer connection determination and ability to follow up with people on a daily basis.
I, like many of you, don’t have this ability. Sure I can try to do it, but I will quickly burn out; the sheer energy required to stay constantly …
5 Good Personal Branding Habits For Bloggers
The best habits lead to effective results while becoming second nature so that you don’t even notice yourself doing them. Here are 5 worth making part of your blogging routine.
A word of warningBy taking on new habits, you build expectations of what you can do. Although you should try out all of these …
Personal Branding Interview: Michael Hyatt
Today, I spoke to Michael Hyatt, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world and the seventh largest trade book publishing company in the U.S. In this interview, Michael talks about how and when he started using social media tools, the impact blogging has had …
Building Your Personal Brand with Blogging
Creating a blog and then consistently blogging is still the biggest untapped opportunity well. Use this post as a mini-resource guide for some inspiration to start blogging, or if you’ve started, use this post as a refresher to understand why you are blogging in the first place. Then use the blogging tools to improve your …
Six Tips For Building Brand Loyalty
They say the success of our businesses often depends on the frequency at which we keep in touch with our customers. You may be wondering who “they” are, those mythical beings that impart wisdom on the rest of us. In this case, the identity of “they” is not as important – because “they” are right!…
Blogging Beyond Your Subject Matter : Adding Personality
Chuck Westbrook has a great post today on his blog called More than a Niche: Thoughts on Blogging Beyond Boundaries. He talks about the writers personality shining through in the evolution of the blog.
Many blogs begin as niche blogs covering a topic of interest or expertise, especially blogs started to help develop the author’s …
Personal Branding Interview: Chris Houchens
Today, I spoke to Chris Houchens, who is a marketing speaker, writer, blogger, and consultant. Chris’ latest book is Brand Zeitgeist: Embedding Brand Relationships into the Collective Consciousness. In this interview, Chris talks about what the brand zeitgeist is, how to attract customers to your brand, how blogging has helped his career, first and last …
How I Got Published
I’ve been asked a lot of questions about this, so I thought I’d put it out there once and for the record. First, I want to tell you that publishing is not an easy process, but it’s not an impossible one either. If you have a great idea, a fair amount of talent, and an …
5 Excuses You’re NOT Blogging To Build Your Personal Brand (And How To Get Over Them)
If you’re not yet blogging as a way to build your personal brand, do any of these excuses ring true?
You’re not a very technical personA blog is a website, and those are hard to set up, so the same must be true for blogging, right?
Well, no. There are lots of websites or …