Personal Branding Weekly – Personal Word of Mouth Remains Powerful
Editor’s Note: Exploring age discrimination, taking it easy, to even the successful habits for personal branders to be effective and not look like an egoist were just some of our focus area this week.
Here’s what you might have missed:
Resume Botox: 9 Ways Your Resume can Avoid Ageism by Phil Rosenberg The YEC Retooling…3 Secrets To Looking More Likeable
It’s NOT “all about who you know.” This overused, inaccurate cliché cheapens the importance of presenting yourself the right way and building genuine relationships.
Here’s the truth: It’s all about who likes you and who respects you.
There is a HUGE difference between knowing someone (or having someone “know” you) and having someone like you …
Lance Armstrong’s Brand Strength Will Determine Scandal Outcome
No one ever really foresees a scandal coming but both how you establish your brand, and how established your brand is, aids greatly in how you weather one. Lance Armstrong has seen this true to form during his recent USADA inquiry.
Lance’s performance in his sport combined with his brand strength, certainly plays a huge …
2 Key Resources for Crafting and Telling Your Story
I’d like to recommend 2 books that that can help you craft and tell your personal brand building story on your blog or website.
Ginny Redish’s Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works and Patrick Hanlon’s PrimalBranding: Create Zealots for your Brand, Your Company, and your Future offer strong, relevant insights plus …
7 Habits of Highly Effective Personal Branders
Personal branding is a critical component of any career. No matter what your occupation, it’s important to create a “stamp” of who you are professionally so others can identify you as a prominent thought leader or trusted expert in your industry. Your skills, personality, and values all tie into your personal brand and help others—particularly, …
What do The 10% do Differently?
Frightening but true: only ten percent of people who’ve undergone radical surgery to save their lives actually change their habits to benefit from the operation. From Harvard Business Review, we learn that those clotted, fat-filled arteries are pretty much refilled with more grease and cheese, rather than kept open with a better diet and exercise …
Personal Branding Weekly and Managing Personal Word of Mouth Networking
Editor’s Note: The Young Entrepreneur’s Council and Glassdoor shared some great articles focused on our career interactions. Loyalty, friendships, strategy and even how to follow-up without being annoying encompassed some of the most popular posts of the week.
6 Ways to “Riff” Daily by Deborah Shane Start Your Brand Now; Iterate Later…The Secret To Strengthening Your Personal Brand
The secret sauce to strengthening a well-developed personal brand is your ability to inspire your audience.
A comparison can be drawn between a successful personal brand and a thriving blog, as both require you to gain a solid following and loyal audience. To be a notable personal brand or blog, it is imperative to provide …
Start Your Brand Now; Iterate Later
I have seen countless startups fail because they take too long to launch. Likewise, I have met many professionals or would be bloggers that are paralyzed because they can’t decide on a URL name or their brand positioning.
Yes, it’s important to think hard about a blog name as it will potentially be your blog …
6 Ways To “Riff” Daily
Artists, musicians, comics, speakers, trainers, athletes, performers all do it-they “RIFF”. That “rapid energetic often improvised verbal or non verbal outpouring especially one that is part of a performance”.
Most of us remember “Riff’s” of great rock, jazz and yes classical musicians, bands and performers, we listen to and are fans of. What we love …