5 Ways to Grow Your Personal Brand on the Job
Personal branding is not just for job seekers. If you want to position yourself for future success, it’s only logical to continue building and maintaining your personal brand on the job, too.
Josh Hyatt, a writer for Forbes, once wrote, “successful employees working at large companies desperately need to create a ‘brand within a brand,’ …
25 Ways to Prospect and Build Your Brand
I spent two decades in broadcast radio sales and management with some of the top media companies. I was an award winning new business salesperson because I was a great prospector and networker. As I look back now, I realize that I was building my professional brand at the same time. I didn’t know that …
Winning Brands Don’t Happen by Magic
If you want to get a sense of what it takes to be a winner, I’d encourage you to get your hands on the documentary film, The Audition. It’s breathtaking and heartfelt as it documents the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Each year thousands of hopefuls compete for a cash prize, the chance to …
Using Personality Type For Success
When creating your personal brand you need to differentiate yourself from others. You also need to understand how others prefer to operate in order to relate to and influence them effectively.
However, you may not be comfortable with the idea of having personal characteristics categorized or labeled, especially when labels may be inaccurate or negative.…
Counter Age Bias and Build Persona in the Workplace
I’m hearing about this from a lot of people on both the top and bottom of the demographic scales. Boomers are not up to date enough technology wise and and Gen Y’s don’t have enough experience and have their own rules for working.
According to Ellen Alcorn, Monster Contributing writer, “It’s the fastest-growing category of …
How The $#*! You Say Affects Your Brand
It’s my turn to host girl’s night and my dining room and kitchen are buzzing with the sounds of my girlfriends’ laughter as we begin to open a bottle of red wine. “Is that a vase of money on your desk?” asks Victoria. “Yes, my name’s Adriana and I’m addicted to dollar slot machines. (We …
3 Secrets to Creating a Wickedly Bold Brand
If you’re looking to show up, stand out and stake out your territory in this economy, here are three ways you can create a wickedly bigger, bolder and more provocative brand. This is about reframing the vision of your brand. Ready to position yourself at the front of the pack Y/N?
Passion perfects personalityOK. …
A Cup of Coffee to What Seth Godin is Trying to Accomplish
Seth Godin’s initial ideas were rejected over 900 times.
Thirty different book proposals, to thirty different publishers.
But Seth had an idea he knew was worth spreading.
Warner Books eventually did pick up Seth’s first book, “Business Rules of Thumb”, in 1984. And the very week he handed in the final draft, Warner Books signed …
Making Good Decisions
You are required to make decisions everyday. Some are small and insignificant, yet others have enormous implications for your personal brand, career, relationships and happiness.
Sometimes you make mistakes and bad decisions. You may have blind spots, areas in the decision-making process you tend to miss or ignore. These blind spots may be linked to …
Is Your Brand Too Integrated With Social Media?
As discussed many times, it’s important for entrepreneurs and individuals to link their personal social media profiles on corporate sites, on their email signatures and into their day to day activities.
Too much of anything is a bad thing?But this brings up an important question – is there a time when a brand is …