How to Deal with a Needy Client
If you’re an agency or a consultant, then you’ve faced a needy client one time or another. You know who I’m talking about:
They call you multiple times a week to get updated on what’s going on with the project They frantically feel like the world is ending because they haven’t seen results since last…My Personal Branding Journey Part 7: Strategies for Creating an Online Presence
This is the seventh of ten posts where we follow Marcos Salazar’s personal branding journey, as he uses the concepts and four-step process outlined in Me 2.0 for his own career.
Whenever I get a notification that someone is following me on Twitter, I visit their profile and take a look at their website. If …
Blogger Code of Ethics – Do We Need One?
Should bloggers have a code of ethics like journalists do? My last post on Personal Branding Blog about Four Reasons You Aren’t Getting Book Publicity from Bloggers caused a stir concerning bloggers having or not having a code of ethics. Here are some interesting quotes from the comments section:
Susan de la Vergne commented:
“If …
My Personal Branding Story Part 6: Narrative, Context, and Being a Purple Cow
This is the sixth of ten posts where we follow Marcos Salazar’s personal branding journey, as he uses the concepts and four-step process outlined in Me 2.0 for his own career.
In my last two posts, I described why I decided to use the concept of being a Renaissance Worker as my personal brand. In …
Make Sure You Avoid this Online Branding Fiasco
Earlier this week, I heard about an acquaintance who had misrepresented himself on LinkedIn. He changed his profile to only show partial information about his work history. Plus, he added a company profile for his new consulting business and grossly lied about his 2009 revenue and the number of employees he had. All those changes …
If You Build It, They Will Come
If you haven’t created your personal brand or it’s not what you want it to be this post will give you some inspiration to get started.
Ready, set, goUnfortunately, many people spend too much time thinking about building their personal brand instead of getting started immediately in the building process. This wastes time and …
5 Ways to Destroy Your Personal Brand
Building a strong personal brand also means avoiding the mistakes that can ruin a personal brand. Here are 5 kinds of mistakes that could cost your personal brand dearly.
Personal branding mistakes I hope you never make1) Lying on your resume
You’ve heard it before and I’ll say it again. Whether to embellish your …
My Personal Branding Story Part 5: Becoming a Renaissance Worker
This is the fifth of ten posts where we follow Marcos Salazar’s personal branding journey, as he uses the concepts and four-step process outlined in Me 2.0 for his own career.
In my last post, I introduced the concept of a Renaissance Worker and how I came to see this term as a way to …
My Personal Branding Story Part 4: I am a Renaissance Worker
This is the fourth of ten posts where we follow Marcos Salazar’s personal branding journey, as he uses the concepts and four-step process outlined in Me 2.0 for his own career.
Over 500 years ago, a new vision of human beings began to emerge during the Renaissance period that “considered man empowered, limitless in his …
Colleges Need to Teach Personal Branding
This year will be my 5 year reunion for college and while checking the Luther website for Homecoming information, I took a glance at the tuition costs for next year. And even though I knew college tuitions have been skyrocketing, I was still shocked by the number: $32,140 That’s over $10,000 more than when I …