A Cup of Coffee to Winning More Business
Today’s technology has changed the way buyers make purchasing decisions.
At this point in the game, if you’re not rolling your eyes and saying, “Duh!”, then we need to talk.
Even though many understand the shifts in buyer behavior, there are a surprising number of people and businesses who have yet to modify sales techniques …
Track Your Accomplishments to Boost Your Personal Brand
Accomplishments are an important part of your personal brand. No matter what field or industry you’re in, you always want to have a compelling story handy to tell potential clients or employers about yourself.
Not sure what your accomplishments are, or how to determine them? Make sure to read my previous post on How to …
What’s In A Name? The Big “O”
When someone says The Big “O” it can have many different meanings depending on where in the country you live, what you spend your days doing and where your mind is at the moment. Hey, keep it clean folks, this is a personal branding blog not a, well, you know. (wink, wink)
For those of …
Defining Your Assets and Competitive Edge for Your Brand
I’ve written before on how to discover your personal brand, but in this post I’ll take it a step further by discussing defining your assets and competitive edge – particularly during a job search.
Another way to think about assets and competitive edge is your unique selling point(s). What makes you better than your competition? …
A Cup of Coffee to Taking a Step Back
For those who are persistent and driven to reach their goals, the constant launch and unveiling of Today’s-Hottest-Wow-Oh-My-God-This-Is-The-Next-Greatest-Thing-That-Will-Replace-Everything-You’ve-Just-Mastered-And-If-You-Don’t-Switch-To-It-By-Tomorrow-At-This-Time You-Will-Become-Completely-Irrelevant tools, it’s easy to forget that you’ve come a long way, baby. (Quick – what brand did that 1970’s slogan sell?)
After relentlessly working on your personal brand for weeks upon months – and for some, …
5 Little-Known Factors Could Affect Your Personal Brand
Although it’s a constant uphill battle to build your brand, destroying or severely damaging it is scarily easy. In that vein, you’ll want to stay away from the following practices:
Appearing Unfocused
You might have multiple interests or passions. Think about which is the most important or most developed to focus your brand around. It …
A Cup of Coffee to Reputation Management
Google never forgets.
This can be a benefit or detriment to you, depending on what you’ve put online (or what others have put online about you) thus far.
Negative content can range from news stories, blog posts or comments, and lawsuits that appear in search results all the way to compromising pictures or content on …
Personal Brands: Change Your Channel
You probably believe you’ve dialed in reality by now. You know how you roll and how the world turns. You think it’s a rat race or a breeze, chaotic, or linear.
You may even think you know who you are in the hearts and mind of people who meet you and interact with you.
How …
A Cup of Coffee to FREE Marketing Automation
There are no more excuses.
Today is the day to spend your cup-of-coffee time gathering, assembling and organizing your shiny new email list. You’ve got about a half hour, depending on how fast you drink your joe, to pull together the following:
The shoebox of business cards you’ve accumulated over the past 5 years Email…A Cup of Coffee to “Personal Branding for Job Search Success”
I got a sneak peek of Joshua Waldman’s newest ebook, “Personal Branding for Job Search Success.”
Joshua is the founder of career consulting agency, Career Enlightenment. As an author, speaker, trainer and consultant, Joshua teaches technology skills that help businesses grow and job seekers get noticed.
Joshua writes, “The realities of the new job market …