How to Keep Your Brand Relevant for the Long-Term
One of the things I quickly discovered when I was learning to network (and yes, networking is a skill you can learn) is that networking isn’t a one-time event. Not only does the process of building a single relationship require multiple steps—don’t even try to go from cold to sold in one conversation—but building and …
Why Listening is the Most Powerful Personal Strategy You Can Use
Getting support from others is less about showing how fabulous you are. It’s more about showing them you know how fabulous they are. According to personal and professional development expert Brian Tracy in The Power of Charm, acceptance, appreciation, approval, admiration, and attention are key behaviors that make others feel more important and help win …
Strengthen Your Personal Brand by Leveraging It to Help Others
If choice overload for evening activities was a challenge living in New York City for so many years, I definitely don’t have that problem now that I’m living Florida. For reliably good entertainment, my husband and I find ourselves quite regularly at the Naples Philharmonic, five minutes from home and with a great track record …
How to Give Your Personal Brand a Boost When It Takes a Confidence Dip
Part of promoting your personal brand effectively is to radiate a confidence that draws people in and makes them want to find out more about you. Then if there’s a fit between what you provide and what they need, hopefully they make the investment to hire you, or recommend you to someone who can.
When…Is Your Personal Brand Getting Flabby? 5 Ways Networking Can Help Get It Back in Shape
Much to my husband’s chagrin, I’ve never been much of a skier. No matter how hard he’s tried to make it enticing, and no matter how much I’ve appreciated the luxe accommodations and the Austrian ski instructors, the skiing itself just hasn’t been a good fit. On a trip to the French Alps a few …
How to Evolve Your Personal Brand When You’re Changing Careers
On the Smart Networking Teleseminar series this week, I interviewed career coach Annemarie Segaric on how to launch a new career in this economy. We discussed a number of changes that listeners were going through, among them: moving from the for-profit world to a non-profit, diving into a completely new
industry, relaunching a career at …
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Grinds; It’s Time to Network
I spent twelve years employed by corporate America and the past eight years consulting to them on strategy and business development issues. Since the Dow took a nose dive last fall, many friends and some clients have lost their jobs, and those who haven’t are the working wounded, taking up the slack for their fallen …