Twitter Personal Branding Q + A #14
Responses to recent tweets by people about personal branding and Gen-Y, Twitter, presentations and lack of focus.
Taylor B., @thbrogan, twittered: can my personal brand involve not taking twitter too seriously? because i enjoy this option.
Jacob Share, @jacobshare: “Taking Twitter seriously” should mean carefully using Twitter to achieve your personal branding goals (in this …
Closing The Great Divide Between Hiring Managers – Job Seekers
With more than 14 million Americans looking for work, hiring managers at top U.S. companies claim they are unable to find qualified job candidates. Even more striking is that there are more than three million open positions in the marketplace today.
How is that possible?As a member of the Career Advisory Board, presented by …
How to Build Your Brand With A Common Name
After completing a quick Google search of yourself and seeing your name, but none of your matching sites or profiles, how can you make sure your personal brand can be spotted? For those who have a common first and last name, this problem is constant battle.
If others with your name are overshadowing you online, …
What Are Your Brand Themes For This Year?
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good. Brian Tracy
I have always believed for me, that I am in constant change and evolution, as our life cycle so eloquently demonstrates.
When I …
People Buy “Why”, Not “What”
Simon Sinek is the author of “Start With Why”, a book that explains the theory behind finding your passion and how that passion helps us become effective leaders that can inspire change.
Sinek delivered a compelling TED Talk, using the success of the Wright Brothers as an example of the power of passion. You see, …
Direct Sellers – Can We Really Trust Another Brand’s Reputation?
When we go to the grocery store we always have products that we are loyal to. Like your favorite laundry soap, your toothpaste, etc. We grab them from the shelves almost without thinking. This is because that brand has already gained our trust. We believe that it works and we’ll always choose it over any …
You Inc. = Optimism
The start of 2012 has been intense, as I have traveled coast to coast and back in less than a month. As I sat on countless airplanes, waited in too many airport lounges, and contemplated the meaning of life, the sheer number of negative people I encountered along the way struck me. Could it be …
7 Keys to an Effective Blogging Strategy
Do you have an effective blogging strategy that guides your blogging and keeps it focused on building your personal brand?
Or, are you a “reactive” blogger, working harder than you need to, always looking for topics to blog about at the last minute?
Authors blogging to build interest in their upcoming books and small business …
3 Personal Brand Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making
You’ve spent a lot of time and effort carefully maintaining your personal brand (as you should). But you may be overlooking some crucial factors that can weaken your brand over time – and are easily fixable.
Here are the three personal brand mistakes to watch out for:
Following ALL the Trends. Why?
If you’re a …
What Will You Be Known For This Year?
2011 was the year personal branding “branded itself” as the most important marketing activity career changers, businesses and the people that lead them must pay attention to and refine.
The talk about how to stand out, differentiate yourself, become super niche and laser focused continues. Like any important trend it has a process that will …