3 Ways to Destroy Your Personal Brand in One Day
You’ve spent a lot of time building your personal brand. Don’t ruin all of your hard work by doing any of these things:
LyingNo one likes a liar. And those folks who have built a well-respected personal brand tend to be the ones that fall the hardest when they’re caught in a lie (Tiger …
If Perception Is Reality Then Lead With Authenticity
Transparency, truth and being real; all the rage now in personal branding and marketing and as it should be.
This is not really a new approach. We are though taking it a lot more seriously now when it comes to choosing who we want to align ourselves with and who we want to invest in.…
67% of Employers Plan to Increase Hiring Soon
It’s about time that job seekers, and economists alike, heard some good news about hiring particularly in light of this month’s unemployment figures with an unemployment rate of 9.2% and a mere 18K new jobs, 92K less than expected.
According to Jobvite, the leading recruiting platform for the social web, 67% of companies will increase …
Work For Free. It’ll Grow Your Brand.
Over dinner recently, a smart and successful friend of mine made this comment:
“If I had an 18-year-old son, I would tell him this: ‘You can go to college if you want. But if you want to be 25 and successful, go find a rich person and offer to work for them for free. Learn …
Twitter Personal Branding Q + A #12
Responses to recent tweets by people about personal branding and LinkedIn, getting started, blackhat SEO and more.
Daniel Hallqvist, @hallq, twittered: Just reached 500 connections at Linkedin, next one make me a “+500.” Good or bad for personal brand?
Jacob Share, @jacobshare: Daniel, it depends what your personal brand is but in general, it is …
Job Hunting? Don’t Let the Media ‘Paralyze’ You!
As a job seeker, if you take everything the media has to say about the current job market literally, you’ll quite probably feel like skulking away and hiding in the nearest hole until things get better. I’m here to tell you, though, if you are job hunting, you shouldn’t let what you read or hear …
Start to Write Your Book by Questioning Your Assumptions
The best route to publishing success is to question your assumptions before you start to write your brand-building book.
Asking questions provides a “real world” test that helps you avoid the myopia that often undermines writing and brand-building publishing success.
Questions are a common denominator of accomplishment in just about every field, as the following …
Your Energy Attracts Interest and Increases Results
Is the job or the client right for you?
Your communication style reveals the real you. What message are you sending in person sitting across the desk from the Hiring Manager or to your Prospect whom you would like as your next client? What type of communication are you sending online or in video?
Your …
“Give Me Freedom…” Should Your Brand Include Political Standing?
There are a lot of things that don’t mix well with your career. One of the obvious ones is religion. But what about politics?
Do you talk about politics at work? In your blog posts? On Twitter or Facebook? This is linking your personal brand with a political standing – and can be a quick …
Your Brand is You, Branding is You In Action!
There is a big difference between your “brand” and your “branding.”
Your brand is YOU: who you are, what you do, what you stand for, your DNA personality. You are a tangible artifact, which you create into a brand that is an image that lives in the mind of people that come to know you …