Personal Branding: Your Content DOES NOT MATTER
Do you know how good it feels like the first time your blog gets a thousand visitors in a day? Neither do I…I’m just kidding.
The reality is that there is a very important lesson that you must learn if you want what you write to be read. It’s very simple – yet SO important:…
Personal Brand Audit: What’s Your Google Score?
This is part 3 in the “Personal Brand Audit” series. Feel free to start at the beginning with Part 1: LinkedIn Audit and Part 2: Facebook Audit.
Google is today’s instant reputation checkGoogle is how we find out more about people: first dates, business partners, celebrities, clients. It’s fast, easy, and objective. That’s why …
Personal Brand and Word of Mouth, Part 5
This is part five of a five part series of the importance of personal branding in garnering positive word of mouth. In our hyper-connected society, word of mouth has become “world of mouth” and recommendations truly craft your online and offline persona and value. It makes all the difference between positive or negative word of …
Personal Branding and the Digital Economy
The world is changing and it’s going to have a monumental affect on every profession and person. The rules and boundaries have shifted as the internet and social networking have evolved into staples of our everyday lives.
Change is inevitable – growth is a choiceThe world economy is in the process of going digital …
How the Company You Keep Can Fuel or Foil Your Success
I was fascinated by an article in the New York Times last week that described how runners who train in groups tend to do better than those who train alone, even with a coach.
The article highlights the fact that the great American marathoners of the 70s and 80s trained in groups. Then when the …
Personal Brand Audit: What’s Your Facebook Score?
This is the second in a series of Personal Brand Audits (see Part 1: LinkedIn Audit), where we’ll make sure you’re keeping the touch points of your personal brand up to date.
Facebook is a vital part of your personal branding efforts online. If you don’t have a Facebook account yet, start by reading Dan …
How to Greet Defeat and Come Back Richer
Coke had New Coke. Tylenol had poisoned pills. General Motors has bankruptcy. What do these big brands have in common, and what can you take away from their experience?
Resilience, the ability to bounce back from a significant stressor, is definitely an attribute of successful brands, personal and otherwise. We all experience loss, failure, betrayal, …
Personal Brand and Word of Mouth, Part 4
This is part four of a five part series of the importance of personal branding in garnering positive word of mouth. In our hyper-connected society, word of mouth has become “world of mouth” and recommendations truly craft your online and offline persona and value. It makes all the difference between positive or negative word of …
Digital First Impressions Part II
My post last week on digital first impressions created some good debate and awesome comments! I wanted to dive into one of the points that was brought up, offer a few more insights and add some focus to an evolving trend in personal branding.
From Barry:
Nice ideas about digital first impressions. However, I think …
7 Habits of the Successfully Published, Part 2: Discipline
Although not-yet-published authors (i.e., dreamers), often view writing a book in terms of creativity, inspiration, and talent, successfully published authors–and the book coaches they depend on–place the emphasis on discipline.
Discipline may not be as glamorous as creativity, but discipline is–ultimately–the foundation of writing and publishing a book that establishes your personal brand, drives new …