Reader Feedback: How Important is Dressing Well?
I had a hearty chuckle when I saw this tweet last week from @employmentguru (aka Jay Hofmeister of the Resume Bay):
“What is proper business attire for job fairs? Dispatch had a picture of people at a job fair, I thought it was Woodstock”
But this weekend, when flipping through the New York Post, an …
Top 4 Articles Competitors Use to Outbrand You
Think you can take your personal branding efforts to the next level? My bet is that you can, with a little help from the experts.
Take this Wednesday to read the following posts. Because if you haven’t, your competition has. And they’ll use what they learned to outsmart, outreach and outbrand you.
So read on! …
Personal Brand and Word of Mouth – Part I
This is part one 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 …
Is Fear Holding You Back?
This post will take a look at how fear can hold you back from achieving your goals — in this case, preventing you from creating and promoting your personal brand. Through understanding how fear works and impedes progress, you will be able to push it aside and take the action you need to reach your …
Revealed: PBB Experts and Personal Branding Success
Success stories are inspiring, so I asked every Personal Branding Blog contributor to describe when they first felt their own personal branding success.
Enjoy.
Dan Schawbel:There were two main instances that had proved the power of personal branding to me and they both happened in unison. First, after six months between March 14th and …
The Hidden Goldmine Within the LinkedIn Companies Tab
I was interviewed by CNN this week to give some quick tips on using social networking for a job search beyond just updating your status to say you’re looking for a job.
In the segment I focused most on LinkedIn not only because there are now close to 45 million professionals who are members of …
Tips to Develop Your Personal Brand from Michael Port, Marketing Guru
The first book I read by Michael Port was Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling. It contains some of the most practical, actionable, and no-nonsense advice I’ve come across to authentically market yourself.
Port sees personal …
My Personal Branding Journey Part 10 – Reflecting Back and Moving Forward
This is the last post in our series where we follow Marcos Salazar’s personal branding journey, as he uses the concepts and four-step process outlined in Me 2.0 for his own career.
It’s been an amazing month sharing my personal branding journey with all of you. I have received great feedback, engaged in some interesting …
How to Use Linkedin to get the Job You Want
If you want to get a job in this economy you better lose the “depression mindset” and start using social media to open more doors for you. Despite all the garbage you hear on TV about job losses, some companies are hiring, but they won’t come looking for you. You must go find them.
In …
The “Music-Resume” Approach to Personal Branding
In mid-July, I was being smothered by the metaphorical unemployment mosh-pit at this summer’s hottest event for recent graduates: The Post-College Job Search. It’s a chaotic cluster of potential employees scrambling atop one another in hopes of landing a career launching entry-level position. It’s claustrophobic. There’s pandemonium. You might get stepped on if …