The Lost Opportunity Costs of Not Creating Your Personal Brand
Everything in life has an opportunity cost associated with it. By choosing one thing you are as a result unable to chose another — choose to spend one hundred dollars and you give up the ability to save one hundred dollars — choose to go to the movies and you can’t go to the beach …
7 Funny Personal Branding Cartoons
Some personal branding cartoons for a good laugh.
#1 Marketing #2 First impressions #3 Egosurfing #4 Dressed for success? #5 Aloof #6 Googlebot #7 Having a planThis cartoon is by Dave Walker.
Bonus #8If you like these personal branding cartoons, you might also enjoy my 20 Best-ever Web Comics About the Job You …
Smart Networking and the Art of the Ask
Knowing how to build your network is crucial, but knowing how to tap into your network for help is even more important. After all, if you can’t get the help you need for yourself or for others from the people you know, where will you get it?
Some people are reluctant to ask for help …
Re-Branding is More Than a Logo Change
In preparing for this week’s blog post, I put out the question on Twitter, “What would you like to hear about this week on the topic of personal branding?” What bubbled up was “re-branding”.
Great topic. Today’s economic climate is creating an interesting juxtaposition: your digital life and reputation is fast-paced, but your business growth …
Personal Brands Bring Life to the Sport of Kings
For those of you who like horse racing, May has been a good month. It’s Triple Crown time right now in the US – which is the championship series for top 3 year old horses. Normally this series passes by almost unnoticed by the general public.
Not this year though. First, a 50-1 long-shot named …
Use Personal Branding to Get Ahead at Work
As the market for jobs becomes increasingly competitive it’s important to build your personal brand to differentiate yourself. As the economy stabilizes and eventually recovers employers are going to be very selective in whom they hire. The best jobs are going to go to those with the right amount of experience and ability to communicate …
3 Search Engines You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Move over Google – the future of searching is no longer just about you! Check out these 3 new search engines below, then consider how to manage your personal brand on them in the comments section.
OneRiotOneRiot looks at what’s happening on Twitter and Digg in realtime results. They write, “Increasingly, the web’s most …
Confidence in Your Personal Brand
“A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.” Brian Tracy
If you don’t know who Brian Tracy is, you owe it to yourself to find out. I am a huge fan of sales and motivational speakers and Brian Tracy is one of the best.
The Role…Focus on What’s Next
Last week, at the World Innovation Forum, the words of one speaker really stuck with me.
“I don’t care about best practices,” said CK Pralahad, author of The New Age of Innovation. “I’m much more interested in next practices.”
By ‘best practices”, Pralahad was referring to the management practice of trying to squeeze every little …
Your Personal Branding Mantra
When I first read about personal branding, I immediately understood how I could benefit from creating my own unique personal brand. Just like myself, most people have the “a ha” moment quite quickly after being exposed to personal branding. It’s pretty hard to make an argument against personal branding when its benefits are so positive …