9 Emerging Brands with Killer Business Strategies
What is your absolute favorite brand to have emerged in 2013 and why?
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start …
LinkedIn: Improve Your Visibility, Credibility, and Connect-Ability
Are you on LinkedIn? This question has become more common in that past year, with total subscribers topping 200 million in early 2013 and the stock price doubling in the subsequent six months. As I note in Chapter 13 of Fast Track Your Job Search (and Career!), LinkedIn is “the premier social networking site designed …
Do You Professionally Text?
Hey, January 2025 professional… check out this app. It allows you to select someone from your contact list and then with a push of a button sends a signal to that person alerting them that you are trying to connect. If they wish, they can accept the incoming communication with you, and at that point …
Networking While in a Career Transition is the Key to Success
Becoming unemployed is likely a sudden, unexpected event, and most people do not have the networking skills needed to immediately switch gears and begin efficiently developing job leads. There could be many reasons: feeling uncomfortable with the networking process, not knowing the process, being shy by nature, or never having needed to network in the …
Strategically Play Small to Win Big
Play small to win big appears to go against all conventional wisdom. But when you add the word “strategically” it’s an entirely new ballgame. Streamlined business provides the entrepreneur with a greatly improved outlook. A short retrospective compared to where you are headed will provide insight as to your next best steps to further developing …
Consider an Internship for a Career Change
Internships are generally associated with students who need to get some work experience so that they can secure a full-time job easier by the time they graduate. However, an internship can be useful for anyone who is looking to change careers or go back to the workforce after a long absence.
If you want to …
4 Ways to Tell If Your Personal Brand is in Danger
Your personal brand is similar to that of a bonsai tree — you must regularly maintain and care for it, lest it will die.
Many people care greatly for their personal brands, but even the greatest influencers have experienced problems with their brand at multiple points in their careers. But if you know how to …
Effective Listening Strategies for Career Success
You need a listening strategy, because listening is dangerous. No one tells you that. When you get into an interaction, and fail to have a listening strategy, being receptive turns you into a receptacle. You’re just the recipient of other people’s concerns, personality quirks, beliefs, and goals. That means in the meeting, you get demoted …
Personal Branding Weekly – Step Up Your Brand
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.
Have you taken that first step in discovering, understanding, communication and managing your personal brand?
Sometimes that first step is the hardest. Mostly because of the fear associated with taking action into an area that is unknown.…
Adding Story Telling to the Interview Process
Story Telling?
Story telling is a very compelling way to inform the interviewer that you know your stuff.
The purpose of telling stories is to get you to talk about your most memorable accomplishments, biggest challenges, the ways you deal with conflict, and how you recover from a stumble.
If you answer every question in …