Personal Branding Weekly: Focus On Who You Know
Personal Branding Weekly – Editor’s Note:
We had a great interview with Ryan Holiday and guest blog posts from Brian Hawkins and Glassdoor this week! Our ever stellar author team brought to you Olympic-sized conversations and tips about thinking, working and volunteering globally. All with a focus of leap frogging your career, personal brand and …
Top 5 Reasons You Never Hear Back After Applying for a Job
People often wonder why they never hear anything back after they hit ‘send’ on the email with a resume attached or on the on-line job application. If you’re very lucky, you might have a preliminary email exchange with a recruiter and then never hear from them again. It’s a depressing experience, and one which also …
Handling A Personal Branding Mistake, Inspired By Nicolas Cage
Recently, a student at Toronto’s York University became an Internet sensation during an exchange with a potential employer. When inquiring about an open administrative position, 20-year-old Vanessa Hojda accidentally attached a hilarious yet terrifying photo of Nicolas Cage in lieu of her resume. Then, she blogged about it on her Tumblr, where the post now …
You Should Mix Your Personal and Professional Lives
It’s an important and frequent question: should I put personal information on my professional networks? Should I put professional information on my personal networks?
Yes.
I like blurring the lines between the personal and professional halves of my life. For one thing, it’s part of my brand. I’m a humor writer and fiction writer in …
Social Networking Occurs Offline Too
There’s no question that social media has changed the way we all communicate. Be it Twitter or Facebook; Yammer or Reddit; LinkedIn or Pinterest. We are all using these tools on a daily basis to share information, learn something new, have a laugh, and most importantly, connect with others. As we use social media to …
Relive Your Glory Through Your Child and Social Media
Okay, so you didn’t get to be a professional ballplayer, dancer, actor, musician, beauty queen, or whatever. But you had kids to continue the dream. After all, if you couldn’t make it, they could, and you’re going to ride their success to the top with them.
As your child climbs the ladder of success, after …
Oh My Stars! YouTube Style
YouTube’s Next Up stars are an elite group of lip-dubbing, indie-band interviewing, and action-comedy producing grassroots talent pulling in okay bucks from not only YouTube’s partners program, but also a cash prize that came from making the YouTube Next Up list.
No one is suggesting that being a YouTube phenomenon is a good job. Or, …
Your Personal Brand from Theory to Execution
It used to be that hiring was limited to who’s local and available. But the advent of the Internet and social media has really made the world smaller and more at reach. Social media has changed the way people see brands, and it has changed the way people promote and market their personal brand.
Going …
Personal Branding for Training Professionals
How do you promote yourself and share your knowledge and expertise without giving too much away? How do you make your potential clients understand how to do what you do, without giving them all the knowledge they need to do it without you.
You don’t. Share everything. Share it all.
For some people, this is …
Creating waves for a Smooth Sale
What is the image you have when you think about waves and a sale? I picture a speedboat out on the ocean with little wave streams following the flow. The imagery for me relates to business due to the fact that we now build followings online. So the question becomes do our connections follow our …