Posts for Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel


‘Online Applications ONLY’: A ‘Lose-Lose’ Proposition for All!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 9, 2012 at 2:30 pm
In last week’s posting (Corporate America: Your Hiring Processes are Branded as “Broken”!) I pointed out the tremendous disconnect that exists today between job seekers and ... (more)

Are You Using The Right Words For Your Brand?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 8, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Are you using the right words to build your personal brand in your resume, marketing materials, and social media updates? Often, there’s a disconnect, or gap, between the ... (more)

Interview Rejection To Selection

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 8, 2012 at 6:30 am
People unfamiliar with sales techniques usually become depressed by interview rejection and then lose momentum for continuing in their search for employment. From a typical salesperson’s ... (more)

3 Ways To Implement Your Personal Brand Offline

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 7, 2012 at 2:30 pm
For most professionals, personal branding thrives online. Through juggling social media profiles, managing reputation, creating content, and securing our sites, we may forget that ... (more)

20 Questions Smart Employees Ask Themselves

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 7, 2012 at 6:30 am
These 20 questions cover five key areas that are critical to your accurately evaluating how well you’re doing at work. Your answers (or score) predict whether you’re likely ... (more)

How To Really Impress During A Job Interview

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 6, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Next to a root canal appointment, few things in life are as nerve inducing as the job interview. In this day and age, the face-to-face interview is typically the first time a ... (more)

7 Keys to Moving Your Brand

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 6, 2012 at 2:30 pm
7 Keys to Moving Your Brand Where You Want It To Go! There is no such thing as an overnight success! Just look at the bio’s or stories of  just about any successful small ... (more)

You Should Learn to Code

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 6, 2012 at 6:30 am
Many readers of this blog are great businesspeople.  Entrepreneurs who started from scratch and built something profitable, and successful professionals that are integral cogs ... (more)

Your Personal Brand: Answer the WHY!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 5, 2012 at 2:30 pm
This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on Why Your Personal Brand Needs a Mindset Shift. You can read the other posts in this series here: Part One: Your Personal Brand Needs a Mindset ... (more)

How To Turn A Meaningless Job Into A Meaningful Career

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 5, 2012 at 6:30 am
People who work just to get a paycheck usually think of their occupation as a job. People who love what they do for a living often consider their occupation a career. Jobs are ... (more)

Mail System is Changing Forever. Not Just On Saturdays.

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 4, 2012 at 2:30 pm
It’s time we wish the first generation of direct mail and e-mail a happy retirement to Del Boca Vista. I recall stories of when ol’ direct made the eyes of David Ogilvy twinkle ... (more)

Is Your Brand Positively Negative?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 4, 2012 at 6:30 am
If you’ve blogged or spent any time on Facebook, you’ve encountered people who will give a “positively negative” comment, comments that may to sound positive but end up ... (more)

An Amazing Journey Of Self-Discovery

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 3, 2012 at 4:00 pm
According to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, the whole purpose of our lives was to – by the exercise of our senses – recover through learning the knowledge we ... (more)

Chad Ochocinco: Short-Term vs. Long-Term Brand Approach

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 3, 2012 at 2:30 pm
From a grading perspective, Chad Ochocinco gets an A for Brand Authenticity. He speaks his mind, shares his emotions, and tweets with abandonment. The man is a self-marketing machine. ... (more)

Does Personal Branding Change for the Disabled?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 3, 2012 at 6:30 am
Do personal branding and disabilities mix? A few days ago, I was standing in line at the post office to claim a package. The woman in front of me was at the head of line, waiting ... (more)

Corporate America: Your Hiring Processes Are Branded As ‘Broken’!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 2, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Look at it from almost any perspective and there is only one conclusion that can realistically be drawn about the hiring processes currently prevailing in Corporate America—they ... (more)

Awesome Spreads

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 2, 2012 at 6:30 am
When I first ventured out on my own (entrepreneur), I scratched around looking for the recipe to be wildly successful.  Already a hard-wired optimist, I read countless self-help ... (more)

How To Choose The Right Topic To Write About

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 1, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Choosing the right topic to write about is the first step to success, when writing books, blog posts, or speeches for content marketing & personal branding. Here’s a ... (more)

Details And Relationships Transform Small Sales Into Big Business

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 1, 2012 at 6:30 am
Salespeople and entrepreneurs alike frequently settle for small sales when in fact their sales could have been more frequent and larger in scale. Why does this happen and how may ... (more)

Blogging For Your Brand: 3 Factors To Consider

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 31, 2012 at 2:30 pm
In September 2010, I wrote about the benefits of leveraging a blog for your personal brand. Going into 2012, it still remains to be a great way to shape and promote your brand ... (more)

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 31, 2012 at 6:30 am
If I had one wish that could be fulfilled by every job candidate I see, it’s that he or she would want to earn a million dollars a year, plus bonuses. I’ve asked lots of other ... (more)

Blogging: A Faster Way to Build Brand and Authority!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 30, 2012 at 2:30 pm
You visit us here daily and weekly and you come back to read our articles.You Tweet them, share and post them out to your communities because they bring some value to your day ... (more)

College or Career: Smart Gen Z Choices

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 30, 2012 at 6:30 am
How often are you impressed by someone to the point you want to go the extra mile to make a difference in their life? That’s what happened when I met 21-year old Lauren of LN ... (more)

Your Personal Brand: Normal is Not Enough!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 29, 2012 at 2:30 pm
This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on Why Your Personal Brand Needs a Mindset Shift. You can find the first installment here. Check back next week for our next section on why your ... (more)

Managing Your Personal Brand Via Online Presence and Reputation

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 29, 2012 at 6:30 am
Regardless of how you manage your reputation in real life, your personal brand is made up in large part by your digital presence and online reputation Your posts, tweets, updates ... (more)