From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 16, 2012 at 5:30 am
Putting a professional foot forward each and every time we conduct business is certainly ideal. But one of the best things you can do for yourself is to recognize everyone is human ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 15, 2012 at 1:30 pm
If you are an expert in your field, chances are you are taking advantage of commenting on other blogs in your area, searching for opportunities to write for other outlets, and ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 15, 2012 at 5:30 am
At Pegasus Media World, I publish an author who deals with the silent killer of success: FEAR. It’s the stealth nature of fear that makes it so dangerous. You don’t typically ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 14, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Over the course of a year, my company spent over $25,000 on conferences and trade-shows. Quite a lot of money for a start-up, but something that we found to be absolutely necessary ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 14, 2012 at 5:30 am
Managing your personal brand is essential to your success. You want to stand out among the crowd, be noticed, be invaluable. You don’t want to be someone who is easily replaced ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 13, 2012 at 1:30 pm
A friend of mine shared with me a piece of advice from his military training – he told me that his superior officers used to tell him
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 13, 2012 at 5:30 am
In the movie 300, there is a scene where the doomed leader of the Spartans finds out that that they are vastly outnumbered by the invading Persians. The Persian archers are so ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 12, 2012 at 1:30 pm
As a follow-up to my post a few weeks ago defending the practice of unpaid internships, I thought I’d speak about how changing the mindset of how viewing interns can make ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 12, 2012 at 5:30 am
How do you do personal branding for two sides of your life? What if you have two jobs in two wholly separate worlds? And what if each of those jobs could negatively affect the ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 11, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Well, maybe not only criticism, but reviews and feedback of your work. We can pat ourselves on our backs all we want, but as personal brands, it is only when we engage in both ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 10, 2012 at 5:30 am
Pick up any fashion magazine today and you’ll quickly notice that all the male (and even some of the female) models, in addition to being in obviously excellent physical condition, ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 9, 2012 at 5:30 am
A quality relationship is what sells in the business environment. We previously spoke of one major error made by many businesspeople, and that is settling for an immediate sale. ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 8, 2012 at 1:30 pm
In the workforce, having a successful career can often be about personal branding and forging connections with others in the industry. But these things can be tough for introverts, ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 8, 2012 at 5:30 am
If you haven’t caused some kind of outrage, you haven’t got a really big BANG kind of brand. That might work for you. Maybe you’re not in the really-need-to-be memorable ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 7, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Every job posting has a requirements section glaring back at you, telling you that you aren’t good enough. It’s easy for a young professional to get intimidated by ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 7, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Over the past handful of years, somehow I’ve become known as “the shoe girl” in my office. My last job, my new job… people have taken notice that I’m ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 7, 2012 at 5:30 am
If you want to succeed, it’s essential that you protect your brand and online reputation. You want to be known for who you are and what you stand for. You want to be given credit ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 6, 2012 at 1:30 pm
When you want to change careers — to a new field, a new industry or both — your personal brand can feel like a ball and chain weighing you down.
It can seem like your ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 6, 2012 at 5:30 am
Spring came early this year to parts of the country, including my home state of Michigan. Now the job market looks to be warming up, too.
Almost every week, I receive or read two ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 5, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Let’s assume that your website is a place where people visit once and leave. I’m not saying it’s bad. It might be great. But it has little to do with how many links you have ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 4, 2012 at 3:00 pm
If you are a regular reader of this blog and other personal branding quality materials, you are probably convinced by now out that your brand is one of your greatest (if not ‘the’ ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 4, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Arguably the most dominate relief pitcher of all time, Mariano Rivera, looks to be set to retire after this season. If he does, he is leaving the sport as one of the most marketable ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 4, 2012 at 5:30 am
Another selection of useful WordPress plugins that build your brand while helping your readers.
1. Jetpack
Official description: “a WordPress plugin that supercharges your ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 3, 2012 at 1:30 pm
In this week’s blog I am going to use the analogy of target shooting (archery, pistol, rifle, etc.) to make some points about how I routinely see some (most?) job seekers approach ... (
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From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 3, 2012 at 5:30 am
As many of my fellow contributors have written, the personal brand you create is one of the most important determinants of your success both inside and outside of the workplace.
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