Posts for Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel


3 People Who Never Belong In A Brainstorm Room

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 28, 2012 at 2:30 pm
“OK, everybody. Come on into the brainstorm room/conference room and let’s talk about (Insert Initiative Here). We’re going to need to generate some ideas.” Whoa, ... (more)

Direct Sellers: Mobile Tips for Your Personal Brand

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 28, 2012 at 6:30 am
Millions rely on mobile devices to communicate and handle all of their computing needs. Customers can receive text promotions, and all a consumer has to do is show that text in ... (more)

Storytelling and Your Personal Brand

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 27, 2012 at 4:00 pm
All indicators are pointing to the growing importance of storytelling in the intertwined social media, PR and advertising worlds. In fact, one could go as far as claiming that ... (more)

What’s in a Name?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 27, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Many of our ancestors came to America with a dream, a promise, and a name that was hard to pronounce or sounded too “insert nationality/religion here”. Names were altered to ... (more)

Twitter Personal Branding Q + A #14

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 27, 2012 at 6:30 am
Responses to recent tweets by people about personal branding and Gen-Y, Twitter, presentations and lack of focus. Taylor B., @thbrogan, twittered: can my personal brand involve ... (more)

Most Important Job Interview Question Is Asked By YOU!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 26, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Throughout the job hunting process you will be asked many questions, from “Why do you want to work at our company?” to “Tell me about your current (or previous) boss, ... (more)

Closing The Great Divide Between Hiring Managers – Job Seekers

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 26, 2012 at 6:30 am
With more than 14 million Americans looking for work, hiring managers at top U.S. companies claim they are unable to find qualified job candidates. Even more striking is that there ... (more)

Time To Put Your Blog On A Diet?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 25, 2012 at 2:30 pm
If your blog is not building the personal brand you want, put it on a diet! Adopt a new philosophy: write better, but write less! Putting your blog on a diet sharpens your thinking ... (more)

To Be Or Not To Be ~ Decision For Advancement

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 25, 2012 at 6:30 am
The past few years have shown waves of employees leaving corporate behind to begin their own venture of entrepreneurship. Some of the entrepreneurs with whom I have become good ... (more)

HOW TO: Build Your Brand With A Common Name

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 24, 2012 at 2:30 pm
After completing a quick Google search of yourself and seeing your name, but none of your matching sites or profiles, how can you make sure your personal brand can be spotted? ... (more)

One Word Guarantees They’ll Say Yes

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 24, 2012 at 6:30 am
There is one word that will undoubtedly get you on the way to that job interview, or a meeting with a prospect or referral source – even a potential investor.  This magical ... (more)

Personal Branding Through Email

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 23, 2012 at 4:48 pm
[Disclosure: This post is sponsored by antvibes.com] A personal branding world Personal branding can play a pivotal role in your professional life, whether you are applying for ... (more)

What Are Your Brand Themes For This Year?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 23, 2012 at 2:30 pm
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.  Brian ... (more)

Personal Branding Magazine Issue 19 With Patti Stanger!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 23, 2012 at 10:05 am
Personal Branding Magazine – Volume 5, Issue 3 Marketing To Millionaires Summary Volume 5, Issue 3 focuses on serving high net worth clients with products and services that ... (more)

Volunteering Your Way To A Job

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 23, 2012 at 6:30 am
It’s no secret the job market is tough. But whether you’ve been unemployed for two months or two years, you can still gain new skills, fill gaps in your resume and network, ... (more)

Monster 12 for 2012

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 22, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Follow These Top HR & Recruiting Bloggers One of the biggest digital developments in 2011 was the shift from creating and launching a social media strategy to actually having ... (more)

People Buy “Why”, Not “What”

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 22, 2012 at 6:30 am
Simon Sinek is the author of “Start With Why”, a book that explains the theory behind finding your passion and how that passion helps us become effective leaders that ... (more)

Metrics For Tracking Your Heroes (And Joining Their Company)

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 21, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Hey, we all have heroes. Some of mine include a guy who wore #23 for the Chicago Bulls and my Dad. But we also have a lot of people we look up to in the social media realm ... (more)

Two Important Things to Do While You’re Unemployed

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 21, 2012 at 6:30 am
I hope you’re not one of those people who said, “I’m making my job search a full-time job.” I’ve known people who do that. They spend — or at least ... (more)

The Dream of Viral Marketing

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 20, 2012 at 4:00 pm
So many empty promises have been made and so much misinformation revolves around the issue of Viral Marketing that I feel obliged to make a solemn statement at the start of this ... (more)

Stay or Go? Robert Griffin III vs Matt Barkley

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 20, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Should I stay or do I go now? If I go there will be trouble, if I stay there will be double. In business, deciding on a career transition can many times seem daunting. On one hand ... (more)

Direct Sellers – Can We Really Trust Another Brand’s Reputation?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 20, 2012 at 6:30 am
When we go to the grocery store we always have products that we are loyal to. Like your favorite laundry soap, your toothpaste, etc. We grab them from the shelves almost without ... (more)

5 ‘Rules’ You Must Learn to Get Hired Today!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 19, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Today’s job market is unlike any other in recent memory for most of us. Certainly it is for me. As I point out in “‘Headhunter’ Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring ... (more)

You Inc. = Optimism

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 19, 2012 at 6:30 am
The start of 2012 has been intense, as I have traveled coast to coast and back in less than a month.  As I sat on countless airplanes, waited in too many airport lounges, and ... (more)

7 Keys to an Effective Blogging Strategy

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 18, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Do you have an effective blogging strategy that guides your blogging and keeps it focused on building your personal brand? Or, are you a “reactive” blogger, working ... (more)