Posts for "personal brand"


Draw People In When You Brand

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 20, 2012 at 5:30 am
The other day, I listened to the most mind-numbingly boring webinar I’ve ever heard.  It was awful, which was a huge shame because a company was doing it to promote their ... (more)

Ask The Experts: Most Effective Personal Branding Tool?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 18, 2012 at 5:30 am
I asked the The Personal Branding Blog contributors this question: What has been the single most effective personal branding tool for you and why? Elinor Stutz: Twitter In regard ... (more)

Beware The ‘Tell Me About Yourself’ Job Interview Question!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 17, 2012 at 5:30 am
While to many, if not most, job seekers the question seems nothing more than a “throw-away,” “warm-up” question, actually, the “Tell me about yourself” question—also ... (more)

“Demystifying Social Media”

From Dan Erwin
May 16, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Everybody knows what social media is, but few know how to take advantage of its potency. In a highly illuminating update, the McKinsey Quarterly lays out social media’s core ... (more)

Be My Guest: Hosting Guest Bloggers

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 ... (more)

How To Get Clients From A Conference Or Trade-show

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 ... (more)

Creating Good Karma For Your Personal Brand

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 ... (more)

Audacity As A Job Hunting Skill

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 ... (more)

How Outrageous Is Your Personal Brand?

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 ... (more)

Personal Brand Recovery When Credit Is Due

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 ... (more)

Four Steps To Prepare Yourself For A Career Change

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 ... (more)

4 Secrets To Be Strategic About Your Job Search

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 ... (more)

A Personal Brand To Emulate – Mariano Rivera

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 ... (more)

Does ‘Ready, Fire!, Aim’ Describe Your Job Search Approach?

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 ... (more)

4 Ways To Enhance Your Brand During An Internship

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
May 1, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Summer is almost here – the season of sun, fun, and internships. Though most would not consider internships an integral part of the summer, they remain to be an integral piece ... (more)

Be Fear-Less. Face Everything And Roar

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 30, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Courage is fear that’s said its prayers.” (Dorothy Bernard, author) I decided voluntarily to change my career and lifestyle in 2006, after living and working in the same ... (more)

Leading A Strange Group (Even If You’re Inexperienced)

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 29, 2012 at 5:30 am
What happens when you’re placed in a leadership position of a group of people you barely know and have never worked with before?  How can you come into that situation and ... (more)

Branding Yourself on Skype, Google Hangouts and Tango!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 26, 2012 at 5:30 am
Video chat and calls are becoming more and more popular among people. In addition to people using these to communicate with their family and friends both near and far, brands, ... (more)

Show Companies You Can Fit Into Their Culture Easily

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 24, 2012 at 1:30 pm
A company’s culture is like a puzzle – it’s either you “fit” into it or you don’t. A candidate’s alignment with the company’s values, habits, and even communication ... (more)

Disgruntled Communication And Your Brand

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 20, 2012 at 1:30 pm
As a small business owner or personal brand, your reputation is critical to your success. It is how people view you and differentiate you from others which helps get you more business. ... (more)

The Biggest Danger Of Personal Branding With Social Media

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 20, 2012 at 5:30 am
How much of your personal brand do you own? If you follow the good advice provided here on The Personal Branding Blog, you spend a part of your daily routine building your personal ... (more)

Senior Year In The “Real World”

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 18, 2012 at 8:56 pm
For those who remember the good old days when we were still in school… Freshman year is when you are just getting acclimated. Sophomore year, you start to figure things out and ... (more)

3 Personal Branding Tips Learned From Instagram’s Success

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 17, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Last week, Facebook surprised us all with an unexpected acquisition. In an official press release, the photo-sharing app Instagram was to be bought out for a hefty one billion ... (more)

Separation Of Personal And Brand

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 17, 2012 at 5:30 am
LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest and social networking sites have given you a platform for creating and managing your reputation: your personal brand. Perhaps that’s not ... (more)

Spam Is Deadly To A Brand!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 16, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Seriously, I scratch my head daily, as way too many unsolicited, non-permission based emails come through to any one of my 3 emails. I know it’s a part of and fact of web ... (more)