Posts for "personal brand"


What Do Flint McGlaughlin and Coco Chanel Have in Common?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
August 7, 2011 at 5:30 am
Flint McGlaughlin is the Managing Director and CEO of MECLABS, an organization that conducts content and optimization experiments to improve the performance of sales and marketing ... (more)

Using Google+ Circles to Create Relationships

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
August 6, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Google+ is fast becoming a popular social networking tool. People are basically comparing it to Facebook, which has over 750 million users today. But what exactly does Google+ ... (more)

How To Lose A Date In 10 Search Results (Looking Good Online For A First Date)

From Brand-Yourself.com Blog
August 3, 2011 at 11:50 am
It’s summer. The birds are chirping and love is in the air. What do you do before a first date? Practice your charisma in the mirror? Try on a dozen outfits? Shower? (we ... (more)

How to Brand Yourself on Google Plus

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
August 2, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Did you get your invite to Google Plus yet? Although the buzz around the newest social network has been strong, many folks are still wondering how they’ll use Google Plus as ... (more)

Taking Credit When None is Due

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
August 2, 2011 at 5:30 am
During the debt ceiling negotiations, among the punked-style news: a Tea Party leader touted a “massive rally” on behalf of that group (at which less than 2 dozen people actually ... (more)

How Indispensible Are You?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
August 1, 2011 at 1:30 pm
How do you become indispensable? What kind of experience do want customers to have with you and your business? The impact of customer retention is felt in 3 ways according to ... (more)

Solopreneurs and Personal Branding: Thinking Time Versus Reward

From Brand-Yourself.com Blog
August 1, 2011 at 12:21 pm
Solopreneurs and Fast Cars You’ve seen a Honda Civic Si, a Chevy Camaro, Nissan Z, or some other sports car pulled alongside your vehicle as you are stopped at a light (or in ... (more)

Two Key Content Marketing and Social Media Ingredients

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 31, 2011 at 5:30 am
Key Ingredient #1: Always remember that you are marketing to humans Spiro Pappadapolous is a speaker and consultant for restaurateurs and small business owners looking for ways ... (more)

Crafting Your Personal Brand Story

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 30, 2011 at 1:30 pm
In creating your personal brand, it’s important that you have a story. People want to know the person behind the professional, and this is what interests them and makes you different ... (more)

11 Personal Branding Tips for a Hot Summer

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 29, 2011 at 5:30 am
Just because you’re going on vacation doesn’t mean your personal brand should be. How to build your personal brand this summer This summer, you’ll either be on ... (more)

Winning Face-to-Face Interview by ‘Leading the Witness’

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 28, 2011 at 1:30 pm
In “‘Headhunter’ Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever!” I make the following statement, right up front, in the Introduction & Overview: “. ... (more)

Simple One-Sheet Sells More Books & Builds Brands

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 27, 2011 at 1:30 pm
All authors need one-sheets, formatted single-page PDFs that can sell more books & contribute to building the author’s personal brand. One of the best investments authors ... (more)

Teaching Others to Teach Others is the Biggest Reward

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 27, 2011 at 5:30 am
What is your wish and what do you have that others might wish for? This past week, I have heard amazing stories of entrepreneurs who almost in their final hours said, “What ... (more)

The Power of No

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 26, 2011 at 5:30 am
In the current debate on whether to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, you are seeing a perfect example of the power of NO, and how that one word defines the personal brands of people ... (more)

Building Your Tribe and Community

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 25, 2011 at 3:00 pm
You make a stand with your brand, when you put your stake in the space and build out your tribe and community” Building tribes and communities is really as old as man himself. ... (more)

What if You Invested $20,000 in Your Personal Brand?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 24, 2011 at 1:30 pm
As an angel investor and an entrepreneur, there’s always a nice steady stream of money out of my pocket going into new ventures.  Lately, I’ve been feeling more reluctant ... (more)

Twitter and Facebook: Some New Stats, Tricks and Tips

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 24, 2011 at 5:30 am
Twitter adoption has continued to increase at a steady pace, and Facebook is quickly becoming a key marketing tool. Here are some new Twitter stats (Pew Research), and some Facebook ... (more)

Twitter Tips for Positive Word of Mouth

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 23, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Word of mouth marketing is gaining in popularity as the “oldest form of advertising” reaches warp speed online and other people’s opinion and feedback before trying ... (more)

How to Tell the Story of Your Personal Brand

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 22, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Jack Hart’s recently published Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction can take your ability to tell the story of your personal brand to a whole new ... (more)

3 More Ways Guest Blogging Can Build Your Personal Brand

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 22, 2011 at 5:30 am
How a guest post on the right blog can your brand the right boost. Previously Last year, I gave you 5 ideas about successfully using guest blogging as part of your personal branding ... (more)

Turbocharge Your Job Hunt with SimplyHired!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 21, 2011 at 1:30 pm
If you’ve read “‘Headhunter’ Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever! or any of the hundreds of articles and blogs I’ve written over the ... (more)

The 5 E’s to Extraordinary Results

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 21, 2011 at 5:30 am
Building your personal brand - take five! Easy- Is it easy to do business with you?  Will the learning curve be short for new clients?  Doing business with you and your company ... (more)

Communicate to Build Your Brand and Improve Results

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 20, 2011 at 5:30 am
Are you building a database of prospects or friends? Offering to help When I say “friends” I am referring to how you connect with the people you meet. Most professional salespeople ... (more)

Go BIG & Do GOOD: Personal Branding via Charitable Acts

From CAREEREALISM.com » Career Management and Personal Branding Blog
July 20, 2011 at 12:30 am
This week, I was contacted by a colleague who shared the story of Jason Trembly and his plans to sit on a raft for 36 hours in the middle of a NH river as a way to raise $36,000 ... (more)

3 Ways to Destroy Your Personal Brand in One Day

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
July 19, 2011 at 1:30 pm
You’ve spent a lot of time building your personal brand. Don’t ruin all of your hard work by doing any of these things: Lying No one likes a liar. And those folks who have ... (more)