Posts for "Success Strategies"


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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Avoid These 3 Killer Blogging Mistakes

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 17, 2012 at 6:30 am
Mistakes even the smartest people make when they blog or produce email blasts are related to how they think about content. “Every post must be the same or similar length ... (more)

Your Personal Brand Needs a Mindset Shift

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 15, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Its common knowledge that you need a personal brand to succeed on the job and on the job market. Yet many people – even those with a personal brand – find themselves underemployed, ... (more)

Ramit Sethi’s Guide to Getting Your Dream Job in This Economy

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 15, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Ramit Sethi is a friend of mine who is known for his blog, I Will Teach You to Be Rich. Unlike most personal finance experts, Ramit tests all of his theories and has real results ... (more)

Brochures versus one sheets for selling your services

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 11, 2012 at 2:30 pm
It’s time for a fresh look at the pros and cons of brochures versus one sheets for selling your services to prospective clients or employers. Your choice of brochures versus ... (more)

What Oprah Teaches You About “Audience”

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 10, 2012 at 6:30 am
Consider you almost always have an audience. I use the term “audience” to reference any person who receives your messages. That could be spoken, written, live or archived words. ... (more)

7 Tips For Modeling Your 2012 Personal Branding Success

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 4, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Save time during 2012 by modeling your personal branding success on the ideas, strategies, and tactics of authors and small business owners who have already built strong personal ... (more)

Personal Branding Pledge for 2012

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 3, 2012 at 6:30 am
This year is about discovery, and complete recovery from what kills my drive I allow impatience to test relationships to learn who’s stealing my time I accurately judge who’s ... (more)

Do You Want To Become An Entrepreneur In 2012?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 28, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Yesterday, a Published & Profitable member called told me he was becoming an entrepreneur in 2012, buoyed by his responses to the questions Dan Schawbel asked in Me 2.0 Revised ... (more)

Personal Brand Ho Ho Holiday Questions

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 27, 2011 at 6:30 am
The upcoming days might include holiday parties and getting stuck in the elevator with a group of strangers. Of course, strangers are just suspects – people with whom you may ... (more)

7 Universal Design Tips for Stand-out Personal Branding

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 21, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Design plays a crucial role in building your personal brand; use the 7 universal design tips to help your brand stand out from the competition & ensure your messages get read. The ... (more)

How to Destroy Your Career

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 20, 2011 at 6:30 am
The seven deadly sins of career building: Laziness Carelessness Lying Stealing Arrogance Cynicism Self-pity There’s more of course, but that list is a really good start. Here’s ... (more)

Personal Branding for Minorities: Shining Even Brighter

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 16, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Some of us – and when we are courageous enough to speak up, we end up realizing that we are many many more that we initially think- grew up knowing that we were the odd one ... (more)

7 Content Marketing Tips for Small Business Success

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 14, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Content marketing is a small business marketing tool that helps the Davids of business compete against their Goliath competitors. Content marketing is a brand-building technique ... (more)

Why Patience Kills

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 13, 2011 at 6:30 am
You succeed through speed in today’s business environment. Patience is no virtue. It’s a relationship killer, deal killer and career killer. If patience is a leg of your personal ... (more)

7 Writing Tips for Small Business Owners

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 7, 2011 at 2:30 pm
The following 7 writing tips for small business owners who dislike writing have little to do with grammar, vocabulary, or inherited talent. The reason many small business owners ... (more)

5 Tips On Your Brand’s Emotional Footprint

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 6, 2011 at 6:30 am
Feelings, sometimes nothing more than feelings, define a brand, including a personal brand. What about yours? If Disneyland is the happiest place on earth, than emotion must be ... (more)