Posts for "Success Strategies"


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)

Three Popular Misconceptions About Personal Branding

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 2, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Thanks to the wonderful contributions of personal branding trailblazers such as Tom Peters, Dan Schawbel, William Arruda or Peter Montoya, personal branding has been slowly but ... (more)

2011′s Best Gifts for Authors and Small Business Owners

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 30, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Here are 7 suggested gift ideas for the tech-savvy brand-building authors and small business owners in your life. I tried to choose gifts that offer genuine day-to-day utility ... (more)

Why Do Many Small Business Owners Dislike Writing?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 23, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Many small business owners dislike writing so much they avoid it as much as possible, or put it off until the last minute. Many small business owners can talk the moss off a rock, ... (more)

Two Key People For Success

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 22, 2011 at 6:30 am
Only two types of people matter when it comes to connecting yourself or your business: 1) your ideal prospects and 2) your referring sources. The trick that turns all business ... (more)

Old Versus New Approaches To Building A Personal Brand

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 16, 2011 at 2:30 pm
To get a better idea of the differences between old versus new brand building, I’s like to share 2 examples which provide a framework for evaluating your own online personal ... (more)

Want More Business? Answer Your Phone.

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 15, 2011 at 6:30 am
To reach a department that is closed and doesn’t take voicemail, press 1. To be re-routed to the wrong department, press 2. For static over bad music while Google Voice screens ... (more)

The Spirituality of Personal Branding

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 11, 2011 at 2:30 pm
There are no objective reasons for spiritual folks to store any second thoughts or reticence toward personal branding as envisioned by Dan Schawbel and other personal branding ... (more)

12 Ways Writing a Brand-Building Book Resembles Exercise

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 9, 2011 at 2:30 pm
After reading Bill Connolly’s recent interview with Jonathan Fields, and spending the day reading Jonathan Fields’ latest book, Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt ... (more)

The 9 Attitudes of Leadership

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 8, 2011 at 6:30 am
One of lingering fallacies about business is believing that Jim Collins is right. As the bestselling researcher-author of Good to Great and now, Great by Choice, Collins is pretty ... (more)

Your Brand Under Attack: When ‘Goodyism’ Doesn’t Pay

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 4, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Nothing can be more precious to many of us than our personal brands, since they are often the result of sound strategy, countless positive interactions with others both online ... (more)

Best Practices for One Sheet Personal Brand-Building Success

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 2, 2011 at 1:30 pm
One sheets are essential personal brand-building tools for authors and self-employed professionals. They’re practical, effective, and efficient tools that can distributed ... (more)

Did You Trick Anyone?

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 1, 2011 at 5:30 am
As if you ordinarily invite us to see the real you, Halloween gave you the proper opportunity to pretend. That is pretend to try and fool us with your mask or costume. At work ... (more)

Writing Tools, Part 3 – iPad Applications for Authors

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
October 26, 2011 at 1:30 pm
In less than a month, my Apple iPad, as I described in Part 1 and Part 2, quickly became an essential writing tool helping me save time building my brand by planning, writing, ... (more)

Free Libyan People

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
October 25, 2011 at 5:30 am
It was a cry. It was a verb. Now it is simply a statement of fact. It is a noun. Free Libyan people. This is what happens when people rise up against the worst odds. It’s people ... (more)

Writing Tools, Part 2 – Living With An iPad

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
October 19, 2011 at 1:30 pm
In less than a month, my Apple iPad has become an everyday writing tool, significantly increasing my efficiency and effectiveness. In Part 1, last week, I described some of the ... (more)

Why High Praise Stinks

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
October 18, 2011 at 5:30 am
Perfect for Wedding Photographers” is the quote that killed my interest in Animoto Pro. My creative director had sent me a note about Animoto a couple of weeks back. I next ... (more)