personal brand
Who Owns Your Name?
Do you, or does someone else? There is some growing interest in the Personal Branding space on scenarios of people with the same name. I was fortunate enough to have a great conversation on the topic with Kristen King of BizChicksRule which she turned into What if Your Name Is Jenna Jameson? Personal Branding [...]
Personal Branding Magazine - Volume 1 Issue 4
Get ready for the forth issue of the inaugural volume of Personal Branding Magazine coming on May 1st!
I want to congratulate Dan Schawbel, publisher of Personal Branding Magazine, on completing the first full volume of the magazine. I’ve been honored to write a column for each issue, and hope to continue bringing perspectives and adding [...]
Define your personal brand
Here’s a question that many people don’t often think about as they begin developing their personal brand.
What is your personal brand?
I wonder how many people have actually sat down and defined what their strengths and skills are before diving in. Realizing that you’re as marketable as your favorite soda, not to mention more [...]
Personal Branding Magazine - Issue 3
Good day everyone! I’d like to point everyone to the third issue of Personal Branding Magazine. This third issue is packed with great information on personal branding from all aspects.
With great interviews with Om Malik, Matt Mullenweg, Gina Bianchini, Mark Frauenfelder, Gina Trapani, and David Weekly - publisher Dan Schawbel connects you [...]
Learning to listen
I’ll tell you one of the most important & introspective lessons I’m learning: it’s listening to what people say. It’s a critical one that many of us find ourselves in the middle of when working on our personal improvement strategies.
While I’ve only really become aware of my own efforts to improve my listening abilities, [...]
I’ll license my personal data to you
A post by Mathew Ingram got me thinking. All these social networks. All these separate services that we willingly give our personal data too. Why?
Why can’t they license this data just like they license marketing research data? Why can’t they pay me royalties for my data? Instead we all give them this valuable information.
Hmmm.
There [...]
Personal Branding as a Lifestyle
Hi, I’m Rick.
If you’re new to my blog, I hope I bring value to your visit here. One of the things that I want to do for you is to help with personal branding questions you may have. While I’m an Information Technology consultant by trade, I’ve been exploring personal branding in a determined [...]
Personal Branding Magazine - Issue 2
I’d like to point you to Issue 2 of Personal Branding Magazine. While this publication is still quite young, there is significant traction with the authors, editors and publisher Dan Schawbel. This issue breaks new ground for the magazine with several new contributing writers, reporters, editing staff and sponsorships.
While this is a non-profit magazine [...]
Inventing your brand
A couple of questions for you.
Has your career reached a plateau, but you believe you have more to offer?
Have you gotten into a repetitive cycle in your career that you think it’s impossible to break out of?
Are you just starting out in the workforce and are uncertain how to present yourself?
Would [...]
Why your blog is your social network
There are many good social networks to be a part of, but as I delve deeper into social media and personal branding I’m coming to the conclusion that your blog is becoming more important.
On your blog, you have a direct feed to your readers. Those readers can be friends as much as it can [...]
