Has someone else ever decided for you: who you are, what you’re good at, what you should be doing in your career, etc., thereby limiting you and your success? You’re not alone! Those people branded you! But you can get it back and brand yourself. Learn some of the secrets of branding yourself (without getting [...]
When you think of personal branding, you need to think small. Too many persona; brands are too broad, to vague – and that ends up being confusing to your audience.
It’s one thing to be a renaissance person – to have a lot of interests and skill sets. However, it’s no way to solidify a personal [...]
Has someone else ever decided for you: who you are, what you’re good at, what you should be doing in your career, etc., thereby limiting you and your success? You’re not alone! Those people branded you! But you can get it back and brand yourself! Learn the secrets of branding yourself (without getting burned!).
It used to be really expensive and difficult to advertise yourself to the world. In fact, unless you were the president of Coca-Cola or Shell Oil, it was pretty unlikely that anyone was going to write an article about you or put your face on television.
Luckily, today, anyone has access to public scrutiny and admiration. [...]
Using the Internet to gain exposure, position yourself, attract and maintain new business has never been easier. Thanks to the continued growth of the Internet, especially due to the explosive growth of new social media web sites you can build relationships with people around the globe. You can share your passions and add value to [...]
Here’s a secret that most people don’t tell you: you already have a personal brand.
We all do. It’s what our mothers used to call “first impressions,” that lasting perception people have of you after just a brief meeting. You refine that personal brand every day even if you’re not trying: by how you look, how [...]
One of the biggest misconceptions I think people have about personal branding is that you don’t have a personal brand until you create it. Perhaps these people are way too into existentialism, but if you exist you already have a personal brand.
That brand is reflected in every interaction you have with another person.
Their experience [...]
Meet Matthew Goudge of www.prochef360blog.com. He’s an Australian chef living in China since 2001. Chef Matthew and I met online and immediately signed up at yoursocialbrand.com. He began to apply the strategies to create new relationships and increase his website traffic.
Chef Matthew’s primary market is other chefs. Helping them network and find the best opportunities [...]
I reading this new post from Charles Heflin and laughed (in a good way, of course) when I saw his second suggestion.
Never let someone else tell you which networks to use
He is so right and I’ve been conversing with people about this subject all week.
When you’re engaging people through social media, you don’t need to [...]
The importance of your personal brand, whether you’re working a 9 to 5 job, own your own business or even if you’re a well-known public figure, is absolutely essential. In fact it doesn’t matter if you place importance on your personal brand are not. You have one that comes into play each and [...]