Tag Archives: Personal Branding

My Personal Brand is What? Career Tips for Gen X and Beyond

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Several years ago, I was in need of a temporary assistant to do some tedious administrative tasks.  A trustworthy temp agency sent over a nice lady who worked hard and had a pleasant personality.  My workload got bigger and while this lady had already missed a few days, I thought her excuses seemed legitimate and

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Build Your Personal Brand Like Lego!

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I love Legos. I grew up with Legos as a child, and now as an adult, I get to relive the fun whenever I build them with my sons.  Legos are a fun building toy for kids, yet they teach an invaluable life and personal branding lesson. You build one brick at a time. The

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Developing Your Personal Brand: The 5 P’s of Blogging

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Last week I presented to a group of Restaurant Human Resources Professionals as part of the People Report Summer Camp Symposium in Dallas, Texas.  The event was, hands down, the best conference I have ever presented at orattended.  I led a session titled,  ”Blogging for Dummies.” Blogging is an interesting topic for Human Resources and

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Jockeying for Position: MTV Making Its Branding Personal!

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Re-tweet this. Do it now, and who knows, maybe I can become the voice of a generation! This is a message that countless tweeters are spreading around to their followers as you read this. Why? They all want to become MTV’s first Twitter Jockey. Here’s the lowdown on MTV’s latest campaign. The draw? A six-figure salary

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Personal Branding vs. Self-Promotion

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In my world, personal branding should not be confused with self-promotion. A personal brand is something you work on many levels to build, first by getting to know yourself better and then by understanding what you want to communicate to your target audience before even opening your mouth (or posting in social media). Simply, it

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7 Personal Branding Lessons From an Unlikely Source

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Sellers at the farmer’s market face an extremely difficult task – with similar products left and right, each seller must somehow stand out from the rest to succeed. Here are 7 valuable personal branding lessons we can all learn from a trip to the farmer’s market.

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How Your Writing Style Affects Your Job Search

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if you read the hedline of this post and thought it was an intresting article to read.  and then you started to read it and it sudenly  became clear that the auther doesnt appear to understand how to spell or use correct grammer, wood you read it threw till the end? They’re are many conclusions

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Brand Personality: How Gary Coleman Captured America

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Just like people, all brands have personality. Personality comes in many shapes and sizes, and the recent deaths of Hollywood stars Dennis Hopper and Gary Coleman bring new meaning to this saying. Two famous actors, two completely opposite styles, yet one shared trait: strong, unique brand personality. Creating a “Type” In the world of Hollywood,

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The Alter Ego: Superman’s Personal Brand Examples

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The Israeli Army had a bit of a problem recently; they had to call off a raid because a soldier posted the time and location on Facebook.  While most people don’t typically have quite so much hanging in the balance from a Facebook post, they still do post a surprising amount of detail to the

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The Desired Outcome Of Your Personal Brand Efforts

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Lately I have been very focused on outcomes. Not on objectives or goals, not on results, but on outcomes. My friends, colleagues and you readers have asked me what is really the difference and how is it related to my personal brand. I hope that I can clarify what I mean and help you with your brand progress by turning your focus to outcomes rather than objectives and results.

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