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Personal Branding Interview: Donald Asher

Today, I spoke to Donald Asher, who is the author of How to Get Any Job, a national speaker on careers, and a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, MSN Encarta, and USAirways Magazine. Donald talks about his top ways to get a job, if it’s possible to get a job without using the [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Anya Kamenetz

Today, I spoke to Anya Kamenetz, who is a financial speaker, bestselling author of Generation Debt, a Yahoo! Finance columnist, and a staff writer for Fast Company Magazine. Her latest book is called DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education. In this interview, Anya talks about the issues with the [...]

Several Academic Degrees in One Personal Brand

If you have a resume with a long Education section which lists several degrees in different academic fields, and you want to know how to place them in the context of your overall personal brand while you look for a job, then maybe this blog post is for you.
What if you, say, studied marine biology [...]

Colleges Need to Teach Personal Branding

This year will be my 5 year reunion for college and while checking the Luther website for Homecoming information, I took a glance at the tuition costs for next year.  And even though I knew college tuitions have been skyrocketing, I was still shocked by the number:  $32,140  That’s over $10,000 more than when I [...]

Use Personal Branding to Increase Your Sales

A few months ago I did an interview with Dan Schawbel and I thought I would share it with you all here. Dan speaks about personal branding and how sales reps can position themselves to succeed it what I call the New Sales Economy. While the interview focuses on sales reps, it’s important to remember [...]

8 Ideas to Turn Your Successful Blog into a Book

If you currently have a successful blog with a moderate fan base of subscribers, you might be considering the benefits of having a book to expand your personal brand. One of the most difficult parts of getting started is figuring out how to market the ideas and blog content you have in book form, without republishing your blog posts or ideas in the same way. The more unique you can make your book content, the more likely your subscribers are to buy it. For an in-depth look at any of 8 the following methods to turn your blog into a book, you can sign up for my writer’s newsletter here.

Personal Branding Interview: Louise Weir

Today, I spoke with Louise Weir, who is the Marketing and Communications Manager for Career Services at London Business School.  In this interview, Louise gives us advice about taking a job abroad, interviewing over the phone, some interview tips for MBA students, and ideas on how to use LinkedIn for job searching.
When seeking a job [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Angela Maiers

Today, I spoke to Angela Maiers, who has been in the education field for 20 years as a classroom teacher and is the author of Classroom Habitudes. In this interview, Angela goes over what “habitudes” are, the knowledge students should have before they graduate, social media’s role in the classroom and how she’s built her [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Katharine Brooks

Today, I spoke with Katharine Brooks, who is the director of Liberal Arts Career Services at The University of Texas at Austin and author of You Majored In What? In this interview, Katharine talks about how college students should select a major, the fact that your major isn’t your career, questions college students ask [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Jaye Fenderson

Today, I spoke with Jaye Fenderson, who is a college advice columnist for Seventeen.com and the author of Seventeen’s Guide To Getting Into College. We’ve spoken a lot about the economy and it’s impact on employment, as well as tips that regular job seekers can use to get ahead in these tough times.  In this [...]

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