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Personal Branding Interview: Harrison Monarth

Today, I spoke to Harrison Monarth, who is the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Confident Speaker, and his latest book is called Executive Presence: The Art of Commanding Respect Like a CEO. In this interview, Harrison talks about the natural laws of perception, why professionals should care about social intelligence, highlights [...]

Is Visibility More Important Than Money?

The cost of content is decreasing, but the importance of content is increasing. Now and in the future, your main differentiator will be your personal brand.  Distribution and promotional costs are being reduced in price because of social media tools that allow you to achieve both.  More and more people are preaching that “social [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Jerry Springer

Today, I spoke to Jerry Springer, who is best known for the Jerry Springer Show. He was also the mayor of Cincinnati, and is a political pundit, lawyer, award-winning newscaster, country recording artist, and international emcee and TV personality. In this interview, Jerry talks about how to stand out in a world filled [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Aaron Kwittken

Today, I spoke to Aaron Kwittken, who is the CEO and Managing Partner of Kwittken & Co and a previous vice president at Fleishman Hillard.  In this interview, Aaron goes over some obstacles he faced in becoming successful at a young age, how his role as a PR person has changed and what you should [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Starr Hall

Today, I spoke to Starr Hall, who is a public relations expert and author of Get Connected: The Social Networking Toolkit For Business.  In this interview, Starr points out the top things that people looking for a job in PR should know, explains that not all publicity is good publicity, gives different ways you can [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Sarah Evans

Today, I spoke to Sarah Evans (PRSarahEvans), who is a public relations and new media consultant at Sevans Strategy, a guest writer for Mashable, a blogger, and more.  I spoke with Sarah because she’s been able to stand out amongst the million other PR people out there.  In this interview, we talk about her personal [...]

My Personal Branding Journey Part 8: Communicate Your Brand with Good Blogger Relations & Twitter

This is the eighth of ten posts where we follow Marcos Salazar’s personal branding journey, as he uses the concepts and four-step process outlined in Me 2.0 for his own career.
In writing this series of posts, I’ve been trying to strike a balance between discussing why I began this personal branding journey while at the [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Pat Kiernan

Today, I spoke to Pat Kiernan, who is a New York City news anchor, appearing as the morning anchor of NY1 since 1997 and has become widely known in the City for his “In the Papers” feature.  In this interview, Pat talks to us about his own career path, how to make good headline, telling [...]

Be Your Own Brand Manager

You’ve written your Personal Brand Statement.  You looking for a job and have sent hundreds of resumes, but no one is calling you for an interview.
Brand Promotion
Have you thought of using Twitter and your Status Updates as an advertising platform for your brand? No one will know how good you are if you don’t [...]

The Sharpest Tool in the Shed

I’m sure you’ve heard the statement “S/he’s not the sharpest tool in the shed” which means that you think that person’s certainly not the best and the brightest in their community, field, business, office or organization.
You definitely want to be the “sharpest tool in the shed”. Do you know what it takes to be that [...]

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    Dan Schawbel is the leading personal branding expert for Gen-Y. He is the bestselling author of Me 2.0, as well as the publisher of both the award winning Personal Branding Blog and Personal Branding Magazine.

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