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Can Your Personal Brand Create Real Financial Change?

Have you made the leap and started your personal branding journey? Do you ever wonder if creating your personal brand is worth it? Can it create opportunity and even financial change? Can it happen to you?
It can. It will. If you begin.
Just like all of you, there was a day when I did not have [...]

The Tri-Fecta of Opportunity: Personal Branding, Social Media and Inbound Marketing

Lately, I’ve had some interesting conversations on Personal Branding, Social Media and Inbound Marketing. I really enjoy writing and speaking about these topics because they are the new frontier of the Web 2.0 marketplace. And when combined properly they can create massive opportunity where it would not have existed before.
Once upon a success story…

Let’s take [...]

A Personal Branding Tale

Once upon a time….
You have been looking for a new job for months and you just landed an interview with a great company doing something you love.
On the day of the interview you put on your best business attire and head out the door – you look like a true professional.
On the drive to the [...]

7 Habits of the Successfully Published, Part 1: Planning

Planning Your Way to Publishing Success
Writing and publishing a book has been, and still is, the most effective and documented way individuals can build their personal brand of awareness, credibility, and respect. Books attract new business, pre-sell your credibility, and open doors of opportunity. Books are the ultimate “business card.”
Whether you’ve recently graduated from college, [...]

Four Young Entrepreneurs You Need to Know

It’s never too early to start your own company. No matter how difficult you think it may be or how outrageous you feel your idea is, you have the chance to build something great that you truly love and are proud to be a part of.
The four young entrepreneurs below have overcome many obstacles to [...]

Is Fear Holding You Back?

This post will take a look at how fear can hold you back from achieving your goals — in this case, preventing you from creating and promoting your personal brand. Through understanding how fear works and impedes progress, you will be able to push it aside and take the action you need to reach your [...]

My Personal Branding Story Part 5: Becoming a Renaissance Worker

This is the fifth 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 my last post, I introduced the concept of a Renaissance Worker and how I came to see this term as a way to unify [...]

Success Story: Build Your Personal Brand to Land Major Clients

From time to time, I receive success stories from the Personal Branding Blog readers and those that have also benefited from reading Me 2.0, which was recently named to the New York Times job search summer reading list.  The most recent and interesting personal branding success story comes from Jason VanDusen, who is the Vice [...]

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 [...]

The Michael Jackson Brand

Like millions of people around the world, I was shocked and saddened by Michael Jackson’s untimely death last Thursday.
I found out on Twitter. And,  it’s true, I’m a ‘closet’ Michael Jackson fan.  I realized that as his music and videos filled the airwaves – he was the backdrop of my life for decades.  And [...]

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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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