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By: CollegeSurfing Insider » So What is Personal Branding Anyway?

CollegeSurfing Insider » So What is Personal Branding Anyway? — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:00:58 +0000

[...] branding guru, Dan Schawbel, has been campaigning this idea for quite some time. He blogs: “You need to reach across boundaries, in a world where [...]

By: CollegeSurfing Insider » Carnival of College Admissions: The Six Degrees Edition

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:56:48 +0000

[...] offers expert insight on how to promote yourself online and beyond. Consider this required reading: College Students Require Personal Branding Classes at the Personal Branding [...]

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Personal branding classes in school? | Brand-Yourself.com Blog — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:47:38 +0000

[...] Gen Y’s personal branding guru Dan Schawbel has this same vision. [...]

By: Erica DeWolf

Erica DeWolf — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:18:38 +0000

I wanted to write you and let you know how much I truly admire what you are doing in your mission to talk to college students, and push for a personal branding course in every college / university.

I graduated in 2007 from Penn State University more unprepared then I thought. I was lucky to have several mentors that steered me in the right direction, urging me to educate myself on the “new” forms of marketing that I didn’t learn about at all in my undergrad of Advertising.

I too am a big proponent of better preparing college students for the real world- and that means learning how to market themselves to potential employers.

Thank you for all your hard work and dedication!

By: Diane K. Danielson

Diane K. Danielson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:20:30 +0000

Hi Dan – It’s funny to hear that college kids don’t get this, as I’m working with Boomers who may be out of a job sooner than they think but still “don’t want to be found on the Internet.” I think the winners in any demographic are going to be the ones open to using web 2.0 to brand themselves!

Diane

p.s. Have your book and can’t wait to review it.

By: Nisha

Nisha — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:24:44 +0000

Loved this post — it really is important for college students to pay attention to this stuff, but most of them don’t…

By: David Heiser

David Heiser — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:26:43 +0000

Great post as always Dan, I’m going to be sure to share this with my friends on Facebook

By: aklepchukov

aklepchukov — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:26:36 +0000

Thanks for the great presentation. My thoughts:

1. Why no mention of MySpace? Despite it’s reputation, shouldn’t you still have a presence or claim your name?

2. Where did you get your Google statistics (47% of people self-google, 53% of people google others)?

3. Do you really think a marketing minor is necessary? I feel like one solid class with a few solid books and a feed from blogs like yours might be adequate.

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» Blog Archive » links for 2008-11-14 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:01:24 +0000

[...] College Students Require Personal Branding Classes « Personal Branding Blog – Dan Schawbel One of my visions is to have a “personal branding class” in every college and university in the world. It is my hope that my book will become the text book. I look at college students right now and feel sorry for many of them, who haven’t gained knowledge in branding. They are all at a severe disadvantage in a market where over 760,000 jobs have been lost and the job growth rate for 09? graduates is only at 1.3%. Aside from the economy (I don’t want to play it to death), students have to understand that if they don’t uncover their unique attributes, they won’t stand out in a world of clutter, which means they won’t (tags: branding brand) [...]

By: Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:54:32 +0000

Thanks everyone. I’m happy you support these “big ideas.”