How Tasty is Your Personal Brand?
Humans can experience five or six types of taste sensations. They are: bitter, salty, sour, astringent, sweet, pungent (eg chili), and umami (eg savory). We have the taste buds for this, with an assist from our sense of smell: so there must be a reason we can identify these flavors. And, because we are capable …
Build Your Brand with Hashtags
Do you want to be seen as a subject matter expert?
If so, leveraging the power of hashtags is a quick and relatively easy way to build your brand around a particular topic. Hashtags are a word or short phrase, preceded by the number sign,#, that allows people to easily follow and join conversations around …
How to Say ‘No’ but Maintain a ‘Yes’ Personal Brand
When we are developing our careers in uncertain times we can struggle with saying ‘no’ when asked to take on a new challenge whether that is an internal project or something outside work.
I struggle with saying “no” myself especially as my livelihood depends on maintaining a personal brand that says, “yes, I will take …
Super-Size Your Personal Brand on Social Media
Creating a strong personal brand online will help you build credibility in the eyes of followers, connect with influences and will ultimately result in your being contacted by key decision makers for opportunity. However, a powerful personal brand does not happen overnight, nor is it the result of simply “showing up” on social networks like …
Be Memorable
In a typical hiring process, it is common for an organization to receive hundreds of applicants for a single job opening, phone screen 10-20 individuals, and hold face-to-face interviews with as many as 5 or 6 candidates. If the employer is looking to hire multiple candidates, this scenario leads to even greater numbers as a …
Your Posture May Reveal More Than You Realize!
Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture. -Loretta Young
Straighten out your image by learning to stand up straight! -Beth Kuhel
As a kid I vividly recall my mother reminding me to “stand up straight”, “sit-up tall” and her occasionally scoffing at me for slouching. Her interest in having me …
What is your LOT in Life?
Last week I attended the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Houston. One point was brought home during one of our evening events by a friend I had only known in Social Media circles. We had never met in person. Yet we run in the same circles. We work with a lot of the same …
What Are You Saying to Yourself About Yourself?
To build a powerful personal brand we must consider three different levels of communication and ensure we are communicating consistently across all three.
The three include:
Self-communication Public communication Private, 1:1 communicationThis week I’m going to focus on self-communication because it is the foundation of everything else.
Self-CommunicationThe most important of all levels …
Believe in Yourself to Brand Yourself
If you want to move on to the next step in your career, you need to convince others that you can do it. In order to convince others, first you need to convince yourself and start believing in yourself.
A few weeks ago, one of my good friends opened up to me and she said …
5 Steps to an Engaging Personal Brand
Personal branding is more than just a way to market yourself as a talented candidate — it’s also a valuable tool for connecting with people within your industry.
Instead of creating a personal brand only to advertise your name, build a brand to network with successful people in your industry. Your network is one of …