Re-Fresh Your Brand for 2012 with These 12 and 12!
The importance of personal branding today is undeniable in life and business. Building personal relationships and connections, tribes and communities is a fact of professional life both in person and online. We have these two amazingly diverse and complementary worlds that we live, work and play in. The potential, benefit and tangible rewards of having …
Be Happy, Do Your Best, Be Good and Kind
I recently went to the international art show, art festival and art educational event, Art Basel Miami Beach a sister event started in 2001 from the original one started in 1970 in Basel, Switzerland. This year they celebrated 10 years in Miami Beach, which I remember well having launched the event while I worked in …
Are You Paying Attention to Your Intentions?
“There are two ways of spreading light. Being the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
I discovered a website in 2006, that I really connected with called iJourney.org. It’s simply a blog and community of positive content and writing, from a very simple, human, spiritual perspective. Lot’s of common sense ideas …
5 Areas That Can Reinvent, Reimagine and Reinvigorate Your Business!
As one year comes to the finish line and another gets ready to launch, reviewing our process, what key trends emerged and where they are going are essential for planning a sustainable strategy for success.
Some of the business and career trends that emerged and developed this year were focused around new technologies and platforms(mobile, …
The 5-5-5 Plan for Raising Your Career Branding Metabolism!
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 2.7 million jobs remained unfilled in the U.S. in August 2011, and employers are reporting having a hard time finding skilled workers to add to their payroll. Manpower’s 2011 Job Shortage Report confirms job applicants are NOT qualified for the hard and soft skills and intangibles companies …
“Please Don’t Go Polyester” Invest in Your Brand!
I recently participated in a really fun, energetic and resourceful Tweet Chat by SmallbizTrends.com sponsored by FedEx about branding. Great ideas, comments and suggestions were flying across the stream! One in particular caught my attention and ire though, when they said they go cheap and the lowest price possible.
That cheap mentality when it comes …
10 Ways to Accessorize Your Brand!
In the fashion and design worlds, accessorizing makes an outfit or a room pop! It’s that splash of color, pattern or grouping that catches the eye and grabs the emotion.
There are several essential items that every woman should have in her wardrobe. Some of these vital accessories include cardigans, hoop earrings, black pumps, hair …
Best Practices for One Sheet Personal Brand-Building Success
They’re practical, effective, and efficient tools that can distributed for free as email attachments or website downloads. You can also use your desktop printer to print and mail them, as needed, or distribute them at networking events.
One of the best ways you …
Shape and Move Business Anytime With These 5 Fundamentals!
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.” – Lucille Ball
The truth and reality of any cycle is a combination of negative, challenging realities, but also positive, inspiring and encouraging trends that come …
Visual Marketing is How “You Look Mahvelous Dahling”
We have one chance today to make a first impression that will in most cases make or break whether someone will continue with or move on from you and your business. If there is not something that immediately connects someone to you visually or emotionally, there is a high probability they will loose interest.
In …