4 Ways to Tell If Your Personal Brand is in Danger
Your personal brand is similar to that of a bonsai tree — you must regularly maintain and care for it, lest it will die.
Many people care greatly for their personal brands, but even the greatest influencers have experienced problems with their brand at multiple points in their careers. But if you know how to …
Turn Your Spare Time into Extra Income
Do you want to have an additional income source other than your full-time job? Or maybe you are only employed part-time and you need more work. If you want to find out how to earn some extra money, keep on reading.
Nowadays companies are trying to cut their costs and unfortunately, the easiest way of …
10 Ways to Combine Your Personal and Product Brand
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC recently published #FixYoungAmerica: How to Rebuild Our Economy and Put Young Americans Back to Work (for Good), …
Two Important Things to Do While You’re Unemployed
I hope you’re not one of those people who said, “I’m making my job search a full-time job.” I’ve known people who do that. They spend — or at least intend to spend — 40 hours per week, poring over the job boards, applying for any and all jobs they can find.
It’s an awful, …
Personal Branding For Freelancers: When You Are Your Brand
I cannot think of a single group of people for whom personal branding is more crucial than freelancers. It is in fact the ‘make or break’ ingredient that will determine whether their career adventure (and trust me, being a freelancer is an adventure!) takes off or sinks into obscurity. A strong, sensibly-managed and attractive personal …
Personal Branding Interview: Lylah Alphonse
Today, I spoke to Lylah Alphonse, who is a full-time editor and writer at the Boston Globe and the managing editor at WorkItMom.com. In this interview, Lylah reviews how to become a freelancer, why you need to be a writer and an editor, and how to pitch the media.
How does someone get started in…Get Your Brand Name Out There By Freelance Writing
Today, I spoke with Michelle Goodman, who is one of the more well-known freelance writings in the career space. Writing for publications is an extremely important self-promotion, value delivery and a compensation machine for your personal brand. I’ve done it before and there is no reason you can’t. Whether it’s paid or unpaid, freelance writing …