It still seems to be almost a week never goes by without an invitation to another networking / social networking/ connections platform that is going to be the next best thing since sliced bread or at least since Google +. But how do you know if you should join or not? Revisit (or start) with what communication objectives you have set for your personal brand. Just because someone in your… Read More »Is LinkedIn a Waste of Time?
How would you feel if this was how your predecessor introduced you as you took over their role? According to a Business Week article "Can Brian Moynihan Save Bank of America?" , this was exactly how the former CEO Kenneth D. Lewis did and then went on to say, "Another unique charactersitic about him is that he wanted this job" Of course Moynihan continues to have his work cut out… Read More »“Hopefully he’ll be in this job much longer than the last 3 or 4”
LinkedIn's move last week to allow the addition of volunteer experience and causes seems on the surface to be a great addition in communicating your personal brand to your professional network. Three benefits to you of being able to see other peoples volunteer experience; You can see who in your industry, voacation or network has similar interests to you. Particularly if you are looking to connect with that person, it… Read More »Three uses for the volunteer experience section on LinkedIn profiles.
You may have heard me speak or write about my wife’s business in the past? Well, two years into the business, she is now a Regional Vice President, Independent Consultant with Arbonne, a Swiss company offering vegan herbal botanical based health and wellness products www.kericopcutt.myarbonne.ca and continues to look for opportunities to share these amazing products with others. Well we were talking about this and the fact that I have… Read More »Is Personal Branding Just Skin Deep?
"You're not alone, in fact this type of cancer is the fastest growing type of oral cancer in men under 55, who do not smoke and are not heavy drinkers" That word "cancer" immediately causes a heightened level of awareness as well as obvious concern. Last October after a great summer vacation with my family in Jamaica and what I thought was a viral lump in my neck gland had… Read More »Cancer is personal, so it’s part of my brand
Last week I spent a very worthwhile and enjoyable two days at the first Women in Leadership Conference put on by Ildi Wiley of Results Continuum. The keynote speaker was Arlene Dickinson from Dragons Den, who shared her inspiring story of where she came from and how she built her company. I also presented with good friend and personal brnad colleague Valerie Sokolosky and had the chance to meet… Read More »Make a commitment – however small, but do it.
If you missed the first 3 steps they were on the blog yesterday. 4. I monitor my tweets and others using Hootsuite and also use that to check new profiles or do word searches etc. or anything else to do with Twitter. Then I Tweet as something strikes me or occurs to me that is worthy of 140 characters or if I see a tweet that warrants a comment or reply… Read More »A little bird told me………7 steps to using Twitter – part 2
The first time I got in to Twitter I ended up worse than a crack addict! It became a huge time suck and I did not feel much benefit – so I stopped, got busy and did little. Then I read Mitch Joels book Six Pixels of Separation I picked up on Twitter again. Great recommended book for anyone thinking of using Web 2.0 for their business. I am sure… Read More »A little bird told me………7 steps to using Twitter – part 1
I noticed so many advertisements and taglines today that focused on YOU; "The answer is right in front of you" "Let your bongo out" "See it your way" "Build your own vacation" "Challenge yourself, help millions" But that of course is when someone else is speaking to you. Make sure when you are communicating your personal brand that you are taking time to focus on the 'other you' – your… Read More »It’s all about YOU
Facebook makes a very poor job of keeping its users informed of changes they make to your account. This case in point. The default setting on your news feed is now only seeing feed from those friends who you interact with on a regular basis. So if you wondered why someone you know had seemed to 'disappear' faster than Hosni Mubarak it is because you have not intereacted with them enough. Now… Read More »Where oh where have all your Facebook friends gone?