I was meeting with a client this morning to specifically spend some time building their on line brand (one way was to raise their Google score – which we were able to do even by the end of 3 hours!). Being the first person globally to be certified in on line identity its starting to become a significant part of the personal brand work I am getting asked to do.… Read More »Building an On Line Career Brand
The podcast recordings of all 24 sessions from the Brand You World global telesummit are now available for listening at the web site. This is quote probably the richest source of information and expertise on personal branding in one place on the web so take advantage of such a rich resource and also take a moment to donate to the social cause partner Kiva.
One of the repeating themes throughout the recent Brand You World global personal branding telesummit was building an on line brand – and this is echoed in my discussions and presentations in the question that I get asked the most – How do I raise my Google score? One such way is Naymz. I only recently did something about getting my profile on Naymz. It had been recommended by a… Read More »What’s in a Naymz? And What’s in it for Them?
How do you get 70+ MBA students and a room full of alumni talking if its not immediately about jobs? Hold a networking event where there are 4 chairs like this that are sold for $10,000 each! Yesterday I had the opportunity to work with one of the current Ivey MBA classes on personal branding , time just flew by as we talked about personal brands and how they might… Read More »Lost for words? – Well I am just in the pink!
If you listened in to the Brand You World Personal Brand Telesummit or plan to download the podcast when it comes up then also please take a moment to make a loan or donation to the social cause partner – Kiva – I just went there and made some loans to women running their own service businesses – it's part of my target audience and therefore is very on brand… Read More »Did You Benefit?
As you go about your day today, take a moment and ideally two minutes at 11 am to remember and respect those that gave. And if you have to explain to anyone why – send them to Terry Kelly's video and song – they'll get it then.
At least that was what the first ever Global Personal Brand Summit felt like as personal branding, careerists, coaches, consultants, entrepreneurs, bloggers, marketers, HR professionals, candidates, job seekers and corporates all 'met' via 24 hours of programming celebrating the 10th anniversary of personal branding. It was a huge undertaking taken on by an enthusiastic and dedicated team from across the world and ran incredibly smoothly – as one of the… Read More »Party! Party! Party!
At the Rochester event I spoke at this past weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting and hearing speak a most inspiring and human individual who kicked off the event with a very motivational talk on Success. We have exchanged e-mails and spoken on the phone and shared a couple of quotes; "Only a ghost wallows around in his past, explaining himself with descriptors based on al ife already lived.… Read More »Know Who You Are
In his Monday Manager blog, Harvey Schacter ,over at the Globe & Mail, talks about stories that arouse peoples interest have emotional connections. He is referencing comments of Lois Kelly who is the author of Beyond Buzz, The Next Generation of Word of Mouth Marketing. Seth Godin spoke about similar things in All Marketers Are Liars , in fact if you consider most of the buying decisions you make be… Read More »It’s All Emotional
Over the weekend I had the opportunity to be speaking in Rochester, New York to a group called Rochester Asian Networking, which is a getting together of Asian employees from the principal employers in the city – namely Xerox, ITT, Kodak and Bausch & Lomb. There was an enthusiastic turnout on a Saturday morning and the day created quite a buzz. The message of using personal branding to manage your… Read More »Build Your Network