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Showcase Your Personal Brand by Writing a Book

Anyone that has an inkling to write a book, should write it. Everyone has a unique story or insight that can be beneficial to others. Writing a book can also be a great business tool that can open doors for you to a new industry or create buzz around your personal brand.  Whatever the function of your book, the process isn’t cut and dried. Do you go through traditional publishers,… Read More »Showcase Your Personal Brand by Writing a Book

Have You Thought of Re-Naming Yourself?

Unless you have erased Facebook from your world you can’t help to have noticed the announcement last week about their changing the company name to Meta. We can all speculate as to the reason behind this, beyond the inevitable PR spin from Facebook, and perhaps tie it back to the bad press and coverage they have been receiving lately. But there is a lot more to the name change than… Read More »Have You Thought of Re-Naming Yourself?

Are You Meeting in Person Again?

This past week I had the almost forgotten pleasure of attending a live event. It was a comedy night, which probably was even more attractive to many who attended given we have not had a lot to laugh about over the last 18 months. Initially, it felt a little disconcerting, sitting next to someone I did not know. Of course, everyone was masked and vaccination status had been checked at… Read More »Are You Meeting in Person Again?

The Top Business Skill You Don’t Use Enough

The storm that blew through Bruce County a few weeks ago left a trail of downed trees including 7 on my partner’s property. It’s always a shame to see any tree disappear because of the benefit they have on the environment and we will be replacing them x3 at least. What it did mean was a lot of lumber that needed cutting up, chopping and splitting. Of course, this wood… Read More »The Top Business Skill You Don’t Use Enough

When is a Good Time to be Thankful?

I do like the occasional slice of pumpkin pie but definitely not one of those people who go crazy over the pumpkin spice latte options! How about you – anything and everything pumpkin or can you leave it? Here in Canada this weekend it is Thanksgiving. This is not a celebration we had in the UK, although there was always a harvest festival of some sort. I have always wondered… Read More »When is a Good Time to be Thankful?

What has your personal brand got to be thankful for?

I am certainly thankful for many things, including the opportunity to drop into your busy lives and share a little of what I feel might help you with your careers and lives. Once the big holiday south of the border is over (Happy Thanksgiving to all my US readers by the way) and you have resisted, as best you can, all the temptation of Black Friday and Cyber Monday there… Read More »What has your personal brand got to be thankful for?

Do you have this on your LinkedIn profile?

This tip is from a question which was sent to me by Carol via the voicemail feature you can see on the teal coloured tab on the right-hand side of this page.  You can listen here; This is what I think; Firstly, good for you for looking at adding different media to your profile and making it more what I call ‘3D’. More and more of us are consuming content… Read More »Do you have this on your LinkedIn profile?

A Personal Brand to MARVEL

There are probably very few of us who can say we have not been touched by the work of Stan Lee in some way or another. Be it watching one of the awesome Marvel movies over the last few years, tuning into the TV series of Spiderman or Bruce Banner & The Hulk from the 80’s and 90’s or picking up and devouring a Marvel comic as a kid. In… Read More »A Personal Brand to MARVEL

Why Displaying Honours & Awards is Not Bragging it’s Good Personal Branding

A local brewery to me, Collective Arts, was recently recognized by LinkedIn as being a top 25 Start-Up Company in Canada. I love this company because not only are they successful and make good beer, but they also approach their branding, marketing and social responsibility in a unique way.  Each quarter they ask for artists to submit artwork for consideration as the designs on their cans. If selected not only does the… Read More »Why Displaying Honours & Awards is Not Bragging it’s Good Personal Branding

Is a personal brand really all about consistency?

I was asked recently by a newsletter reader that if you are wanting and intending to deliver a strong personal brand as the front to what you do how do you go about not dropping the ball? Is it just consistency, making a plan and (trying) not to deviate from it? In building a strong brand I recommend that you try to stick to the 3 C’s; Clarity – be sure that your… Read More »Is a personal brand really all about consistency?