Are you training your business for the long haul? One of the most important and compelling qualities we develop as business people is perseverance. The ability to endure, keep going, stick to our vision and trudge through the plan and the way it rolls out. In the world of marathon or long distance running, the [...]
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Dan Schawbel: Our Risk Averse Society Kills Creativity
Printed with permission from Gen Y Career and personal branding expert Dan Schawbel. The easiest way to get a record deal from a major label is by already selling out tours, collaborating with major “brand name” artists and selling a million singles and albums. The easiest way to get a book deal is by having [...]
Social Media Etiquette Should Define Not Defame Your Brand
What are your social media etiquette rules? Do you have them for your community and the media’s you engage with them on? The 2012 Presidential election really opened my eyes to how important it is to create rules and content boundaries and how to use settings to control and enforce them. It was during those [...]
Personal Branding Through Social Media Boosts Job Application Success
Guest Post by Anna Pitts, a Marketing Assistant and Online Researcher at the Graduate Recruitment Bureau. Social media is a pivotal part of your job hunt, that’s a given. You need to make sure that you have a strong presence and identity on the internet that is accessible and appealing to employers and recruiters. Once [...]
Why LinkedIn Endorsements Can Make or Break Your Career
Reposted with permission from Gen Y and Workplace Expert Dan Schawbel. LinkedIn endorsements have really taken off in the past few months. LinkedIn recently announced that there have been over 1 billion endorsements made so far. These endorsements are extremely valuable because the more you have, they higher your profile will rank for each skill. [...]
11 Qualities That Build Personal Magnetism
This post originally ran on the Personal Branding Blog. Lack of charisma can be fatal. Jenny Holzer I couldn’t agree more. With all the talking about, writing about and discussion about personal branding, this personal magnetism or charisma is already inside of you and part of the DNA personality you were born with. In Developmental Psychologist Jan Mercer’s [...]
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