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Harnessing the Power of Personal Brands in Your Business
Small businesses don’t usually have huge amounts of capital to work with. They cannot afford to spend too much on advertising and the only way for them to succeed is to focus on providing great...
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Why is Clutter Better than a Clean Desk?
We all love sunny weather. And yet, at least here, in the Pacific Northwest, when the clouds part and the sun appears, people start squinting and reaching for sunglasses. We can obviously see clearer...
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Experienced Plus Innovative Equals True Meeting of the Minds
Many are dismayed by hearing the news that older people in their mid-30’s are no longer desired in the workplace. For one, the definition of older citizen used to be those in their 60’s but somehow the...
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How to Achieve More
It never fails, when one important project is at hand, several more appear at the same time. The problem becomes how to keep your promise of finishing all of it in a timely manner. Soon the question...
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Eliminate Excruciating Problems Fast With 1 Simple Rhyme
You know how badly you need some go-to life hacks that really work. We all do. We need super effective strategies that don’t involve buying one more app, signing up for a new dashboard or watching...
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Make Meetings Matter: An Interview with Paul Axtell
What is the most dreaded part of your work day? For many, it’s the seemingly endless stream of meetings to talk about other meetings that we have to set up. In the workplace, often times nothing gets...
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R3H1: Could This Be the Answer to ALL Your Problems?
What is your problem? It may not matter. R3H1 may be the one answer that directly solves about 98% of what is bugging you, getting in your way, and keeping you stressed. R3H1 is my code for Rules,...
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Declutter Client Communication with These 4 Tips
If you’re a self-employed consultant, you know the importance of regular client communication. If you don’t keep up with weekly meetings, needs quickly fall by the wayside. Expectations aren’t met....
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How to Manage Remote Employees Successfully
In the modern world that we live in, talented and highly skilled people are everywhere. It is slowly becoming the new norm for companies to hire people from other cities and sometimes other countries....
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Improving the process of your job will compliment the success of your business. Have you ever been frustrated from countless engagements with management in order to get something approved? If you...
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A resume is a story
View my full resume What is a resume? The majority of the population view a resume as a piece of collateral that is a prerequisite for obtaining an interview. Those who have enriched resumes, will be...
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Experience vs Income
What is more valuable, the experience you gather from working in a particular position or the compensation for the work you create? Let’s first isolate each variable, in order to distinguish there...
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Leverage: Doing more with less
“Leverage” is a popular vocabulary word in the corporate world. Why is this? Because it is strategic and allows a single person to utilize all the resources around him or her most effectively and...
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Goal Alignment
Your goals are how you measure success. They are the objectives you set for yourself, either in the short-term or long-term of your career. When you evaluate your goals, make sure they are attainable...
View ArticleSetting yourself up for success
You just received a project due in 5 days. How will you accomplish this goal in a timely manner and deliver? It’s all about setting yourself up for success, so that you deliver the best possible...
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An Aggressive Personal Brand is the Only Way
You could be an intellectual and subject matter expert in your field or function, but without an inborn desire to go out and pursue your goals, you will fail. To get attention, you must demand...
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Guest Speaker: Lou Longo on Public Speaking
Lou Longo, a member of my network, shares his thoughts on public speaking. As you know, public speaking is a time, where you interact directly with your audience and where they judge you based on...
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Managers put up walls for you to break through
One tactic I find commonly used in the workplace by the most experienced managers is to set up scenarios where their subordinates are tested. Managers who have high confidence in certain individuals,...
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Believe in yourself and your brand
Your brand is the total combined sum of your personality, appearance, competencies, all held together by one or more differentiating qualities. In order to communicate your brand message to your...
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Your brand equity equation
As a brand, your brand accounts for more than just your personality and who you are as an individual. I believe it’s the sum of others brands that you either own, work for or touch in some distinct...
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MarketingProfs – Successful Networking Through Personal Branding
Yesterday my work was published in one of the lead marketing websites, MarketingProfs.com. I consider it the number one resource on the web for all marketing related material, from some of the...
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How blogging leads to business
People from around the world are interested in a variety of subjects. They scour the internet, using google and technorati to search for these subjects in order to gain knowledge. Blogs have become...
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Announcing Personal Branding Magazine – Premier Issue!!!
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=8Ng2kmuWqyY] 11 Authors – 6 Advertisers – 20 articles All proceeds benefit The American Cancer Society Subscribe today to get the 1st Issue!...
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Networking Tip: The Business Card Bookmark
When I connected with Andrea Nierenberg, networking extraordinaire, last month through blogging, I had no idea that she would also send me one of her best selling books called “Million Dollar...
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The Personal Branding Beginners Toolkit
When I started blogging I wish I had the knowledge that I have now on how to build a social community around a given topic. There are numerous individuals who are interested in creating their Personal...
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Develop a community to evangelize your brand
What if there were hundreds of people around the world that all spoke your language and were willing to communicate your message to others you may not be able to reach? An evangelist is an individual...
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Announcing DanSchawbel.com: The Next Generation of Personal Branding Online
Over the course of the past 6 months, I have consumed every piece of knowledge on Personal Branding. I’ve been a product of Personal Branding as well as a spokesman on the subject. I decided after all...
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Personal Brand Recognition – The new form of compensation
It seems like there has been a compensation transition due to the rise of social media. Although cash compensation will always reign supreme by the majority, I’ve been seeing more and more social...
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Too much talk, too little execution for our personal brands
Too many people say they are going to do something, without the ambition and confidence to actually follow-through. I’ve had many friends and acquaintances alike saying “I want to start a business” or...
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Are People More Important Than Projects in the Workplace?
The current workplace We know the future of the workplace is going to be virtual. We have started seeing this already with the mobile web, as well as the cloud and Second Life. The logic is that at the...
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Distinct or Extinct: 8 Tips to Turn Mundane Projects into WOW Projects That...
Can you remember the last time you completed a “WOW” project? A project you’ll still be bragging and chortling 10 years from now, as Tom Peters would say? If not, rest assured that you can make your...
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Social Media Does Not Prepare You For…
So I’ve been doing a whole lot of interviewing for a Social Media Manager position here at SocialMediaMarketing.com. With so much content online about interviewing best practices, I thought that...
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What Are Your Writing Goals for March?
As the second month of 2010 fades into the background, it’s time to evaluate the progress you’ve made writing your personal branding book during February and review your writing commitments for March....
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Tips for Saving Time while Building Your Personal Brand
Are you one of the many who use lack of time as a reason to put-off building a personal brand by writing provocative thought leadership articles, books, starting a podcast, frequently updating your...
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Convert Your Brand Building Book Into a Blog…and More Profits
Although you may be familiar with the idea of writing a book a little at a time, as a series of blog posts, you may not have thought about leveraging books into blog posts – -and creating new brand...
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Help… I’m in the Dark!
Who was the idiot who coined the expression, “Get it right the first time?” How many of us ever get it right the first time? One of the “laws of achievement” is that we’re not supposed to get it right...
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Personal Branding: When To Call In The Pros
Almost everyone who is drawn to personal branding is seeking some practical result who will translate into tangible improvements for their lives. The list includes the likes of obtaining suitable...
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Setting BEST Goals For Your Best Personal Brand
Keeping your personal brand afloat requires maintaining the present and preparing for the future. With that being said – goals come to mind. A personal brand without goals keeps you at a standstill,...
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Reducing Friction: Too Many Minds
There’s a scene in the movie “The Last Samurai” that I absolutely love; in this scene, Tom Cruise keeps getting beat by a swordsman in training. His friend approaches him and says, “Please forgive;...
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14 Ways to Personally Thank Customers and Boost Loyalty
What’s your favorite strategy for thanking your customers in a way that creates brand loyalty? The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit...
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Use Your Time Intelligently
Many entrepreneurs have an exciting new idea every week. There are new opportunities everywhere, and entrepreneurs are great at finding them when no one else seems to be looking. Though this can be a...
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Branding Yourself as an Intrapreneur in a “Belonging” Culture
In the January 2011 issue of Entrepreneur, Richard Branson shares an interesting story about being a “belonger” where he resides in the British Virgin Isles. The airport signs for the immigration lines...
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Why Setting Expectations is Critical at Work
It’s often said that your employees don’t have to like you as long as they respect you. This is true, however, there are many pitfalls that will not only make your employees not like you, but lose...
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Why Employees Quit Their Jobs
The expense of losing an employee is more than the cost of bringing one on board, yet companies continually let good workers slip through their hands. The reasons employees leave vary, but one thing is...
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Push The Bottom Line With Employee Input
Some people are labor. They want to come in and do certain set things. Whether it be fixing toilets or submitting annual reports, this employee is not looking to innovate, think critically or in...
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Are YOU Time-Management ‘Challenged’?
How well are you managing your valuable, irreplaceable time? Do you consistently manage time, or do you let time consistently manage you? If it’s the latter situation, you just might be time-management...
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How To Be Incredibly Productive Every Day (Part 2)
Note: you can click here for Part 1 in this series. In one recent visit to the gym, I saw someone filling out a crossword puzzle while using a leg curl machine, I saw another person who took nearly 10...
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How Can You Benefit From Multitasking?
Where do you stand when it comes to multitasking? You may see multitasking as a way of life in today’s reality, or you may see multitasking as a myth: as something people believe they can do, but...
View Article6 Simple but Critical Cyber Security Measures for Businesses
For businesses, investing in cybersecurity is a must to maintain a strong brand. Threats are often indiscriminate. Attacks don’t target companies because they are perceived to be successful, and...
View Article4 Ways to Align Your Business Systems for Improved Efficiency
On the surface, most business leaders recognize the benefits that can come from streamlining systems and processes. It saves time and money. Tasks seem to flow better, and the roadblocks that employees...
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