It took me some time, but I finally got my blanner (blog banner) together here. My plan, when I launched this blog last November, was to get it up and running right away, and start building content, authority, and link juice, instead of spending several weeks (or months) finalizing the look of it …
Executive Personal & Career Branding
Storytelling Propels Executive Branding and Job Search
You've defined your executive brand and unique value proposition. Now how do you use them in job search? Developing stories around your passions, values, key attributes, strengths, and differentiating factors is a powerful strategy to help you communicate your unique promise of value, and help …
Does Your ZoomInfo Profile Send the Wrong Personal Brand Message?
"Wait a minute", you may be saying, "I never created a ZoomInfo profile! How did I get one?" ZoomInfo aggregates information about some people and companies, and creates profiles for them. The good news. You have a page one (probably) Google search result for your name without lifting a …
Pick Up the Phone to Build Trust With Your Executive Network
I spoke to my friend and colleague Pete Kistler, CEO of Brand-yourself.com, for the first time last week, although I had been a guest blogger at the Brand-yourself blog for about a year, and then a weekly blog columnist since last December. Neither of us had ever picked up the phone to connect. …
Daily Personal Branding Tips from the Experts
In a guest post on Ryan Rancatore's Personal Branding 101, Mohammed Altaee asked 15 Twitter personal branding experts to contribute their top tips in "Personal Branding Tasks You Can Do Every Day". Here are 9 of their sure-fire suggestions: 1. Continually hone your skill through self …