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Personal Branding: What’s the Big Picture? Monday, 5 December 2011, 2:00 pm
Personal branding is great—but at the end of the day, nobody gets in to business because they want to establish themselves as a celebrity expert, or become memorable, or anything else along those li. […]
Personal Branding: Take Your Brand to the Next Level Monday, 7 November 2011, 12:48 pm
For a business owner who has begun to develop his or her personal brand, with moderate success, there often comes a point at which they think “what’s next?” Typically, a personal brand is built. […]
Keys to Personal Branding Success, Part Two Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 3:43 pm
In my last article, we began examining the critical elements that make up a successful branding campaign. While no two branding campaigns are exactly the same, the reality is that virtually no brandin. […]
Is Your Personal Brand Memorable? Monday, 31 October 2011, 12:14 pm
Personal branding is all about differentiating yourself from the competition by positioning yourself as an expert in your field. But there is another goal that must be considered, as well. Your person. […]
Keys to Personal Branding Success, Part One Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 3:24 pm
This article was originally posted and featured on FastCompany.com. The original post can be found here: http://www.fastcompany.com/1789411/keys-to-personal-branding-success-part-one What does it take. […]
Personal Branding Secrets: Don’t Go With the Flow Friday, 30 September 2011, 6:04 pm
This blog was originally posted and featured on FastCompany.com. The original post can be found here: http://www.fastcompany.com/1782941/personal-branding-secrets-dont-go-with-the-flow The goal of eve. […]
Personal Branding: Have You Identified Your Niche? Friday, 9 September 2011, 6:22 pm
This article was originally posted and featured on FastCompany.com. The original post can be found here: http://www.fastcompany.com/1778400/personal-branding-have-you-identified-your-niche If you are. […]
Personal Branding 101 Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 8:05 pm
This blog was originally posted and featured on FastCompany.com. The original post can be found here: http://www.fastcompany.com/1774215/personal-branding-101 We have been taking an in-depth look at a. […]
How To Brand Yourself Like A Celebrity (Even If You Think You’re Not That Special) Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 3:46 pm
This blog was originally posted and featured on FastCompany.com. The original post can be found here: http://www.fastcompany.com/1769746/celebrity-branding-what-if-im-not-special As I tell my clients. […]
Common Personal Branding Mistakes to Avoid Thursday, 21 July 2011, 4:02 pm
This article was originally posted and featured on FastCompany.com. The original post can be found here: http://www.fastcompany.com/1767796/common-personal-branding-mistakes-to-avoid The internet and. […]
Personal Branding: What Can We Learn From LeBron? Thursday, 7 July 2011, 4:08 pm
This article was originally posted and featured on FastCompany.com. The original post can be found here: http://www.fastcompany.com/1765056/personal-branding-what-can-we-learn-from-lebron Even if you. […]
Personal Branding Tips: Make Facebook Fun Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 4:28 pm
Most businesses today have some sort of Facebook presence, and with good reason. Facebook is an incredibly popular social platform and is picking up thousands of new users each day. Unfortunately, it. […]
Personal Branding Tips: Generalist vs. Specialist Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 11:56 am
What is the difference between a generalist and a specialist, and why does that difference matter in your personal branding efforts? As you will see, the difference between branding yourself as a spec. […]
Personal Branding: Make Sure Your Staff is on Board Thursday, 5 May 2011, 11:47 am
If you own a business and employ others, it’s important that your staff buy in to your personal branding efforts. If not, you run the risk that your team will undercut your branding efforts. On the. […]
Personal Branding on a Budget Monday, 25 April 2011, 5:18 pm
I’ve spoken to many businessmen and women over the years on the topic of personal branding. And I can’t tell you how often I’ve heard some variation of the following statement: “I understand t. […]
Personal Branding: When Your Brand Goes Off Course Thursday, 7 April 2011, 12:17 pm
In an ideal world, each of our personal brands would consistently grow as time passes. In reality, it’s easy to lose track of our branding efforts, or even to see them grow in an undesired direction. […]
Does Your Personal Brand Reflect YOU? Friday, 25 March 2011, 2:36 pm
What does your personal brand represent? When coworkers, potential clients, or customers see your name, what do they think of? Hopefully you’ve identified the brand you want to project by now—if y. […]
Personal Branding Lessons From Justin Bieber Friday, 4 March 2011, 11:27 am
I had the opportunity to attend the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles earlier this month. It’s always an exciting event, but it’s more than that—it’s an opportunity to see some of the most powerful. […]
Personal Branding: Make Your Business Card Stand Out Thursday, 17 February 2011, 7:28 pm
How many different business cards do you have in your wallet or near your desk right now? Twenty? Fifty? One hundred and fifty? Whatever the amount, you can understand my point. Most businesspeople ar. […]
Personal Branding: Make Twitter Work for You Monday, 7 February 2011, 11:55 am
As we’ve discussed in the past, Twitter is a powerful tool for anybody looking to build their personal brand. It’s a simple, user friendly service with vast potential. If you haven’t jumped in y. […]
Online Personal Branding for Everyone Monday, 31 January 2011, 5:39 pm
Personal branding has been a hot topic of discussion lately, and with good reason. It’s gained mainstream acceptance to the point that most professionals are at least aware of the basics. However, t. […]
Lost Opportunities to Build Your Personal Brand Monday, 3 January 2011, 6:03 pm
There are many ways to build (or tear down) your personal brand. We’ve covered many of them in depth, so today we’re going to focus on less obvious opportunities to build your personal brand. Reme. […]
Personal Branding with Twitter: Success Stories Thursday, 23 December 2010, 11:29 am
We’ve talked about the importance of Twitter for personal branding in depth. Today, I’m going to share three success stories—companies and individuals that have used Twitter to effectively bui. […]
Overcoming Negative Branding: There Is Always Hope Monday, 22 November 2010, 9:41 pm
If you pay attention to the world of sports, you’ve no doubt heard plenty about Michael Vick’s record setting performance last Monday night. Vick, the quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles, had a. […]
Using Twitter to Develop Your Personal Brand Monday, 15 November 2010, 3:30 pm
In just a few short years, Twitter has become a household name. If you had told me five years ago that I would spend my time “tweeting” I would have thought you were crazy. Today, most people are. […]
Personal Branding Tip: Shining Your Countenance Upon Your Customers Monday, 25 October 2010, 11:54 am
Roman emperors used their own personal branding technique when they minted coins with their faces on them. By doing so, they made their subjects aware of who was in charge and this, in theory, avoided. […]
Personal Branding: What Makes YOU Stand Out? Monday, 18 October 2010, 11:51 am
This personal branding stuff is not really a new thing. Since the early days of advertising, faces of people have graced the packaging products, and businesses grew from the sheer force of the persona. […]
Personal Branding: What is Your Story? Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 12:52 pm
Someone asked me the other day what exactly “personal branding” meant. It took me aback for a second, because I had been doing what many others often do – I assumed that they knew what I knew. I. […]
Personal Branding: 3 Ways to Build Credibility Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 7:52 pm
One of the most important building blocks of creating and cultivating your personal brand is to have credibility in the eyes of your clients and prospective clients. Over the years, I have found that. […]
3 Ways to Bolster Your Personal Branding Strategy Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 10:45 am
Sometimes it’s imperative that we take a step back and try to view our business or personal brand to see if we are adhering to some of the basics of personal branding. In a recent blog post for Fast. […]
Personal Branding: Do You Need To Shift Your Focus? Monday, 16 August 2010, 3:44 pm
As a small business owner or entrepreneur, the ability to find new ways to market yourself and develop your personal brand, can be the catalyst to unlimited success. About 2 years ago, I became a prou. […]
Hitting the Target in the Age of New Media Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 11:17 am
by J. W. Dicks, Esq. & Nick Nanton, Esq. Akira Mori, president and chief executive officer of Mori Trust Company, Limited, said, “Past success stories are generally not applicable to new situations.. […]
The Downfall of the Institution, the Rise of the Personal Brand and How It’s Changing the Game Friday, 6 August 2010, 11:02 am
By J.W. Dicks Esq., & Nick Nanton Esq. I (Nick) was sitting in a sushi bar in Los Angeles, thousands of miles away from my hometown of Orlando, FL. Having found a table, I asked the waiter to assemble. […]
Throw The Book At ‘Em! Thursday, 29 July 2010, 10:48 am
By: Nick Nanton, Esq. & J.W. Dicks, Esq. I entered the huge chain bookstore, hoping my guilty expression wouldn’t give me away. Then I furtively disappeared between two large shelves of books in the. […]