Posts Tagged ‘self-promotion’

3 Areas You Must Invest in During an Economic Recession

The global economy is plummeting and people are starting to lose hope, faith in our government practices and in their ability to be successful during these challenging times. With millions of job losses and the media poisoning our minds with information that may be only half accurate, we need to start taking the time to invest in three main areas: our financial education, our personal brands and building strong relationships… Continue reading

May 1 2009 | By Dan | Tagged: finance, invest, Money, personal brand, personal branding, self-promotion, success | 27 comments»

4 Steps to Personal Branding Success

In light of my new book, Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan), coming out internationally today, I want to share the main process used in the book that will help you build a powerful brand. Personal branding helps you stay very productive because you can focus on projects you enjoy and have a sense of purpose and passion behind them. It's… Continue reading

April 7 2009 | By Dan | Tagged: brand, business, marketing, personal branding, self-promotion | 11 comments»

5 Things to Do Before You Build Your Personal Brand

Most people don't take the time to discover their own personal brand. I believe the reason for this is because of the very many influences we have on our lives, from our parents, to our teachers to our managers and even our friends. I have many friends who are instructed to become lawyers, doctors and accountants by their parent who is already in that field and wants to… Continue reading

March 17 2009 | By Dan | Tagged: audience, freelance, personal branding, promotion, self-employment, self-promotion | 7 comments»

Your Personal Brand is Equal to Your Google Results

People you know or have never met yet are googl'ing you. Let's face it, you're even google'ing yourself! At the end of 2007, the Pew Internet Research Team found that 47% of people search for information about themselves online (Self-Googling), which was more than double 5 years ago. It's a pretty safe bet that percentage has climbed to over 50 or 60% by this year. Some… Continue reading

February 19 2009 | By Dan | Tagged: google, marketing, name, personal branding, promotion, search-engine, self-promotion | 13 comments»

Personal Branding Basics

Personal branding has been very hyped up lately, and for good reason. Many people who feel marginalized by the idea of branding themselves now understand that it is inescapable. We all exist as brands, whether we like it or not. That means you Mr. Postman and you Mr. Lawyer! The first step to branding success is to accept that you're a brand. Like corporate and… Continue reading

February 10 2009 | By Dan | Tagged: brand, identity, marketing, personal branding, platform, promotion, self-promotion | 32 comments»

In Uncertain Times, Prepare Yourself for New Opportunities

We live in uncertain times. Global financial collapse, rapid relocation of industries, emerging markets, political unrest, and just the fast pace of change in the Information Era in general all mea that things you take for granted today might be completely different tomorrow. Now is certainly not a time for rigidity. The career you’re working in this year might not even exist in 2010. And vice versa – the field you… Continue reading

November 7 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: career, change, economy, finance, networking, relationships, self-knowledge, self-promotion | 10 comments»

How to Build Credibility on the Web

There are literally millions of voices on the Internet. Blogs, Social networks, micromessaging services like Twitter, instant messaging services, email, wikis, forums, and dozens of technologies I haven’t even heard of – and dozens more to come – give us all an unprecedented ability to be heard. But with all those voices clamoring for attention, how do you stand out from the crowd? More importantly, once you get someone’s attention, how… Continue reading

September 22 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: blogging, credibility, internet, self-promotion, twitter, website | 23 comments»

9 Tips to Get the Most Out of Social Media

I recently had the opportunity to talk with social media expert Muhammad Saleem about social networking. For those of you new to the site, I interviewed Muhammad back in February on Lifehack Live. Muhammad is the one to watch in the social media sphere. He's a top-ranked user on Digg, Propellr, Reddit, and other social news sites, he has almost 2000 followers on Twitter, and he blogs or… Continue reading

August 18 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: networking, online, self-promotion, social-media, social-netowrk, web-app | 21 comments»