Everyone’s trying to figure out personal branding and Twitter. Twitter is everywhere in the news right now – just yesterday the Wall Street Journal published How To Twitter: “But I have to admit I didn’t understand the appeal of Twitter when I joined, at the prodding of friends, in Novem...

Today, I spoke with Lindsey Pollak , who is a good friend of mine and fellow Gen-Y career guru.  She wrote a book called Getting from College to Career and has several columns in big media outlets, in addition to speaking and consulting.  In this interview, Lindsey talks about what she’s lea...

After his recent pot smoking incident, Michael Phelps’ Google CV went from stellar to cellar . Here’s what he can do to repair the damage. News travels faster than ever Dan Schawbel’s interview with Ehud Furman explained that a Google CV is “the Google search results page ret...

It’s the power of branding - specifically that the power of branding and the power of relationships are one and the same. This is probably the most important traffic tip there is. Because it’s the reason why you could do the exact steps of a traffic program as the person next to you, as ...

So this is the Monday after the Superbowl. I’m just getting to work because I feel like today should be some type of holiday. The day feels like it is, doesn’t it? Even if you don’t like either team playing, even if you’re ambivalent towards football, we tend to gather, eat, ...

Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a few people who’ve gone out of their way to support my blog and other online assets. The problem most people have when they start growing their online brand is that they spread themselves too thin or are unable to monitor and review all of their wor...

Today, I spoke with David Armano , who is a well-known blogger and visual expert.  He’s best known for his marketing diagrams and speaks at a lot of industry events.  I spoke to David about how he’s grown his personal brand, what it takes to become known in a cluttered world and tips h...

This is the third post in a series about blogging your personal brand. I’ve written a post for beginners and one for intermediate users. Please review those posts before indulging in this one. 1) Host your own blog Instead of borrowing someone else’s space and redirecting your domain nam...

I’ve been asked by a lot of people for an article that introduces personal branding. I went searching through my archives and found that I really didn’t have an up-to-date article that goes over personal branding at a high level. More and more educators are interested in this space and m...

I’m very surprised that no one has posted about their predictions for 2009 yet. I’ve seen a lot of “best of 2008 posts,” but no predictions! One can only assume that you will see a flurry of posts in the next couple of weeks, as thought leaders are trying to make predictions ...