Rats! to taking a conservative approach to branding
In the midst of some new projects and designing a new website that has a real chance to impact people’s lives, I’ve gotten to thinking about whether my personal-branding materials go far enough to...
View ArticleTwo simple tips for practicing simplicity
Twitter is the new Mark Twain. You’ll recall Mark Twain apologizing for the length of a letter, saying he’d have made it shorter if he had had more time. Well, I recently started Tweeting as part of my...
View ArticleDefinitions of Bulldog Simplicity from Apple and Renoir
Look for ways to spice up your personal branding materials Last week, I took my family to the Late Renoir exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and smiled at Renoir’s description of his work as...
View ArticleAs the economy improves, it’s time to refocus your LinkedIn profile
I’ve received a number of LinkedIn invitations recently. Some are from people who have been consulting out of necessity but for various reasons are now seeking full-time work. Others are from people...
View ArticleSimple ways to build your social media presence
If you're new to LinkedIn or Twitter, start slowly. I recently helped someone set up his LinkedIn and Twitter accounts. He was new to the whole social-media thing and just wanted to dip his toe in the...
View ArticleA quick way to customize your LinkedIn profile
I’ve offered some tips in this space for beefing up your LinkedIn profile. Here’s a quick way to customize your profile and generate additional clicks to your website and/or blog. You don’t have to...
View ArticleWhy are you expanding your LinkedIn network?
If the unthinkable happens, are you really ready? I’ve seen a big uptick in the number of people inviting me to Connect with them on LinkedIn — and a lot of my current connections are also adding...
View Article3 Words for 2014: Discipline, Passion, Change
I just sat down with Max to talk about his New Year’s Resolutions, which will focus on what my high-school sophomore needs to do to get himself to the next level athletically (e.g., diet, skills) and...
View ArticleMUST Read: How the World Sees You by Sally Hogshead
(NOTE: Sally has given me a code to pass along to all my readers for a free Fascination Advantage Assessment. It’s at the bottom of this post. There are also Amazon links within the post and at the...
View ArticleWorth your time? A checklist of speaker considerations
For companies in high-profile industries with a complicated ecosystem and constant change, industry conferences are an omnipresent fact of life. And so are invitations from those conference organizers...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....