Monthly Archives: February 2010

Personal Brand Management – How To Avoid a Negative Personal Brand on Twitter

How To

Here’s a rule which you hopefully have picked up from this blog already: Don’t post something online, under your own name or pseudonym, that you wouldn’t feel comfortable saying in an interview. Because odds are, your interviewer will find what you say online, and you will be held accountable for it.

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Tips for Job Interview: Top 5 Posts About Phone Interview

Interview Questions

It’s no secret that times are tough, and one way employers have found to save time and money is to do initial job interviews over the phone. But just because you won’t be sitting across the desk from Mr. Interviewer yet does not mean you can chill in bed watching TV while half your brain takes the call and the other plays Cash Cab.

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Social Media Tips – Find Events For Offline Networking on Facebook and LinkedIn

Online reputation management

The bottom line is, your brand image is affected by the company you keep. Find out if there is anyone in your network that fits the profile, and get to know them ever better.

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Even Granny Can Blog: Blogging Methods Anyone Can Use To Build Personal Brand

How To

If you can use email, you can blog using Posterous. If you want total control of your blog, use a hosted WordPress installation. Here’s how and why.

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Globetrotting and Your Social Media Strategy

Social Media Strategy

How you experience and navigate a city is just like your social media strategy as a business professional.

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What does Social Media Mean to Building a Personal Brand, Brand Builder or Time Waster?

How To

What does Social Media Mean to Building a Personal Brand, Brand Builder or Time Waster? Chances are strong that you regularly engage in some form of social media. If so, I ask you this question – is social media truly beneficial, or is it a giant waste of your time?

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Tips for Personal Brand Management – Make Your Executive Personal Brand Communications Plan

How To

Tips for Personal Brand Management – Make Your Executive Personal Brand Communications Plan

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LinkedIn, meet Twitter: What it Means for Your Personal Brand

How To

The integration of LinkedIn and Twitter may not a perfect solution for reaching both audiences in an ideal manner, but it definitely can work well depending on how you choose to use it. What this integration continues to reinforce is that you must be very smart with what information you choose to publish online and to what audience.

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Job Search Tips – Concentrate on Things You Can Control

Job Search

You may feel like you’re completely at the mercy of others in your job search. In some ways that’s true, but here are some things you control.

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Job Search Tips – Job Seekers Iron Out the Wrinkles

Job Search

In an increasingly youth-obsessed culture, job seekers look to physical enhancements to appear more confident and youthful in the job search.

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