The Self Promotion Audit

If your ambition is to get promoted in your current work, take on a new challenge, find a new job, or start your own business, it is really important to know how your own personal marketing stacks up! Here are a few things to consider in doing a personal marketing audit taken from my book, Almost Famous: How to Market Yourself for Success. These questions uncover key information that is important for making the best decision about your career and having …

Standing Out

Do you ever feel like it’s hard to stand out for new career moves, promotions, or starting/having a new business? Your next promotion, next career move, and next civic or charitable opportunity will almost always be influenced from someone in your Success Network. Rarely do people outside your own personal network recommend you unless they have spoken with someone who will be a reference for you. How do you ensure the best results? Focus on your Success Network! Build it – …

Love Self Promotion

Have you ever noticed that some people are really good about promoting themselves and seem very comfortable with reminding others what they are good at or have the skills and education to accomplish?  Yet, if you are not easily talking up your good point, skills, education and talents, you may be missing valuable opportunities! Take this quiz to see how you are at your own self-promotion! Here are a few ideas to practice creative self-promotion: Create a topic that people …

Shifting from Being an Employee to Being a Business

Have you ever had a great idea that would be fun to build a business around?  Or have you wondered about starting a business? Consider one simple fact: You are already a business! Acknowledging this fact opens you up to being able to take charge of your destiny, in essence to be in control.  The product is you with your talents, skills, education and experience. You also have income and payables, just like any business. Hopefully, you will have a …

Fresh Personal Success Idea

“Steadily hold the picture of all that you want to attain in person, property and environment; live the advancing life within, by more than filling your present place; live the accumulative life without, by acquiring everything you meet which belongs in your picture, and you cannot fail. The stars in their courses will fight for you; your success will be made by the evolutionary principle, the creative power of the universe. Keep your mind fixed on what you want to …

Have You Googled Yourself Lately?

The interesting thing about the Internet is how much is captured and stays out there for people to find! So, if you’re applying for a new position or there is a need for a background check, know that you will be “googled!” Every six months, do just that – “google” yourself and check what comes up! Do these searches: By Nickname By Formal Name By Company/Title Web Images Videos There will be mentions of you in connection with your career …

Self-Promotion – Are You In?

Are you a person who finds it hard to promote yourself because you think it is pushy and arrogant?  Do you get mad or disappointed when someone gets promoted over you because your hard work gets overlooked? In the hyper competitive marketplace with a slower economic recovery than we would all like, it is more important than ever to make sure you focus on self-promotion.  There are some key pieces that are effective for anyone, regardless how shy or averse …

Setting Up Your Online – More than Social Media

In every human resource department, we know the staff is Googling their candidates to see what comes up online. Most often, the issue is to see what Facebook or Twitter feeds say about the candidate. Also, LinkedIn provides another good research tool to see how the candidate describes him/herself, past jobs, etc. There might also be articles where the candidate is quoted or is mentioned as a part of a trade association, board or other community involvement. In my book, …

3 Self Promotion Tips

In trying to get everything done during the day, from your job to your personal errands to family responsibilities, the last thing on the list is usually giving attention to your personal brand, right?  Well, here are three easy to-do tips to give YOU some attention! Google your name to see what someone searching for you will see. For a new job, a promotion, a position on a volunteer or publicly traded board, and even as dating material, your name is …

The Can Do Message

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As the product of the <Your Name > brand, the type of message you present sets the tone for new opportunities.  While most people who are looking for a new job, a career shift, or a promotion will often present the “can do” message at the moment, it is key to consider the entire brand experience for those working with you, volunteering with you, and even your friends and family.   There is value in being the person that always is …