Personal Branding

Bonus #1 – 5 Ways to Turn Around Self Doubt

Do you struggle with self-doubt? Perhaps you often wonder if you’ve made the right decision or have only a faint hope that your next job interview, project, or even date will turn out well. The most unfortunate thing about self-doubt is that your fears often become self-fulfilling prophecies.

On the other hand, when you take action to become more confident in yourself, more things in your life automatically turn out better as well. With more self-confidence, your decision-making skills are strengthened, others are drawn to you in social situations, you produce higher quality work, and you’re more able to create the life you desire.

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Facebook is determined not to be upstaged by Google+. They have released several new features you should be aware of to help you get even more out of this tool.

Feature #1 – One of the new features expected to be released this week is the New Timeline profile option. You can now configure your personal profile to display as a timeline. Checkout my new Facebook timeline (click the image to enlarge).

The Timeline is basically provides a visually appealing story board that details your history (your past accomplishments, activities and updates). Because I have a developers account with Facebook, I was able [Read More...]

Do you often find you’re completely “stuck” no matter how long you stare at your computer screen or your blank wall?  The solution can seem to be impossible, right?  However, there is one simple action you can take that just might break you free of that mental stronghold called “stuck”.

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While at The National Speakers Association, I attended a Mac Users Forum and would like to share the following sources to help enhance your apple experience.

Mozy.com – Backup your files and photos

SuperDuper.com – (www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/) SuperDuper is the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless.

Doceri.com – Interactive whiteboard for iPad.

SoundNote.com, Evernote.com- Take notes with your iPad.

KeynoteRemote.com – control your presentation with your iPad.

RoaringApps.com/apps:table – Lion compatibility notes for apps made for apple.

Shinywhitebox.com (I Show You) and WonderShare YouTube Downloader – Video grabber.

Join.me – Free screen sharing software for up to three people.

Corkulous – Great note taking app.

OnePassword.com – [Read More...]

Your Irresistible Brand – Free Video Webinar
July 28th at 7:00pm CST

Build Your Irresistible Brand Using Social Media Marketing and Membership Sites to Attract Massive Leads, Ideal Clients and Endless Referrals!

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Social Media Notes Prepared for Attendees of the eWomenNetwork Conference in Dallas, Tx
Your Powerful Personal Brand:

Your personal brand is made up of the thoughts, feelings, ideas and perceptions people holds in their mind about who you are. It is essential to first consider the brand you are building before trying to position yourself online using social media and social networking tools. Your website is the hub for your brand and it [Read More...]

The following information was featured in my Interview on ABC channel 7 today:

The top seven consumer review sites are:
(based on the most influential and consistently high ranking in all of the search engines)

Yelp.com
Yahoo Local
CitySearch.com
Urbanspoon.com
JudysBook.com
InsiderPages.com
TripAdvisor.com

I’ve tested and confirmed that Tweets are included on all the major search engine’s regular search results. In the past, if Tweets did show up, you had to wait a certain amount of time before they were indexed in order to be able to find them in search results. Now Tweets are showing up almost immediately and this highlights the importance of Twitter as part of your social media marketing strategy. Make sure your tweets are keyword rich to optimize the positioning of your brand. Take action today to begin leveraging Twitter’s authority for your business and online profile.

Obstacles are things that get in your way and block you from moving forward. What are the obstacles preventing you from achieving your goals and becoming the success you were meant to be?

Obstacles can be external circumstances (maybe the time isn’t right for you to go back to school or you don’t have enough money saved to change careers) or internal attitudes and beliefs (“My teachers always said I wouldn’t amount to anything”; “I’m too old to start over”; “We tried that once and it didn’t work”).

LinkedIn offers several options for getting the word out about your upcoming events. This blog post will share simple strategies you can implement today to increase visibility for your events and meetings.

Using the LinkeIn Events Application

This tool allows you to see what events your entire professional network is attending and find events recommended to you based on your industry and job function! Using this application, you can meet up with prospects at the next industry event or re-connect with old friends. I have used the tool to learn about events my connections were attending and also to find places to post details about my events. You can [Read More...]

It’s happening today! Will you join me?

It’s not too late to enroll…Join me today as I present my Summer School Lecture: Personal Branding 101 – Building Your IRRESISTIBLE Brand

Cut to the chase and enroll now: http://tinyurl.com/2ayf8bj

Wouldn’t it be great if all you needed for your business was to be an expert at whatever it is you do?

Imagine if all you had to do was build it and they would come?

As I’m sure you’ve discovered, it’s not like that.

In addition to being an expert at what you do, to be a successful entrepreneur, you also need to know about all sorts of other things like, marketing, networking, selling, branding, and social [Read More...]