Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #029 Personal Branding Business Etiquette

Each week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week is the fifth of a five-week focus on personal branding. Read more

Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #028: Personal Branding Communication

Each week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week is the fourth of a five-week focus on personal branding. Read more

Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #027: Physical Appearance and Personal Brand

Each week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week is the third of a five-week focus on personal branding. Read more

Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #026: Virtual Online Image

Each week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week is the second of a five-week focus on personal branding. Read more

What does your personal brand say?

Personal branding is so often today measured in page views, Twitter followers and friend counts. Numbers don’t lie, if your fan base is constantly on the rise, you are saying something that people want to hear. The big question, are those the people that will give you a job? Read more

Interview buzzwords – are you using them well?

The language of business is littered with buzzwords. What’s in your wheelhouse? Are you an outside of the box thinker? Tell me about a game changer. At the end of the day, it’s about one thing. Who has the bandwidth to keep up? If you choose to use buzzwords in an interview, you have to be prepared to explain the concept. Read more

How firms can rock revenue

October 7, 2010 — Investors.com recently quoted Ken Revenaugh on the subject of how firms can rock revenue. The article notes that one main reason that firms fail is that “Their sales and marketing units aren’t aligned. They often have different goals.” Read more

Personal branding lessons from the Joker

He’s a joker, a smoker and a mid-night toker. The iconic singer-songwriter Steve Miller has no shortage of tokers in his audience. They were all sitting around me at a recent concert. I met people that have been fans since the late 60’s. That is a loyalty any business would covet, and Miller continues to increase the power of his personal brand. Read more

Personal branding lessons learned from Gulf Spill

After a few Memorial Day get togethers over the weekend, I realized how many oil spill experts I know. The terms of this disaster have become common, everyday topics. From blowout preventers to top kills, everyone knows this deep water nomenclature. Amid this catastrophe, are some lessons in personal branding. Read more