Archive for the ‘personal branding’ Category

Am I your friend or your brand?

I had a chance to support a friend but chose to be true to myself and my audience. Am I a friend or am I a brand? What would you choose?

If you’re not the alpha dog, SEO may be holding you back

Competing for SEO dominance may be like junkyard dogs fighting over the same bone. Maybe there is another way to maneuver if you’re not the alpha dog.

How to choose a personal branding theme when you have diverse interests

Choosing a personal branding theme is essential on your journey to become known. That can be tricky if you have diverse interests and passions. These guidelines will help you.

The Content Consistency Imperative

It’s tempting to take a break from the frenzy of content creation, but as the author learned, content consistency is key. In fact, it’s more important that genius or having that big idea.

Three words that guide all content marketing strategy today

In a world of ever-growing complexity, focusing on these three words may provide effective direction to any marketing strategy.

The stark reality behind the influencer lists

The social media world obsesses over influencer lists that try to bestow power on a chosen few. Here’s why most of them very flawed and unfair.

No social media, no email, no website. And she’s a business success.

Does every business need content, a website and Facebook presence? Sometimes there are bigger goals in life that be realized, even with no social media.

The Power of Fried Chicken: Using Visual Brand Anchors

If you want to stand out in a noisy world, you might consider if there is an appropriate visual brand anchor to connect you to your audience.

10 Ideas driving the future of social media marketing

Mark Schaefer provides an outlook of ten big ideas that will be driving the future of social media marketing in the next few years. He stresses the need to embrace the chaos!