A to Z of personal branding


Book Description

A Book on personal branding Can Define Every Facet; Giving Hints; Inspiring Joyful knowledge; Lifting Minds; Nurturing Outstanding Personalities; Quickly Revealing Strengths; Triumphantly Unveiling Visions; While Xploring Your Zeal.




LinkedIn for Personal Branding


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Your online presence matters more than ever in today's global workplace. Professionals are logging-in to LinkedIn in record numbers, so your profile needs to represent you in the best possible light before and after a meeting or interview. LinkedIn For Personal Branding: The Ultimate Guide is the leading strategic guidebook that most uniquely connects personal branding to the LinkedIn platform. Long's book provides a comprehensive view of personal branding using LinkedIn's profile, content sharing, and thought leadership capabilities. Additionally, Long has assembled a useful set of "How To" advice links that are available on a companion website. The website provides many resource pages and links related to each chapter. LinkedIn for Personal Branding: The Ultimate Guide is the ONLY LinkedIn book available that will do all of this for the reader: - Provide an integrated personal branding and LinkedIn strategy needed for today's professionals - in a Full Color book. - Provide additional "how to" elements in a companion website so you can click over to see detailed instructions and keep updated. - Provide dozens of examples and case studies from real LinkedIn users. - Provide several "personas" and other prompts to help you write the best possible summary. LinkedIn For Personal Branding will help you to: - Select and prioritize the best personal brand attributes for you, your career and business. - Be considered for more strategic assignments and business opportunities. - Create an authentic, personal, and impressive profile that demonstrates expertise without appearing to brag. - Consider all the ways you can demonstrate your personal brand -both offline and online- and how they work together. - Be found online > increase the likelihood of being contacted by recruiters and sales prospects. - Select the most memorable words, images, skills, and links. - Learn best practices for each profile section ( and also see real examples). - Write the most strategic and impactful headline and summary. - Give and receive more endorsements and recommendations. - Become a thought leader. - Find and Share content with your network . - Blog using the LinkedIn Publisher functionality. - Leverage LinkedIn Groups and Company pages. - Measure your progress. - And much more. This book is perfect for anyone interested in developing their personal brand using LinkedIn to propel their career or business opportunities.




Brand New Start


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Studying in college or business school and wondering what it takes to land your dream job? Early in your career and wondering how to set yourself up for success? Feeling off-track after just a couple of years of working and wondering how to find an opportunity that fits you better? If you find yourself nodding to any of these questions, then this is the book for you. Brand New Start teaches you that a lot of success at the start of your career hinges on how well you understand, articulate and present the most important brand you can work on. You. Combining the wisdom and experience of a CEO gained over two and a half decades in the corporate world with the accessible and engaging storytelling of a bestselling novelist, Brand New Start is a unique book. It will make you reflect, smile, rethink some things you've taken for granted, and ultimately equip you with practical advice on how to build a more authentic, more compelling and more differentiated personal brand as a cornerstone of your career success.




Stand Out


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The design marketplace has never been more competitive, or demanded more from emerging talent. To succeed, you must navigate the transition from learner to professional with purpose and precision. In Stand Out: Building Your Design Portfolio, Denise Anderson offers a hands-on, three-step, full-color action plan for establishing your unique brand, crafting a killer portfolio, tailoring and delivering your message, getting your perfect design job, and excelling once you're hired. In this superbly organized and beautifully designed book, Anderson distills 20+ years of experience as a graphic designer, entrepreneur, instructor, and mentor, offering you powerful insights and easy-to-use tools for successfully launching your career. Whether you're in graphic design, advertising design, interactive or web design, fashion, or any other design field, Anderson will help you identify what makes you unique, and use it powerfully differentiate yourself from everyone else. Stand Out's step-by-step approach, hands-on work exercises, and short, easy-to-absorb chapters guide you through: Clarifying your brand purpose and unique attributes Designing your brand identity, encompassing all brand touchpoints Creating an online presence that showcases you at your best Self-promoting your brand, from social media to print "leave-behinds" Optimizing your portfolio for the industry and company where you want to work Discovering what's hot in portfolio design and strategy - and what's not Understanding what employers want from you Producing your digital and/or print portfolio Choosing your mentor(s) and creating your personal advisory board Developing a personal job plan you can start executing right now Protecting your work against theft Identifying your dream job Writing and designing outstanding resumes and job-specific cover letters Interviewing and presenting your work effectively Accepting a position and negotiating salary Succeeding in your first job, and preparing for the next Stand Out brings together all the easy-to-use forms, checklists, and tools you'll need... multiple examples of great student and young professional portfolio work to show you how it's done... dozens of great tips and tricks... "in the trenches" insights from recent graduates... all you need to get where you want to go!




Rebrand


Book Description

This book contains the following themes/titles: - Branding - Personal Branding - Rebranding - Reputation Management - Digital Marketing - Social Media Strategies - Artiste Brand Promotion - Author Branding - Book Publishing - Public Speaking - Podcasting. It is your Total branding guide.




BrandingPays


Book Description

Globalization and social media have made the world smaller, more connected and infinitely more competitive. The world has changed. Have you? If you don't have the package that will take you to the next level of your career, you need to reinvent your personal brand. BrandingPays(TM), a practical guide to strategic personal branding, will help you refocus your skills and experience so you are the best candidate for the job, career and business opportunities that you desire. Perfect for professionals, entrepreneurs and college students, the step-by-step BrandingPays methodology has been proven in Fortune 500 companies and leading business schools. Former Regis McKenna Inc. Partner Karen Kang builds upon concepts and techniques from the legendary marketing firm that created and launched the Apple brand.




Designing Brand Identity


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A revised new edition of the bestselling toolkit for creating, building, and maintaining a strong brand From research and analysis through brand strategy, design development through application design, and identity standards through launch and governance, Designing Brand Identity, Fourth Edition offers brand managers, marketers, and designers a proven, universal five-phase process for creating and implementing effective brand identity. Enriched by new case studies showcasing successful world-class brands, this Fourth Edition brings readers up to date with a detailed look at the latest trends in branding, including social networks, mobile devices, global markets, apps, video, and virtual brands. Features more than 30 all-new case studies showing best practices and world-class Updated to include more than 35 percent new material Offers a proven, universal five-phase process and methodology for creating and implementing effective brand identity




Personal Branding For Dummies


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The fun way to create and maintain personal branding Distinguishing yourself from the competition is important in any facet of business. Creating a clear and concise image, reputation, and status in the professional world provides an edge, whether searching for a first job, exploring a change in career, or looking to be more viable and successful in your current career. Personal Branding For Dummies is a guide through the steps of creating and maintaining a personal trademark by equating self-impression with other people's perception. Personal Branding For Dummies covers everything you need to create your personal branding, including: using different organizations and associations to increase visibility and exposure to both clients and competitors; making the most of networking; tapping into Social Media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to showcase a personal brand; building a persona through websites and blogging; evaluating personal style and appearance; using conversation, negotiation, and sales techniques best suited to a personal brand; monitoring your brand reputation and successfully implementing feedback as it grows and develops, and more. Tips on utilizing Social Media to showcase your personal brand How personal branding can help advance your career Guidance on creating a clear and concise image With the hands-on, friendly help of Personal Branding For Dummies, you'll establish a professional presence and personal "brand" identity to keep yourself distinguished in the business world.>




From Z to A-Lister


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Jen Su was told that she would 'never make it as a Chinese-American in the South African broadcasting industry'. Today, this TV and radio presenter is one of the most celebrated personalities on the social landscape with an incredibly strong personal brand built on reputation, trust, strength of character, and social networking. From Z to A-Lister - How To Build Your Personal Brand is an essential guide to developing and cultivating your unique persona by playing on your strengths and singular qualities. Jen Su takes you through the South African social scene, and shares the secrets that saw her go from Z to A in six different countries around the world. Her tips on Asian graces, social networking and finding the style that is best for you, mixed in with anecdotes of the twists and turns in her personal life, will be an inspiration to anyone who is aspiring to build and cultivate their personal brand and reputation.




The Brand Mapping Strategy


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If You Don’t Define Your Brand, Someone Else Will Define It for You Your small business is a brand. You as a business person are a brand! Imagine using a time-tested,strategic method to build your brandwith best practices for online marketing and more! Brand and marketing strategist Karen Tiber Leland helps entrepreneurs, business owners, CEOs, and executives create a brand by design instead of default, gain greater influence in their industries and companies, and become thought leaders in their fields. The Brand Mapping Strategy uses proven strategies, best practices and anecdotes from real life brand-building successes to give readers the tools they need to design, build, and accelerate a successful brand. Readers will be able to: Develop an overall blueprint for their brand using the Brand Mapping Process® Determine which online tactics (and in what combination) will work for their brand Expand the current brand outreach and contribution to a bigger audience in their industry, community, or the world at large Become a thought or industry leader, using clear positioning, a specific strategy for brand building, and a method for implementation Leverage content effectively and efficiently to build their brand Develop a marketing and social media strategy using the right platform