Personal Branding for Online Entrepreneurs
Content is king. Or maybe it’s queen. I can’t remember. I just know that’s it’s really, really, really important. And while there might be a whole bunch of search engine or social media related reasons why it’s important enough to warrant three “really’s” there’s an even better reason to put it at the top of…
I believe it was Jim Rohn who said it first. “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” While I’m not suggesting that you kick your current friends and family to the curb, what I am suggesting is that if you want to be seen as an influencer, you…
Educate. That’s the answer. I figured I would just tell you right up front in case you didn’t have time to read the entire post. For the rest of you overachievers out there, keep reading because there’s some good stuff in here. You see, if you are in business, then you are in the business…
Most of us think of search engines as one big giant convoluted mess of secret algorithms created by people with glasses who ride around on Segways all day. How it actually works is a mystery to the vast majority of us. We assume it’s a big ugly technical problem. And a big ugly technical problem…
I was probably about six or seven years old the first time I remember thinking that I was going to do something extraordinary with my life. I was going to change the world. Looking back now that I’m older and “wiser” I can see how I may have mistaken that feeling for the same one…
There are a whole bunch of ways to quickly create your own authority. You could convince your old college roommate to write a testimonial for you. Create a case study on a company you never did any work for. Or purchase likes, tweets and shares from some kid who’s still living in Mom’s basement. You…
It’s said that if you put value out into the world it will come back to you in multiples. They call it the law of giving and receiving. And while I would like to think that I have always made this law a practice in my life, I would be lying if I told you…
I used to be small. I don’t mean in size. Although I suppose I was at one point. I mean in “being.” Allow me to explain. It all started when I was a kid. As the story goes, it was one of those holidays where the entire family was over our house to celebrate. Aunts….
I’m a perfectionist. And I’m not talking about being a little perfectionist-y. I’m talking about being a full blown, 100% pure, grade A, unadulterated perfectionist. Don’t believe me? Just ask anyone that has had the pleasure of knowing me for more than ten frustrating minutes and they’ll tell you all about it. Now, for those…
Suppose someone took everything you have ever said online and published it onto a full page ad in the New York Times. Every page of your website. And every Tweet you ever Tweeted. Every post you ever posted. And every comment you ever commented. Everything. Would you spend the next 24 hours scouring the neighborhood…
