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People buy People…NOT business plans!

Image via Wikipedia We really enjoy reading posts and musings from people out there ‘doing it!’ - Sahill Merchant is one of those guys doing it! (take a look at his shiny new thing Mag Nation) Sahil can also be found on Twitter, and is a contributor to Anthill Magazine with his musings on the Entrepreneurial Truth [...]

What is Personal Branding anyway?

It would appear that from a recent survey, that a large percentage of people still do not know what Personal Branding is. Allison Tibbs mused over this in her recent post over at The Examiner and provided what I believe is a very good definition of Personal Branding; Achieving personal and professional goals by differentiating yourself by [...]

Why should I use Twitter?

Here are a few great slide presentations on twitter. These slideshows should give you a great idea of what twitter is actually about, and how you can use it to promote your personal brand! The Tao of Twitter: An intro guide View more documents from David Griner. Twitter For Business: A Step By Step View more presentations from 360digitalinfluence.

7 Must Do’s for Your Personal Brand Online

Image via CrunchBase There is a lot of talk about personal branding…and there is a lot of activity happening for us at Buzzle too! As Dan Schawbel said, “it is Personal Branding Season” This being the case, I still see ssssoooo many people who are not ‘getting onboard’ and realising that the Personal Branding goldrush is happening NOW [...]

Worlds Highest Paid Sporting Personal Brands…

Forbes recently published the World’s Highest Paid Athletes for 2008. And there were a few surprises for me in there…and some poignant lessons for personal brands! We would all be familiar with the Top 5; Tiger Woods (Golf) - $110 million Kobe Bryant (Basketball) - $45 million Michael Jordan (Basketball) - $45 million Kimi Raikonnen (F1) - $45 million David Beckham (Football) [...]

What is your story?

Everyone who knows us knows we love Gary Vay-ner-chuk! His raw, confronting, tell it how it is style is what we like… His recent vlog on ‘the death of the press release’ is right on the money for us! Whilst Gary might be talking about Corporations and press releases and corporate brands - the same rules [...]

JobCAMP WIN a Personal Brand Campaign

Image by Gojca via Flickr What a great initiative! Adam Shay and the team at The Face came up with the idea to award a lucky winner at JobCAMP a Personal Brand Campaign. Effectively, the winner was to be interviewed by The Face creative team, and an advertisement was to be created and run in the Sydney Morning [...]

Is Twitter just a Fad?

We hear this a lot lately…that social media and Twitter are just a fad! It was MySpace, LinkedIn, and then Facebook, and now Twitter is just the new thing on the block. What do you think? We have been using twitter for some time now, and have amassed quite a following. We have used it to source new business, [...]

Facebook is for Children!

Sam Mutimer is crazy, and we love her! She is doing some great stuff in Melbourne with business owners and Social Media. Most recently, she founded Tweet up Mellers - a twitter networking group in Melbourne. One of the things Sam does real well is ask business owners for their views on Social Media, and how they [...]

Is your Personal Brand like Apple?

Well, they have done it again. The Sydney Morning Herald reported today that Apple has defied the GFC, and posted a 15% increase in profit this quarter! Apple is one of the few brands that typically reports an increase in profits during a recession or general downturn, and before I understood personal branding, this used to baffle [...]