Blogging is nothing new, but it’s arguably gained new relevance in this AI-driven content environment.
Continue reading “Blogging in the Age of AI: Why Your Voice Still Matters Most”
Content strategy for a new business is a plan that defines what you will say, who you will say it to, where you will say it, and how often.
Continue reading “Content Strategy for a New Business: Where to Start”
Your personal brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.
Continue reading “Building Your Personal Brand Through Content: A Practitioner’s Guide”
Why Email Is Back—and What Content Marketers Should Do About It
Specialists go deep. Generalists go wide. Both are valuable.
Continue reading “How to Write About Anything: The Generalist Content Creator’s Advantage”
The right publishing frequency is the one you can sustain indefinitely—not the most ambitious schedule you can manage for a month.
Continue reading “The Long Game: Why Consistent Content Beats Viral Every Time”
Fifteen years ago I interviewed a half-dozen experts about LinkedIn Groups. Here’s how their advice has aged.Continue reading “LinkedIn Groups in 2026: What My 2011 Article Got Right — And What Changed”
A hot topic in recent months, perhaps due to the pandemic and sudden interest in pursuing new job and career opportunities, seems to be “building a personal brand.” We work with a wide range of entrepreneurs, independent consultants and others who are adept at building what they refer to as their “thought leadership.” In truth, though, what they’re really doing, is building their personal brands. We help them do that and we also speak and write regularly about the topic.
Building your personal brand doesn’t start after you’ve already established yourself in your career, or at least it shouldn’t. As we like to say “your reputation precedes you.” And, for good or ill, it precedes you whether you’ve been paying attention or not. Continue reading “Graduates: Some Important Tips for Building Your Personal Brand”
For many people, recognizing that they have a “personal brand” may be a foreign concept. After all, products have brands, right? Yes, that’s true but so do you! And, if you’re a business professional, you should realize that your services, whether as an entrepreneur, or an employee, are not commodities. To set yourself apart from your competition, it’s crucial to develop and promote your own, unique, personal brand. So how do you do it? We’ve covered the topic of personal branding in the past, but it’s one that’s certainly worth revisiting. Continue reading “Building Your Personal Brand”
PricewaterhouseCoopers U.S. chairman Robert Moritz has discussed the issue of engaging younger employees in an article for Harvard Business Review titled “The U.S. Chairman of PwC on Keeping Millennials Engaged.” While the article contains a number of intriguing insights, one point that stood out from a marketing perspective was a comment Moritz made in relation to how an organization and its leaders are perceived to reflect the stated values of that company. Continue reading “The One Thing You Need to Do to Build Your Brand: Walk the Talk!”
