Personal Branding Weekly - Its No Picnic - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Personal Branding Weekly - Its No Picnic - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career For our readers in the U.S. and Canada, Happy Labor/Labour Day! For many small business owners, it’s time to get back to business. The summertime can be overwhelming.   Juggling kid’s, activities and family reunions/vacations and still be accessible to clients, can take its toll on even the most driven entrepreneurs. Let’s get back to business! Write down what your value proposition is and the problem people avoid by working with you. What are you doing to grow your list of people that you’re connected with? What conferences, workshops, or gatherings do you want to attend? Where do you want to be a year from now? What skills do you need and what do you need to learn to get there? Remember, it’s not just “what” you know. It’s also who you know. Who do you need to reach out to before the year ends who would be a great mentor for you? Who can help you get where you need to go? What networking events (online and offline) do you need to attend to be able to meet with or connect with them. To get focused and back in your business mindset â€" focus on your personal brand and why people do business with you. Bump up your commitment and look at the steps that are needed to make the earning of those goals before the end of 2014, inevitable. And, make time to spend time with people who have experience and expertise in what it is you want to learn. Let’s finish 2014 strong! Here’s our posts from this week that will help you do that. Reliability Trumps Skill and Talent for Workplace Success  by Skip Weisman Why You Need to Marry Marketing to Technology  by Amanda Healy Wow Prospects and Influencers: 3 Social Media Daily Tasks  by Crystal Washington 5 Damaging Career Moves to Avoid  by Glassdoor.com How to be a Great Manager  by Ceren Cubukcu Multiple Choice Leads to Improved Solutions  by Elinor Stutz It’s Counterintuitive for Job Seekers  by Alex Freund Fed Chair Yellen’s Job Market Remarks: A Recruiter’s Perspective  by Skip Freeman How to Upgrade Your Resume, Part 3  by Richard Kirby Give Up The Bloody Fight of Doing it Yourself  by Maria Elena Duron What We Can Learn from The LLWS  by Jeff Shuey 5 Top LinkedIn Features for Personal Brands  by Susan Gilbert Networking Success is About Giving, Not Taking  by Leslie Truex Turn a Scanty Resume into a Winning Marketing Brochure  by Beth Kuhel Do You Have a Plan B for Your Career?  by Marc Miller 5 Steps for Becoming an Indispensable Leader  by Ken Sundheim