LinkedIn is thought to be one of the world’s most powerful B2B platforms, and one of the best places to find business leads and cultivate business relationships. There are a number of activities, however, that can be done on LinkedIn…
"So tell me, hospitality professional, why would a consumer choose your product or service over your competition?" It's not a question that can be easily answered for some. In a sea of sameness, articulating our unique selling proposition and what…
If you think "social media" is the only platform on which we can amplify our personal brands, think again. There are a number of ways that you can amplify your personal brand, outside of your social media profiles, your blog…
So you’ve been working from home during the past couple of years, or maybe you’ve decided to work from home more often moving forward. Working from home can offer you an immense amount of flexibility and freedom in how you…
I'm a slave to my goals. It's not a healthy relationship and I'm working hard to become more "flexible" when it comes to my personal branding goals. But I'm wired in a way that if I don't set goals, in…
Nothing breaks my heart more than hearing about my students and peers' personal branding goals, dreams and ambitions, just to find out later that they've had some setbacks and they didn't meet the goals they set around developing their personal…
One of the biggest defining moments in my personal brand was when I decided to embrace my natural tendency to be an introvert, in an industry that is employed predominantly by extroverts (or so I thought). Being in the hospitality…
If you're in sales or hospitality, you've seen the importance of building a personal brand, and how it can speed up the path-to-purchase for your clients and customers. You've likely seen industry colleagues and professionals take charge of their own…
The concept of building a personal brand used to be reserved for celebrities and entrepreneurs, but there's great power and potential for those working within an organization, an "intrepreneur" to develop their personal brand as well. Not only does it…
One of the biggest questions around branding has to be the inquiry around whether to build a personal brand, or to build a business brand. When working in hospitality, this question can often manifest into whether you should build a…