This book is highly productive if you are a CEO who wants to take your company to the next level, an employee who wants to develop your career, an entrepreneur who wants to start a business from scratch and a professional doctor, engineer, officer or freelancer who wants to establish their name as a brand or a youngster who wants to achieve your full potential and take the lead in your first career move. A Personal brand when used as a marketing tool can make your professional profile more attractive, visible, credible, lucrative, and long lasting. This book serves as a dynamic tool to develop your professional profile in a diverse world. Get started with this stellar book to grasp the fundamentals of Personal branding.

Your online presence matters more than ever in today's global workplace. Professionals are logging-in to LinkedIn in record numbers, so your profile needs to represent you in the best possible light before and after a meeting or interview. LinkedIn For Personal Branding: The Ultimate Guide is the leading strategic guidebook that most uniquely connects personal branding to the LinkedIn platform. Long's book provides a comprehensive view of personal branding using LinkedIn's profile, content sharing, and thought leadership capabilities. Additionally, Long has assembled a useful set of "How To" advice links that are available on a companion website. The website provides many resource pages and links related to each chapter. LinkedIn for Personal Branding: The Ultimate Guide is the ONLY LinkedIn book available that will do all of this for the reader: - Provide an integrated personal branding and LinkedIn strategy needed for today's professionals - in a Full Color book. - Provide additional "how to" elements in a companion website so you can click over to see detailed instructions and keep updated. - Provide dozens of examples and case studies from real LinkedIn users. - Provide several "personas" and other prompts to help you write the best possible summary. LinkedIn For Personal Branding will help you to: - Select and prioritize the best personal brand attributes for you, your career and business. - Be considered for more strategic assignments and business opportunities. - Create an authentic, personal, and impressive profile that demonstrates expertise without appearing to brag. - Consider all the ways you can demonstrate your personal brand -both offline and online- and how they work together. - Be found online > increase the likelihood of being contacted by recruiters and sales prospects. - Select the most memorable words, images, skills, and links. - Learn best practices for each profile section ( and also see real examples). - Write the most strategic and impactful headline and summary. - Give and receive more endorsements and recommendations. - Become a thought leader. - Find and Share content with your network . - Blog using the LinkedIn Publisher functionality. - Leverage LinkedIn Groups and Company pages. - Measure your progress. - And much more. This book is perfect for anyone interested in developing their personal brand using LinkedIn to propel their career or business opportunities.

Praise for Career Distinction "Hands down, this book is the bible on branding for your career!" -- Susan Britton Whitcomb, author of Job Search Magic "As a professional resume writer and career coach, I have extolled the concept of personal branding for my clients for years. Now, for the first time ever, I have an outstanding resource to recommend--Career Distinction by William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson. This book details the concept of personal branding in a magnificent and easy-to-digest presentation that is a must-buy for every serious job seeker." -- Wendy S. Enelow, CCM, MRW, JCTC, CPRW Executive Director of the Career Masters Institute "Arruda and Dixson are widely respected in the global career coaching community as gurus who not only teach but live the personal branding model, and their expertise and passion show through on every page of this practical, indispensable book. I highly recommend it to all who want to distinguish themselves from the competition." -- L. Michelle Tullier, PhD, Vice President of Right Management and author of The Unofficial Guide to Landing a Job

What does it take to become a well-known expert in your field - someone other practitioners and the media seek out for leadership and insight? We call these stars Visible Experts . And becoming one is easier than it looks. In this research-based book, you will learn how you or your colleagues can become Visible Experts and leverage this status to drive significant new growth and profits for your firm. You will discover which tools and techniques you need to build your reputation and ascend to prominence. And you will hear from real experts from across the professional services who have climbed from obscurity to the peak of their profession. The Visible Expert is the essential manual for any individual or firm that is ready to take their expertise to the highest level. Based on interviews with over 1,000 experts and buyers of their services, this book will take you higher, faster."

These days it's increasingly rare to have a stable career in any field. More and more of us are blending big company jobs, startup gigs, freelance work, and volunteer side projects. We take chances to expand our knowledge, capabilities, and experience. But how do we make sense of that kind of career - and explain it? Pamela Slim, the acclaimed author of Escape from Cubicle Nation, gives us the tools to have meaningful careers in this new world of work. She shows how to find the connections among diverse accomplishments, sell your story, and continually reinvent and relaunch your brand.

“Fascination . . . the most powerful of product attachments . . . this pioneering book helps us approach . . . the concept in a thoughtful . . . practical manner.” —Tom Peters, national bestselling author of In Search of Excellence In an oversaturated culture defined by limited time and focus, how do we draw attention to our messages, our ideas, and our products when we only have seconds to compete? Award-winning consultant and speaker Sally Hogshead turned to a wide realm of disciplines, including neurobiology, psychology, and evolutionary anthropology. She began to see specific and interesting patterns that all centered on one element: fascination. Fascination is the most powerful way to capture an audience and influence behavior. This essential book, newly revised and updated, examines the principles behind fascination and explores how those insights can be put to use to sway: • Which brand of frozen peas you pick in the case • Which city, neighborhood, and house you choose • Which profession and company you join • Where you go on vacation • Which book you buy off the shelf Structured around the seven languages of fascination Hogshead has studied and developed—power, passion, innovation, alarm, mystique, prestige, and alert—Fascinate explores how anyone can use these triggers to make products, messages, and services more fascinating—and more successful. “A transformative work, a beautifully written book that will forever change the way you see the world.” —Seth Godin, author of Linchpin “A riveting journey through the forces of fascination—how it irresistibly shapes our ideas, opinions, and relationships—and how to wield it to your advantage.” —Alan Webber, co-found, Fast Company and author of Rules of Thumb “This slight but practical work packs a big punch.” —Publishers Weekly

Learn how to optimize your LinkedIn profile so you can impress your network and get found on LinkedIn. This easy to read and fun book walks you through building an impressive LinkedIn profile. Chock full of examples, LinkedIn Makeover: Professional Secrets to a POWERFUL LinkedIn Profile is your one stop resource to learn how to optimize your LinkedIn profile so you can look good and get FOUND on LinkedIn.

In the instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post bestseller, Jeetendr Sehdev inspires people everywhere to learn from the way celebrities engage their fan bases. In the space of five years, Jeetendr Sehdev has shaken up the world of entertainment by revealing how social media stars generate more obsession than the Hollywood A-list. What can he teach us about making our own ideas, products, and services break through? Sehdev shows why successful images today–the most famous being Kim Kardashian–are not photoshopped to perfection, but flawed, vulnerable, and in your face. This total transparency generates a level of authenticity that traditional marketing tactics just can’t touch. From YouTube sensations like Jenna Marbles to billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, The Kim Kardashian Principle reveals the people, products, and brands that do it best. After all, in a world where a big booty can break the Internet and the president is a reality TV star, self-obsession is a must-have. No posturing, no apologies, and no shying away from the spotlight. The Kim Kardashian Principle is a fresh, provocative, and eye-opening guide to understanding why only the boldest and baddest ideas will survive–and how to make sure yours is one of them.

"Taken from over 30 years of building global brands, regional brands, local brands and startups, this is a no-holds-barred, no-punches-pulled compilation that will liberate your mind, empower your strategies and elevate your brand with master brander David Brier."--back cover

Use Social Media to Build a Great Personal Brand–and a Great Career! Need to demonstrate more value to customers or employers? Want a new job or career? Use social media to build the powerful personal brand that gets you what you want! In Branding Yourself, two leading social media consultants show how to use today’s social media platforms to attract new business and job opportunities you’ll never find any other way. Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy show you how to supercharge all your business and personal relationships...demonstrate that you are the best solution to employers’ or partners’ toughest problems...become a recognized thought leader...and translate your online network into great jobs, great projects, and a great career! Discover how to: • Build an authentic storyline and online identity that gets you the right opportunities • Choose the best social media tools for your personal goals • Blog your story boldly and effectively • Promote your events, accomplishments, victories...and even defeats and lessons learned • Integrate online and offline networking to get more from both • Reach people with hiring authority and budgets on LinkedIn • Use Twitter to share the ideas and passions that make you uniquely valuable • Launch an online branding program that really gets noticed • Avoid “killer” social networking mistakes • Leverage your online “expert” status to become a published author or public speaker • Measure the success of your social media branding • Get new projects or jobs through your online friends and followers