Insights
IMPACT: Why You Need Both Personal Branding and Thought Leadership
My good friend and my co-founder at The Business Ignite Project, Nick Barnsdall is the author of Better Business Better Life and the co-founder of the Navig8biz Community. He’s also an excellent example of personal branding thought leadership.
The Benefits of a High Performance Task and Project Management System
I have a client who is an expert whose practice is really gaining traction. She’s busy and growing and those are all great things. But she’s struggling with her productivity. She needs systems.
The benefits of a project management system and a task management system — particularly when they’re high performing — can't be overstated.
8 Personal Branding Trends of 2021
2021 has been the year to shake off the 2020 doldrums and put a laser sharp focus on your personal branding. Here are our top 8 personal branding trends of 2021.
8 Traits for Strong Leadership Presence
Leadership presence. It’s a phrase that’s often bandied about but is rarely understood. But your leadership presence determines the opportunities you get. And the opportunities you get, drive your personal growth and success.
The Power of Something To Look Forward To
As you might know, we have an English Bulldog boy named Winston. Winston recently had his first birthday and so we put together a birthday party for him to celebrate.
Consistent Authenticity: How to Build Brand Authenticity
Your brand authenticity is important, but to create it you really need to be consistently authentic. Here’s how to build brand authenticity with consistent authenticity that builds connection.
The Best CRM for Solopreneurs
One of the questions that I get asked the most in my communities is what's the best CRM for solopreneurs. This is an excellent question because your customer relationship management system is the heart of your practice.
The problem with this question is that it looks at the CRM in isolation. But your CRM is only a part of what you actually need as a thought leader or expert.
How to Grow Your Practice or Business Without Social Media
Social media is a great tool for growth. But what if you can’t, or don’t want to, use it? Here’s how to grow your practice or business without social media.
How to Commercialise the Clubhouse App
If you’re a business owner or an expert, you’ve probably heard about the Clubhouse app. The Clubhouse app is an invite-only, audio-based iPhone app, that’s essentially a social network where instead of posting, or tweeting, you’re chatting. But can you make this work for your business? Here’s how to commercialise the Clubhouse app.
The Top 7 Inhibitors of Intentional Influence (and Intentional Leadership)
I’ve written previously about how to lead with intentional influence in 2021. But what is intention, intentional influence or intentional leadership? In practice, for leaders, this means seeing the big picture. It means understanding the connections between disparate parts of your team or your community or even the issues that relate to those disparate parts.
Activate Your Word Wheel and Gain Intentional Influence
Each year many of us pick an annual word for the year as opposed to choosing a New Year’s resolution, which makes sense as the research shows that around 80% of new years resolutions fail to be achieved. A word wheel might be a better choice. Here are the five steps you should take.
Leading with Intentional Influence in 2021
Every year about this time some choose a word for the year. Not New Year’s resolutions, but instead, choosing a single word that becomes the focus for the new year. This word becomes the lens through which we see everything through. This year, I want to talk about intentional influence.
Give The Gift of Personal Branding Learning This Christmas
Is it time to learn personal branding? These books, courses and other items can help you do just that!
Why You Should Be Creating Content For LinkedIn
In Content Club, someone recently asked me if she should be creating content for LinkedIn. She believed, as many do, that her content would serve her better on her own blog, or other social media platforms. But LinkedIn is an excellent way to stay connected to your community. Here’s what you need to know about creating and publishing content for LinkedIn!
Viral Content: You never know where a piece of content will go
On the 26th of January 2019, my now-fiancé Mark decided he would propose. In an interesting turn of events, our proposal became viral content! Here’s the good and the bad of content that travels.
How to Organize Content
When I ask people at conferences how many times they repurpose one piece of content they generally answer ‘two to three times’. But content can be repurposed almost 100 times (including via social media).