Personal Branding Archives - joanne tombrakos

The Payoff In Choosing To Be Curious

My friend Kelly Hoey is working on a new book. Like her first one, Build Your Own Dream Network, this is also going to be about networking. So she posted this question on her LinkedIn profile. She offered four options to choose from. anxious confident inauthentic curious I generally feel confident walking into a new […]

A Digital-First Approach To Personal Branding Is No Longer Optional

here’s how to make it work for you I’ve advocated a digital-first approach to personal branding for a long time. Getting your brand right online first forces you to articulate who you are, what you do, why you do it, and where you want to go. You can’t wing it online, in the same manner, […]

Getting Your Personal Brand Story Straight – COVID-19 Edition

The other day I was on a call with Jenny Blake, founder of the Pivot Method. The subject was me. Like so many of us living out this Great Pause, I have found myself reflecting on what I’m doing and what I want to do on the other side of this. Jenny suggested that perhaps […]

7 Reasons You Should Be Taking Notes

There was a time my mind was a steel trap. I didn’t need to take notes. Taking notes was for old people. I remembered everything and forgot nothing. But I took notes anyway. I’ve always liked taking notes. If I was sitting in a lecture or at a conference, opening to a fresh page on […]

And Yet…This Is What Still Scares Me

I am the person who views walking into a room full of people she doesn’t know as a great adventure. I talk to strangers on a daily basis, whether it’s a conversation with a five-year old in the elevator about whether it’s going to snow or with the person bagging my groceries at Whole Foods […]

Why Getting Your Personal Brand Story Straight Is More Important Than Ever

When people come to me for help with social media I tell them we can’t talk about that without having a discussion on content and we can’t have a discussion on either until we make sure they’ve got their story straight. The first look I get is one of surprise, but once they understand more […]