If your Saturday nights are anything as wild as mine, then you may well find yourself ‘enjoying’ weekly instalments of The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing between now and Christmas. And one thing I’ve already noticed about this years X Factor as opposed to be the past 100 years of X Factor is that…
Last year, when I was researching my book The Million Dollar Blog, I interviewed this fantastic, hugely succesful American guy called Evan Carmichael about personal branding. At 19, he built then sold a biotech software company. At 22, he was a VC helping raise $500k to $15mil. Evan was named one of the Top 100…
I’ve loved working with author (of 26 books!), menopause guru and coach Maryon Stewart. Maryon, a super well known health expert in the UK, wanted a new website to relaunch her personal brand following a few years off. Using her years of knowledge and expertise, Maryon coaches women in understanding the information, tools and techniques needed…
I recently sat down with the lovely Anthony Gell, the founder of the online platform Leaders In (a platform that showcases the opinions and views of some of the ‘world’s greatest leaders’ – I mean seriously! What an honour to be featured there!!!!). Anyway, we discussed all sorts of things such as accidental entrepreneurship, online success and visibility,…
Creating topical content for your website and social media feeds is really important, because it helps you position yourself as being on the ball and on top of what is going on, and also, because it helps you attract journalists who are always looking for experts to comment on topical matters. PLUS, if you want…
Over the following weeks, I’m going to be showcasing the blog stars and experts featured in my book, The Million Dollar Blog. First up, it’s Elsie & Emma Chapman from A Beautiful Mess. Meet Emma & Elsie Gorgeous sisters Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman from Missouri are the owners of A Beautiful Mess, a DIY…
Today, I’d like to tell you a story about working with the former Minister of State for Employment, Esther McVey, whose brand new website and personal branding has just been set live. I first met Esther many years ago when I was working at the Daily Mail newspaper, and was commissioned the most nightmare article…
When people Google your name, what comes up? Because in this day and age, we are who Google says we are. The very first thing people are going to do when they hear about you, and your services, or after having met you and been impressed by you or wondered more about you is look…
When you’re raising your profile or using the internet to build your business online and give you increased flexibility in your life, it’s only natural to want quick results. And as humans, I think we have a natural tendency to want immediate results!! And so if you write a blog post or get a piece…
Nick Gold is the MD of Speakers Corner and current Chairman of the European Association of Speaker Bureaus (EASB). His clients include corporations willing to spend significant fees on the right speaker and Nick knows what makes a great personal brand. His top tips are
Building a personal brand takes time, and needs to be done step by step, piece by piece, both online and offline, and day by day within the industry and niche in which you operate, but the results will be well worth the effort. The benefits will include having more influence, other people wanting to work with you, becoming…
I was with my client Sara Simmonds, a highly respected fashion consultant who is developing a new platform – and I mean digital platform, not the shoe – for the luxury fashion industry, today (that’s us in the photo up there!). And we were talking about how Sara wants to become, and really needs to…
Working mainly with high profile and generally all round talented people, I’m often asked about the sort of website you need for a strong personal brand, or for raising your profile. It’s easy to look across the internet and think ‘look at all these different people with different types of websites‘ and end up feeling…
I’ve been working with television and radio presenter Andrea Catherwood for the past few months, first designing and building her new official website at www.andreacatherwood.com, and now helping her raise her profile through thought leadership. Thought leaders are considered informed opinion leaders, they are trusted and inspirational and not afraid to step forward and have…
I’ve loved working with Lizzie King on her new website www.lizzieloveshealthy.com Lizzie has built up a huge following of over 10,000 people in Instagram through posting her quick and easy gluten, sugar and dairy free family meals on the social network. Yet she had no way to convert the interest in her and her recipes into…
I’ve just finished working on this website for the sports presenter Richard Kaufman www.richardkaufman.co.uk. Like everyone I work with, he’s keen to get more opportunities and stand out from the crowd. In his case, these opportunities would both be in presenting jobs, and also in sports event hosting, which is a huge and lucrative market to…