Personal Branding : Some useful resources

Personal branding is when you take charge of your career.   It gels well with protean careers or boundary less careers. You want to take charge of your career.  Your commitment to career progress takes primacy than your commitment to the Organization.  Personal branding helps in standing out of the crowed. It helps individuals in showing how will he contribute value to the job in hand than his peers.  There are varieties of resources available on Personal branding and it is worth considering as option to advance one’s career. 

Web Resource:

•   TomPeters pioneer Article on Personal Branding 

• StevePavalina 's article on personal branding , he also maintains a interesting blog.
•  Bret Simmons – Archive for Personal Branding :
•  Dan Schawbel : StudentFocused blog, author also maintains a blog for general advice on    Personalbranding. 

• WilliamAruda’s Site

Books: 

•  Quick advice on Personal branding : Free online PDF to download : Visit .
•  Tom Peters : The Brand You   [ Amazon Link ]
• Keith Ferrazzi : Never Eat Alone [ Amazon Link ]
•  Dan Schawbel : Me 2.0 , Build a Powerful brand to achieve a career  Success [ Amazon Link :  ]
•  William Aruda : Career Distinction : Stand out by Building your brand  [ Amazon Link ]

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