Personal Brand Stories

Are you not yet convinced that personal branding equals success? Read these stories from other personal branders just like you, and you’ll see how defining and communicating a personal brand can make all the difference in your career. In many cases, it has not only added greater job satisfaction and career enhancement, but it has added up to dollars and cents!

But please don’t just read these … write to us! We would love to hear your personal brand success stories, too. As you put your personal brand into action, let us know what happens.

Have you received a commendation? Did you get a promotion? Have you landed new clients/customers? Are you earning more money? Have you been given an award or just walked out of the best performance evaluation of your life? Please share your successes with us – we’ll be here on the sidelines, cheering you on!

Ellen’s Personal Brand Nets Her a Promotion and $10,000 Per Year Raise

Ellen had been an Administrative Supervisor at a large law firm for six years, where she was responsible for the Admin Assistants on three floors. During the last two years, she had begun to feel restless and stagnant in her current position. She didn’t feel that her true talents were being utilized by the firm, largely because she had kept too low a profile behind the scenes.

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Brian Uses his “Audience of One” with Great Success to Better Serve an Important Internal Customer

As the Chief Risk Officer at a large investment firm, Brian had a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. His division was charged with making sure investors were always in compliance with the laws of the various countries where they maintain holdings. If his division missed a legal risk, the firm’s clients could literally lose billions of dollars.

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