Nick Nanton

Personal Branding: Make the Right First Impression

Making a strong first impression is a big part of building your personal brand. Whether it's a meeting with a client, a lunch with a potential business partner, or a sales pitch to a new prospect, the first impression you make goes a long way towards defi... Read >

Personal Branding: Seven Social Media Branding Mistakes

The development of social media has been fantastic for the purpose of personal branding. Social media has made it possible for anyone with internet access to build an incredible personal brand. But that doesn't mean it doesn't have drawbacks. The reality ... Read >

Don't Get Lost in the Crowd

The emergence of social media has been fantastic for personal branding. Thanks to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and the like, everybody has the ability to create a platform to project their personal brand to an unlimited audience. This accessibility is a do... Read >

Five Easy Ways To Destroy Your Personal Brand

We talk about brand building often in this space. Today, rather than discussing tactics to build your brand, we're going to go over common mistakes to avoid. These are common habits that will make it hard to build your brand—if they don't destroy it altog... Read >

Build a Better Career With a Strong Personal Brand

I've written about personal branding often. If you're a business owner, celebrity, or executive of a large company, you no doubt understand the importance of your personal brand. On the other hand, if you're an employee and not the face of an organization... Read >

Personal Branding: Using Your Blog

You've heard me talk about the many ways to project your personal brand, but here is another great one for you: your blog. You're probably familiar with the countless great reasons to blog - blogging can drive traffic to your website, can help with SEO... Read >

Personal Branding: Have You Made It to “It Depends” Status?

Copyright (c) 2010 Nick Nanton It is often joked that the most common words heard in a lawyer’s office are “it depends." Being a lawyer, I do find this quite amusing. It’s very true. In law school, we were taught to always think about the different ... Read >

Process Yields Progress - Part 3

Copyright (c) 2010 Nick Nanton PROP-UP YOUR PROCESS WITH PRINCIPLES When I was thinking about whether or not to accept that speaking engagement, I didn’t think about making important new contacts or generating more business. I concentrated on the ex... Read >

Throw The Book At ‘Em!

Copyright (c) 2010 Nick Nanton I entered the huge chain bookstore, hoping my guilty expression wouldn’t give me away. Then I furtively disappeared between two large shelves of books in the back, making sure no store employees were looking at me. The... Read >

Top 10 Ways to Make Money with Direct Mail (Don't Laugh, it STILL Works!)

Copyright (c) 2009 Nick Nanton Some of you will laugh at the very thought of direct mail, but I can assure you, it's a great source of connecting with prospects and existing customers allike. Particularly in our overly-junked-up-email world where peop... Read >

Four Websites to Incorporate into Your Business Today

Copyright (c) 2009 Nick Nanton Here's the key to social media: you can form relationships with huge groups of people all at the same time. No one said you have to talk to each person on a social network individually. This is where the real power of o... Read >

Real Examples of Business Success Using Social Media

Copyright (c) 2009 Nick Nanton Peter Shankman built his business, HelpAReporterOut.com ('HARO' for short) first by creating a fan page on Facebook, this is basically like starting a group. The concept was that Peter knew lots of reporters, and he wante... Read >

Social Media EXPOSED: How YOU Can Use Social Media To Get More New Customers NOW

Copyright (c) 2009 Nick Nanton Unless you have been living under a rock for the past five years, you've no doubt heard the term 'social media.' At its core social media is a platform for creating relationships. And if you haven't heard me say it alre... Read >

Why You Must Think Big...And Small About Your Business For Success

Copyright (c) 2009 Nick Nanton Steve Martin's first huge comedy album was called, 'Let's Get Small.' I think that title is actually great advice for a business, particularly a big company. Because I find that the bigger they are, the worse they are a... Read >

The 8th Deadly Sin: ThoughtSourcing

Copyright (c) 2008 Nick Nanton This year has flown by, but I'm happy to say that I accomplished many of my goals; and I hope you have too. I've met many of the greatest minds in business, and I'm very optimistic about what the future holds for all of ... Read >