3 Reasons Why You Should Have A Digital Portfolio
While a portfolio is useful, it is pretty restrictive as it is primarily a physical document and you have to carry it with you everywhere. To overcome this, I strongly recommend you to have a digital portfolio instead. As its name suggests, a digital portfolio is an online repository which allows you to share your accomplishments with anyone who has access to the internet. Besides your accomplishments, you are also able to showcase your skills, interests and passion. Honestly, no one knows how much you have achieved unless you share your success with them. Therefore, you should start early to …
How To Build Your Personal Brand On Google
Fact: The King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley recorded more than 600 songs throughout his career. But do you know how many songs did he actually write? Not a single one! Not “Jailhouse Rock”. Not even “Hound Dog”! The King was just a great performer. All he did was to find great songwriters for his biggest hits. My point is this – You don’t have to do everything yourself. Elvis didn’t need to write his own songs to become one of the biggest rockstars of all time. He just leveraged on the right platform. Similarly in our case. Let …
3 Tips To Boost Your Personal Branding On Zoom
With virtual being the primary and preferred mode of communication for companies, organisations, schools and individuals, the big question many of you have is: how do you build your personal brand on Zoom? Let me share some useful and practical insights on what I have done to boost my personal branding online. #1: Use A Customised Virtual Background If you don’t already know, the Zoom video chat app allows users to create a virtual background. Now what’s a virtual background? To put it simply, a virtual background is any desired image of your choice. Examples include your recent beach holiday, …
How To Build Your Personal Branding In Singapore
Shakespeare once said: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet” I first read this hauntingly beautiful line in my literature class during my secondary school days and it has stuck in my head since then. But now I beg to differ. If a rose is not called a rose, it would have the same “market” value as it carries. It would also not be the symbol of love. Here’s a classic example I like to use. Tell me what you think of each of them. – – – – …
Why Personal Branding Helps In Career Success
I used to think my life was a tragedy, but now I realise it’s a Shakespearean comedy. Hi, my name is Lionel Lim… …let me share a short story about myself… My father had passed away from cancer. I became head of the family unwillingly. All the bills, payments, expenses, expectations came to me. I fell into depression as I hated my life and could not cope with this new role which I did not ask for. Plus I hated my job… …and I was told during one of my annual health checkups by the doctor I had high blood …
How To Master Personal Branding
“Lionel, what is the number 1 skill that has enabled you to make it?” I didn’t have to think long and hard. It’s personal branding. How I went from nobody to somebody… How I went from charcoal to diamond… I owe it all to personal branding. I always say this – I may not be the biggest, fittest or smartest. But I am the one who is able to outclass, outshine and outlast all the others. The barriers to entry to become an entrepreneur are low. You just need about $250 to register a domain name, build your website and …
3 Branding Lessons We Can Learn From Disney
I was soaking in the Mid-Autumn Festival mood along the 40m long illuminated Disney Tsum Tsum tunnel. While marveling at the pretty lights and cutesy lanterns, it was obvious that this exhibition was (yet) another huge hit. Disney is a masterclass when it comes to the art of branding. Here are 3 branding lessons we can learn from Disney. #1: A Brand Must Constantly Innovate I remember watching the animated musical The Little Mermaid back in 1989. It was a box-office hit. Then came Beauty and the Beast in 1991, Aladdin in 1992, Toy Story in 1995, Monsters Inc in …
3 Tips To Brand Yourself Using Your Digital Portfolio
Thousands of students graduate each year from the universities, polytechnics and secondary schools. Pause and ask yourself this question – what is your X factor that makes you unique from the rest of the graduates? Are you just another certificate holder or do you have something interesting to share that the rest do not? To put it bluntly – the degree, diploma, ITE or secondary school certificate you have in your hands is just a piece of paper. And everyone else around you has the same piece of paper. Ultimately, like it or not, it all boils down to personal …