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Me 2.0, Revised and Updated Edition: 4 Steps to Building Your Future

Me 2.0 shows job seekers and established professionals alike how to leverage the power of online media for personal empowerment and career success.

“The business world is changing and what Dan Schawbel has captured in this book is the pulse of the changing branding market.”

- Gary Vaynerchuk, best-selling author of Crush It

There is no job security anymore, which means that the way we manage our careers has forever changed. Now, everyone in the world is your competition and the single greatest differentiator you have is your personal brand. With social media tools, blogs, and mobile applications, there are endless opportunities to become known and connect with other people.

In Me 2.0, personal branding expert Dan Schawbel gives you all the tools you need for building a powerful personal brand that WILL give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace, including:

· A 4-step process for discovering, creating, communicating and maintaining your personal brand.

· How to use all the latest social media tools, including video, blogs, and social networks for job search and career development.

· The secrets to networking effectively – both online and offline.

· Proven branding advice from industry experts and insiders.

Whether you’re looking for your first big job, want to climb the corporate ladder, or are eager to jumpstart your own business venture, Me 2.0 will help you achieve lasting success!

What’s new in the revised edition of Me 2.0 

NEW case studies, from people of all generations, on how they’ve used social media to become well-known brands.NEW chapter on how to use the top social networks, including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, for job searching, with real success stories.NEW insight on how to turn your passion into a business through the personal branding process.NEW tools you can use to network professionally and grow your presence, including Google Buzz, mobile branding, and location-based social networking.NEW research, examples, and more resources that will support your online brand campaign.

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“Headhunter” Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever!

This is the ONLY book that a job seeker needs today. I’d put off reading this book because I was scared that it was the same crap I saw everywhere else…all the stuff I see from career coaches who don’t have a clue. It’s NOT. This is written by someone who is in the trenches and “in the know.” This book will cut months off of your job-seeking time.—Jill Konrath, author, SNAP Selling and Selling to Big Companies

“FACT: The job market in 2011 is viciously competitive and is being played with new rules. It’s way more aggressive than any you’ve seen before and it’s going to stay that way! What Skip adds to your play book literally are secrets known by just a few of us: knowledge of what rules hiring companies are and are not playing by. This book is a MUST read. Ignore it at your career peril!”—David Perry, Co-author, Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0

“In the not too distant past, I paid a ‘career advisor’ $6000 and am now reading ‘Headhunter’ Hiring Secrets. Let me tell you this - everything I paid $6000 for is in Skip’s book for only $18. Take advantage of this book.”—Reader Review dated Jan. 14, 2011

This book truly reveals the secrets to getting hired in today’s job market.—AOL Jobs, Dec. 2010 (http://tinyurl.com/2axgfv9)

“‘Headhunter’ Hiring Secrets provides a feast of secrets that only someone like Freeman with his first-hand, in-the-trench experience, and powers of observation would bubble-up.”—The Catholic Business Journal

“After reviewing the book, I must tell you this…I am surprised there hasn’t been a backlash from the recruiting industry trying to get him to pull this book out of circulation given all of the insider secrets he has revealed!”—Hassaan Sophie, eGrabber, Inc.

“For the top echelon of professionals, headhunters are already on their trail, poised to alert them when an opportunity arises. For the rest of us, though, there are valuable tricks of the professional job-hunting trade that can be applied to our own career searches to maximize our own prospects.”—Forbes on “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets

“If you want to win, you have to understand the new rules and start thinking like a headhunter.”—Atlanta Journal Constitution on “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets

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Lisa in New York (The Misadventures of Gaspard and Lisa)

Lisa visits her favorite uncle in New York City and sees the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Central Park. When she gets lost in Times Square while shopping for souvenirs, she is saved by her own cleverness—and a Statue of Liberty night-light.After an exciting flight (Lisa’s Airplane Trip), Lisa, the petite white dog from Paris, is ready for her big adventure in New York. With suave Uncle Harrison to show her around, what could possibly go wrong? The two visit the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, and best of all, Times Square! Alas, this is where Lisa and her uncle part ways–accidentally. Luckily, our earnest heroine is also pretty street smart. After asking a police officer for help, she’s trying to get the attention of the woman at the information desk, when she hears an announcement: “Little Lisa, your uncle is waiting for you on the 64th floor.” Saved!

If you’re as much a fan of Anne Gutman and Georg Hallensleben’s collaborative efforts as we are–or even if you’ve never met Lisa or Gaspard (Gaspard on Vacation), you’ll be utterly charmed by Lisa in New York. Hallensleben’s thick, smeary brush strokes are endlessly appealing, whether depicting the “funny-looking Flatiron Building” or a raring-to-go Lisa gazing out the window of her hip uncle’s high-rise (he seems to have some Andy Warhol paintings on his wall!) (Ages 3 and older) –Emilie Coulter

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No Plastic Sleeves: The Complete Portfolio Guide for Photographers and Designers

Your resume and cover letter, as well as a digital portfolio, business card and mailers, will function as the first contact and impression you make. These items will work to get your “foot in the door.” Ultimately, however, it will be your portfolio book or online portfolio website that will land you the job. The creation of your own portfolio is a creative statement about the value you place on your work and craft. This book first uses a system to:
* find your visual identity, who YOU are
* use color, typography, and iconography to develop the look and feel of your portfolio package
* create a layout and composition that you love
* establish your online presence
* create content and design of your resume and cover letter
* construct your portfolio book.

With hundreds of inspirational photos to guide you, you will also learn bits of useful information along the way about print resolution, marketing ideas, and how to do all of this on a budget. By the end of this book, you will have an out-of-this world portfolio that you will be able to use to establish and secure working relationships with potential employers and clients.

* shows you how to make the COMPLETE package - letterhead, resumes, mailers, and online * gorgeous layout for visual examples and also hundreds of inspirational photos

* shows you HOW to make your portfolio package, rather than simply listing “cool” portfolios * will help keep your portfolio on a budget

Product Description
Your resume and cover letter, as well as a digital portfolio, business card and mailers, will function as the first contact and impression you make. These items will work to get your “foot in the door.” Ultimately, however, it will be your portfolio book or online portfolio website that will land you the job. The creation of your own portfolio is a creative statement about the value you place on your work and craft. This book first uses a system to:
* find your visual identity, who YOU are
* use color, typography, and iconography to develop the look and feel of your portfolio package
* create a layout and composition that you love
* establish your online presence
* create content and design of your resume and cover letter
* construct your portfolio book.
* shows you how to make the COMPLETE package–letterhead, resumes, mailers, and online
* gorgeous layout for visual examples and also hundreds of inspirational photos
* shows you HOW to make your portfolio package, rather than simply listing “cool” portfolios
* will help keep your portfolio on a budget

With hundreds of inspirational photos to guide you, you will also learn bits of useful information along the way about print resolution, marketing ideas, and how to do all of this on a budget. By the end of this book, you will have an out-of-this world portfolio that you will be able to use to establish and secure working relationships with potential employers and clients.

Amazon Exclusive: Top 10 Portfolio Tips from Danielle Currier and Larry Volk, Authors of No Plastic Sleeves

1. A comprehensive portfolio package should include more than just a portfolio book. You will also need a website, resume, cover letter, and perhaps even a business card and other types of promotional materials. 2. Your entire portfolio package should function cohesively with unifying visual elements that tie together these separate, but related pieces–all establishing and reinforcing a consistent, positive message about you. 3. The most powerful way you can communicate your unique identity–your strengths and abilities–is through examples of your work. You need to make sure that every piece included in your portfolio is an example of your very best. Industry standards and best practice suggests a portfolio of 12-20 works. 4. While the work in your portfolio is obviously a very essential part of your ability to market yourself and should be considered carefully, you should not stop there. A portfolio design that communicates a strong overarching design concept will stand out and provide further evidence of your unique experience, skills and talent. 5. Develop a brand statement for yourself, capitalizing on your unique abilities and creative vision. Let this guide your approach in the creation of a distinct concept that fuels the basis of your portfolio book and website designs. 6. Your book can be so much more than a simple (and often generic) container for your work. Think of it as a well thought out and impeccably crafted creative statement in and of itself. Doing so will help to set you apart and speak volumes about your initiative, drive and passion for your field. 7. The construction and craft of your book represents and reflects your level of production and professionalism. It should be as well executed as everything else you produce. Get help through books, courses, online services or ask/pay someone to help. Don’t settle for good enough and remember, if you’re making it yourself, practice makes perfect. 8. For the interior of your book, images of your work must remain the focal point within the page’s composition. Any contextualizing information and spatial relationships must be seriously considered, remain consistent and hierarchically secondary so as not to distract away from the work itself. 9. Your portfolio website is just as important as your book. As with everything else it should be consistent and cohere with every other component of your materials. Make yourself aware of the design issues specific to the web and interactive solutions before beginning the process of creating one. 10. Your portfolio will only serve you if it is seen. Develop marketing materials to support your book and website. There are many routes to take with mailers, electronic mailings, leave-behinds and business cards. Try something that’s a bit more innovative and clever or you run the danger of it just getting tossed. Be persistent– one piece isn’t going to make it. Even the most successful creatives actively send out multiple pieces every year to get results.
(Danielle Currier photo © Michael Miller)
(Larry Volk photo © Heidi Hoffman)

A Look Inside No Plastic Sleeves: The Complete Portfolio Guide for Photographers and Designers
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Identify key brand attributes	A sample resume book	Brand Statements	A sample promotional book

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