Documenting my personal and business life, sharing my experience so that you can get value out of it.
“80% of B2B leads come from LinkedIn, and 94% of B2B marketers use LinkedIn to distribute content”
LinkedIn has grown to be the most popular professional network channel in the world. No wonder given the possibilities it offers, it can drastically determine the speed and direction of your career. Needless to say, it’s a great personal branding tool.
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If someone had told me ten years ago that in 2018 I would release a book about personal branding in IT I’d at least have raised my eyebrows.
Only 8 years ago, I lived in an orphanage and struggled to get by at most of my subjects in school. At weekends I was DJing to make some cash on the side. The outlook was rather gloomy, huh? But here it is, the fruit of my hard work. It’s finally out! After over a year of planning and a few months of intense writing.
Continue reading “7 things you will learn from my newly released book”
Creating an awesome product that solves our daily problems or simply makes life easier is pure value. Creating such product, backing it up with your personal brand and building a community around it – is an art. The art of making business in 2018 internet era. This is what Leo Bessam, the founder of Plutio did. His business model and the strategy behind creating it inspired me to write this post.
Continue reading “The secret to tripling your productivity in managing tasks – Plutio review”
If back in 1998, you magically hibernated and then woke up now, 20 years later in 2018, you might feel slightly overwhelmed. The world is changing at the highest pace ever, with the internet being arguably the biggest contributor to that phenomenon. Marketing has evolved into entirely different form and became prevalent on the internet. The same happened with personal branding which is currently mainly associated with using the internet and social media platforms.
Continue reading “The future is digital – and so is personal branding”
Back when I was 15 living in an orphanage, I would have not dreamed my life would be as good as it is now. All I wished then was that the daily nightmare would be over and that someday I would have a pretty good life. A couple of years passed—what I consider to be the darkest period of my life. And then, when I had reached what felt like the bottom, something unusual happened. Trivial as it sounds, I had a striking realization. An epiphany. If life is on the way to finish me anyway, why not put all my time and energy into achieving something great? Something that’s bigger than my problems, bigger than me. From that day, things slowly started to change…
Continue reading “Give your brand a 10X boost using the storytelling method”
For personal branding, there was arguably no such decade in our history before. Especially year 2010. The emergence of Instagram. Amongst all big social media platforms utilised to promote one’s brand, Instagram is the newest. It took only 8 years for it to become absolutely pervasive and trend-setting.
Continue reading “5 things you did not realize about Instagram that leave you behind”
Whether we own a business, do freelancing, or perhaps just work 9-5, one thing holds true for us all. We all have a certain personal brand. That is to say- perception of ourselves in the eyes of people who we provide value or service to. The image we work for every day.
Continue reading “Time of modern CV has come – personal branding”
(ReactDay Berlin with Alexey Migutsky)
For anyone in the IT world, who is familiar with the topics of networking and relationship-building, the title above should cause a great deal of excitement. After all, hundreds of people sharing the same interests, culture and business goals packed in one place sounds like taking a kid to Disneyland…
Continue reading “How to become a master of networking without trying hard? React Day Berlin 2017”
In the middle of work, a simple yet interesting question came to my mind as my colleague started a discussion about quality or work. “Which one is more important, working hard or working efficiently?” Did you ever ask yourself the same question? I am a hard-working person, so I definitely disagree if the latter should go first. To reach your fullest potential, you need right attitude. It’s called hard work. Continue reading “What is more important, working hard or working effficiently?”
If you are a Programmer, Designer or working in any other IT-related jobs, congratulations! You have one of the most sought-after skills. With the power of technology, you contribute success to so many different fields. In other words, you are running the world in this digital era. Continue reading “My Secret to Building a Fast-Growing Brand from Scratch”
