Personal Branding Magazine

Staff

Management Team

Publisher

Dan Schawbel is the leading personal branding expert for gen-y and the author of Me 2.0. Aside from publishing Personal Branding Magazine, Dan authors an award winning blog, directs a TV show, is the head judge of the Personal Brand Awards and will be releasing his book next year.

Relationships

Selina McCusker is a Digital Brand Strategist and Consultant in social media platforms. She has worked with enterprise companies to implement and engage social media. Passionate about advocacy and a budding entrepreneur, she is working on launching a health social networking site.

Co-Editor

Miriam Salpeter is a career coach with over 10 years of experience and the founder of Keppie Careers. She encourages, enlightens and empowers job seekers for success by writing top-notch resumes and providing a toolbox of practical tips and support.

Co-Editor

Jessica Lewis is a communications professional with a significant background in journalism and copy editing. Her specialty is helping organizations connect with their audience by communicating in a concise, informative, relevant and inviting way. Her blog reflects her interest in social marketing and effective job hunting.

Featured Columnists

			Relationship Networking Jay Deragon He is considered one of the premier thought leaders in the social networking space and his blog. He co-authored The Emergence of the Relationship Economy.			Personal PR Tiffany Monhollon Tiffany is a PR and Communications professional. She does a lot of research and writing on the topics of management, HR, career development, generations in the workplace and similar subjects. Her blog.

			Social Media Exploration Rick Mahn Rick is a 20 year Information Technology professional who has learned the art of personal branding through his own career. Rick is bringing New Media ideas to traditional IT consulting. Rick owns Avatar Consultants and also blogs.			Personal Brand Makeover Debbie Allen Debbie is a bestselling author of six books on business and personal development including best-seller Confessions of Shameless Self Promoters. She is one of the worlds leading experts on personal brand marketing. She is one of less than 10% of professional speakers worldwide to hold the honor of CSP, Certified Speaking Professional.

			The Brand Assessment Silvana Avinami Silvana is a strategic job hopper and serial entrepreneur. During her work life that spans ten years, she has experienced twelve jobs and three careers in six industries across three continents. Experience her insights at her blog.			Brand-U-niversity Maria Elena Maria is president of Buzz To Bucks Connection Alliance and is also known as THE Champion of Connections Coach. She is author of “Mouth To Mouth Marketing: Breathing Life Into Your Business” and is a published expert in Branding & Marketing in Entrepreneur Magazine.

			Living the Brand Ivana Taylor Ivana is the author of the marketing strategy blog “Strategy Stew” and a contributing expert to Small Business Trends. Her boutique strategic consulting firm, Third Force specializes in helping companies find their best customers and be the one they choose – regardless of price.			Entrepreneur Branding Vikram Rajan Vikram Rajan, partner of CoGrow Systems, Inc. Vik is a personal brand marketing advisor for lawyers, accountants, financial planners, real estate, and health experts. Every week, you can read 3 new personal brand marketing tips on his PersonalBrandMarketing.com podBlog.

			The SEO Corner Tim Magoon Tim is a SEO Specialist at Monster Worldwide and has worked in the search engine marketing space for four years. He is responsible for driving SEO strategies to improve the organic visibility of both domestic and international Monster domains.			Brand Communication Howard Sholkin Howard has more than 36 years of journalism and marketing communications experience. He joined International Data Group (IDG)—the world’s leading technology media, event, and research company--as director of corporate communications in 2003. He has also provided PR support for IDG Founder and Chairman Pat McGovern.
			HR Evolution Jim Stroud Jim Stroud is a “Searchologist” with an expertise in the full life-cycle placement of Executive and Technical personnel, Recruitment Research and Competitive Intelligence. He has consulted for such companies as Google, Siemens, MCI and a host of start-up companies.			Blog Marketing Jack Humphrey Jack is widely recognized as one of the most accomplished and experienced online marketing experts today. In 2002 he wrote a ground-breaking ebook called Power Linking.

			Book Critic Georgina Taylor Georgina is a marketing and information systems major at Emory University's Goizueta Business School. Her experience has focused on marketing research and social media marketing. She has worked on projects for the Coca-Cola Company, Suunto, Pardot LLC and The Emory Marketing Institute.			Athlete branding Lewis Howes Lewis is the founder of SportsNetworker.com. He is also a LinkedIn expert and hosts training seminars, and networking events around the country. His latest book is called LinkedWorking: Generating Success On The World's Largest Professional Networking Website.

Contributors

	Lyn Chamberlin Michelle Dumas Hajj Flemings John Hirko Tessa Hood Gloria Lesher Don Truss Justin Orkin Eve Tahmincioglu J.D. Roth Michel Fortin Angela Maiers Jim Wang Kelly Sutton Jim Kukral Ann Smarty Judy Martin Pamela Slim Katie Konrath Angelika Blendstrup Dan Zarrella Darryl Ohrt Douglas Karr Willy Franzen Cody Clearwater Peter Robert Casey Laurie Ruettimann	Chris Brogan Adam Salamon Natalie Jobity Shama Hyder Jane Genova Robert David Hunter Dan Galaja Denise Wakeman Alexandra Levit Laura Zurowski Lodewijk van den Broek Steve Olsen Carl Ocab Ian Laurie Matthew Toren Christine B. Whittemore Thursday Bram Camille Watson Louis Gray Glory Borgeson Mike Sansone Joe Pulizzi Jason Seiden Lisa Rosendahl Anne Brown Mike Myatt	Ryan Healy Patsi Krakoff Neil Patel Lisa Manyon Adam Salamon Kerry Clark Guy Kawasaki Paul Copcutt Trent Hamm J.T. O'Donnell Alister Cameron Ron Hogan Chris Penn Beth Kanter Adam Toren Cece Salomon-Lee Maria Reyes-McDavis Natalie MacNeil Erin Doland Aliza Sherman Stuart Foster Bill Green Dave Fleet Duncan Mathison Adam Singer Nicole Crimaldi	Charles Lau David Frazer Mike Myatt Jason Jacobsohn Craig Rentmeester Jon Berg Sanjay Sathe Rohit Bhargava Carmine Gallo Alana Taylor Jason Womack Dean Shareski Anthony Portuesi Donald Latumahina Nisha Chittal Becky Carroll Angela Natividad Nick Armstrong Lisa Orrell Jason Falls Greg Rollett Jim Turner Jason Keath Barry J. Moltz Michael A. Stelzner Kyle Lacy