Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
Dan Schawbel is recognized as the leading authority on personal branding. With over 900,000 results for his name in Google, Fast Company calls Dan Schawbel "A personal branding force of nature" and The New York Times calls him "A personal branding guru." Recently, BusinessWeek named Dan Schawbel as "One of twenty people that entrepreneurs should follow on Twitter," alongside Richard Branson and Details Magazine cited Dan as one of "Five internet guru's that can make you rich" alongside Seth Godin. In 2007, Dan Schawbel helped create one of the first social media positions in a Fortune 500 company. As a brand futurist, Dan Schawbel was one of the first bloggers to have his own iPhone application.

Dan Schawbel is also the author of the bestselling career book, Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success. Me 2.0 made the "Amazon Top 100 Business Book Bestsellers" list when it came out and was the #1 job-hunting book. It also made the New York Times summer reading list for job seekers, was one of three social networking books recommended by Shape Magazine, was named the "#1 Career Book of 2009" by The New York Post and is being translated into several languages.

Dan Schawbel is the founder of the Personal Branding Blog®, which was voted the "#1 Job Blog" by Careerbuilder in 2008, is an AdAge top 30 marketing blog and is syndicated by Reuters, Forbes and other major networks. Dan Schawbel is also the publisher of Personal Branding Magazine® and the Student Branding Blog, head judge for the Personal Brand Awards® and director of Personal Branding TV®.

Dan Schawbel is a keynote speaker at colleges and universities, such as Harvard and MIT as well as corporations such as Time Warner and CitiFinancial. He helps both individuals and organizations with innovative branding strategies.

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Dan Schawbel is BusinessWeek's youngest columnist and also has a column withCBS Interactive's BNET. He is a featured contributor to Mashable, LifeHack, and MediaPost and he has written articles for BrandWeek Magazine and Advertising Age. Dan Schawbel is also a syndicated columnist for Metro US (New York, Boston & Philadelphia), reaching over 1.2 million readers.

Dan Schawbel has interviewed over 250 successful business people and celebrities, such as Kathy Ireland, Jerry Springer, Perez Hilton, Timbaland, Tim Ferriss, Marcus Buckingham, Tony Hsieh, George Foreman, Guy Kawasaki, Ken Blanchard and Tucker Max. He's been featured in over 150 media outlets, such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, The Washington Post, CBS, ABC News, MSNBC, NPR, Details Magazine, Glamour, USA Today, Forbes, and The Boston Globe. Dan Schawbel has years of marketing experience, employed at companies such as EMC, Reebok, Lycos, LoJack, and TechTarget.

Dan Schawbel is on the board of advisers for SocialTrak.com, the community advisory committee for BusinessCard2.com, the advisory Board for SmartBlog on Workforce and was previous on the board of ((echo)) MyPlace.

• Personal Branding in the Digital Age
• How to Build Your Personal Brand and Your Company's Brand
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Techniques for Brands
• How HR Can Effectively Recruit Gen-Y
• Social Networking for Entrepreneurs
• Managing Gen-Y in the Workplace
• Recruitment 2.0 and Beyond for HR Managers
• Employer Branding for Smart Companies
• Power Networking for Career Success

Dan is the man when it comes to personal branding.

- USA Today

Dan's in-depth knowledge of how to leverage social media for personal branding was so provocative that the room was buzzing after the session. Dan's message was one of finding your passion and unique edge and then leveraging it through creativity and communication in ways that captivated everyone's attention.

- Kerri St. Jean, Vice President, Human Resources,
Comcast

We were thrilled to have Dan come in and speak to us about social media/networking and the importance of personal branding. His dynamic and interactive presentation sparked conversation and great questions. If you're looking for a relatable, down-to-earth, personal branding expert – Dan is the guy!

- Amanda Hall, Recruiting,
Time Warner, Inc.

Dan is the most prolific expert on twenty-something personal branding out there today. He has become a major force to be reckoned with… continually delivering powerful, valuable content."

- Alexandra Levit, Columnist,
The Wall Street Journal