Tag: Fascination Advantage

What’s YOUR least effective type of communication?

Sally Hogshead

Think for a minute… What’s your LEAST favorite type of communication? For example, do you dislike networking events? Or speaking in front of a crowd? Or explaining the same exact process, over and over? We all have certain types of

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Your Little Zone of Genius

Sally Hogshead

Your DNA is 99.9% the same as everyone else’s. The teeny, tiny .1% that’s different is your distinct value. It describes the best of how the world sees you, and how you are most likely to rise above and stand

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The Advantage of Fascination: Interview with Sally Hogshead

Sally Hogshead

This interview with Sally Hogshead was first published on storyboardmagazine.com. World-class branding expert and best-selling author Sally Hogshead believes the greatest value you can add is to become more of yourself.  She identified seven forms of communication, detailed in her book,

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Understanding How the World Sees You and Your Fascination Advantage

Sally Hogshead

This interview with Sally Hogshead by Simon Mainwaring was originally published on Business 2 Community. Sally Hogshead is Hall of Fame speaker, international author, and the world’s leading expert on fascination. Sally sat down with the We First team for a Q&A

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Different is BETTER than Better

Sally Hogshead

We grew up with a myth. The myth says: Work hard to be “better.” Better than everyone else. Better than the other students in our classroom. In your career, be better than your competition… because that’s how to be the best. I’d like to

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The Kiss of Death in Social Media

Sally Hogshead

Okay, friends, let’s talk. Are you… boring? Like, ugh, really boring. Instant narcolepsy. I don’t mean you, personally. I mean your social media. Here’s the BAD news: In a world with a 9-second attention span, you have to either stand

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Secret to Career Success Is Knowing Your Fascination Advantage

Sally Hogshead

This article was originally published on entrepreneur.com by Laura Entis. “You don’t want to change who you are,” Sally Hogshead tells a rapt audience at the C-Suite Network conference in Dallas last week.  “You just want to become more of who you

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How to Make a Brilliant First Impression at a Conference

Sally Hogshead

What kind of impression do you make? Do people remember you, and want to connect with you? Or will your business card become just a piece of clutter? Your influence as a professional will be measured according to your ability

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7 Ways to Solve a Conflict with Your Team

You’ve probably experienced that tense moment when conflict arises… when furious glances dart across the conference table, or screaming matches erupt in the hallway. (Awkward!) Yet, conflict can be a healthy part of team communication. Conflict can spark creativity. It

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How to Make a Valuable First Impression

Have you ever experienced love at first sight? You were enamored. You were captivated. You hung on every word, and everything about him or her was wonderful. Everyone who came before and anyone to come after was irrelevant. The only

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7 Ways to Let Your Personality Shine on Social Media

You are already fascinating. That’s a fact. But, are you allowing your natural, authentic personality to shine through on social media? Hmm. Maybe not. A lot of fascinating people have extraordinarily boring blogs, tweets, and YouTube videos. (Yawn.) The world

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The #1 Reason Someone Should Hire You

Your personality has one distinct advantage. This advantage is your highest and most unique value. It’s what makes you different- and better- than everyone else in the crowd. It’s the essence of your personal brand. This is what makes you,

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Video: Woo with WOW! – with Sally Hogshead

  Fascinating ideas will instantly provoke strong and immediate emotional reactions. So do fascinating people. So does fascinating marketing. In this video, I’ll show you how a simple tweet led to a impressive introduction, by creating a strong and immediate

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How to be Powerful

  Powerful people have a strong point of view. They lead with clear direction.   Are you powerful?   If you want to be perceived as a powerful leader, you must establish a reputation as a confident and knowledgeable expert

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The 6 Gold Hallmarks: How to measure if you are fascinating

Is your company fascinating? Are you? Here at Fascinate, Inc., we use 6 criteria to evaluate our clients. Here, we’re sharing an abbreviated version of our master tool. Think about yourself, and your company. How do you compare to this checklist

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10 ways to fascinate (and win!) over the phone

Every phone call is an opportunity. If you engage and fascinate your listener, you’ll earn a new advocate. But if you fumble, you’ll weaken their impression of your value. You need to earn their attention, and you need to do

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The First 9 Seconds – by Sally Hogshead

We live in an always-buzzing world, pulled in all directions-by shiny objects, constant chatter, loud images, and text alerts. Your brain travels through the world like a tourist walking through Times Square for the first time: overwhelmed overstimulated moving toward

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