Wanted: ambassador for your brand

Penny Haslam 18th November 2019Blog, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Penny's news, Vlog, Your visibility

Did you know the reason I left my telly job at the BBC in 2013 was to become a ‘sleb’ brand ambassador? I had been asked by WeightWatchers to work alongside Patsy Kensit and that bloke off…

I made myself a #bitfamous on LinkedIn

Penny Haslam 11th November 2019Author, Blog, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous, News on my book, Penny's news, Vlog, Your visibility

I shared a stupid video on LinkedIn a couple of weeks ago – me opening a box of books – and nearly broke the internet with more than 15K views. Bonkers or wot. If only we had that much interest…

A ‘journey’ of discovery

Penny Haslam 3rd October 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Event host & moderator, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Speaking, Vlog

I thought the place was familiar. Last week I chaired a leadership conference at the same venue I’d delivered my first ever keynote. I had an ‘ooh, that was then, this is now’ moment of joyful back-patting. Always worth thinking about…

Bolster confidence by recalling a positive experience

Penny Haslam 23rd September 2019Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Motivational speaker, Speaking, Vlog, Your speaking, Your visibility

Now I don’t know what age you are, but you’ll have surely understood by now that age breeds experience and the older you get the more of a know-it-all you become – I would hope so anyway.

School’s Out for Summer (sing along!): five easy jobs for the summer

Penny Haslam 25th July 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Planning, Vlog, Your visibility

Are you receiving just a handful of emails every hour as opposed to the normal deluge? Are there fewer people in your office at the moment? Have things gone a little bit quiet?

Sometimes I can live without my own teabags…

Penny Haslam 28th May 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Event host & moderator, Planning, Speaking, Vlog, Your visibility

Now, it’s embarrassing to admit, but I take my own teabags with me whenever I travel abroad. Not only do I hate the ubiquitous presence of Liptons (who have conned the world into thinking that’s actually…

How to get noticed by the broadcast media

Penny Haslam 25th April 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous, Vlog, Your visibility

Being interviewed on TV or radio is good for you: it helps build your brand profile, drives business to you, and provides big career kudos. The minute you are seen or heard on air, you are deemed more expert than you were…

Look back in awe

Penny Haslam 7th April 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Penny Haslam Podcast, Smartphone videos, Vlog, Your visibility

I have little phrases, we all do, that I thoroughly enjoy repeating in the right circumstance. A favourite of mine is: “don’t look back…

How to plan your content. Fancy whittling?

Penny Haslam 5th February 2019Blog, Coaching & training, Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous, Make Yourself a Little More Confident, Planning, Vlog, Your speaking, Your visibility

The attendees on our latest smartphone video course admitted they were held back from ‘getting out there’ because they didn’t have a plan.

They struggled to think of what they might talk about.