Twitter Personal Branding Q + A #13
Responses to recent tweets by people about personal branding and Gen-Y, Twitter, presentations and lack of focus.
Audrey Xiong, @Audrey_Xiong, tweeted: why do we need personal branding?
Jacob Share, @jacobshare: To build your value in the eyes of others.
Personal branding has always existed, it just wasn’t always called that.
Take job search, for example.…
5 Ways Birthdays Can Build Your Personal Brand
Your birthday only comes once a year, so make it count.
Birthdays can affect job search, and they most certainly can impact your personal brand.
The following tips are useful regardless of whether you’re in the birthday industry (entertainment, gifts, etc.) or not.
Your birthday1) Tell people about it
Unless your entire brand audience …
11 Funny Personal Branding Cartoons
A rare personal branding chuckle.
#1 Chicken Brand
#2 Dog on Facebook
#3 Approval rating
#4 Qualified
#5 Kinds of brands
#6 Dress for Success
#7 Era of the search engine
#8 It’s who you know
#9 Speed networking
#10 Linked Out
#11 Employee branding
If you liked these, you’ll also enjoy our past collection …
30 Cool New Tools for Personal Brand Building
Every so often, you need to take a look around and discover if there are better tools than those you’re already using.
Here are some categorized suggestions to get you started.
ProductivityClick.to – copy any text and send it anywhere with just one click. Instant fave.
TubGet – download almost any video from YouTube …
15 Conversation Starters for Your Next Networking Event
Some ideas on how to break the ice at your next networking event or just on the street.
For some people, reaching out to strangers comes naturally. For others like me, it took practice and time to build up confidence to the point where I now enjoy it instead of getting anxious about it.
Things …
3 Traits of the Ideal Personal Brand Accessory
The right personal branding accessory for you is the one that best builds your personal brand. So which one is right for you?
In Let a Personal Branding Accessory Boost Your Brand, I told the story of how I discovered the benefits of having a personal brand accessory as a tool to make yourself more …
11 Personal Branding Tips for a Hot Summer
Just because you’re going on vacation doesn’t mean your personal brand should be.
How to build your personal brand this summerThis summer, you’ll either be on vacation, working, unemployed or some combination of those (hopefully more the first two). While you’re at it, here are some brand-building ideas:
1 ) Go mobile
Many people …
3 More Ways Guest Blogging Can Build Your Personal Brand
How a guest post on the right blog can your brand the right boost.
PreviouslyLast year, I gave you 5 ideas about successfully using guest blogging as part of your personal branding strategy.
They were:
Location of the guest post Topic of the guest post Quality of the guest post Byline of the guest…Twitter Personal Branding Q + A #12
Responses to recent tweets by people about personal branding and LinkedIn, getting started, blackhat SEO and more.
Daniel Hallqvist, @hallq, twittered: Just reached 500 connections at Linkedin, next one make me a “+500.” Good or bad for personal brand?
Jacob Share, @jacobshare: Daniel, it depends what your personal brand is but in general, it is …
Why Google+ is Not a Good Personal Brand Building Tool
After all the hoopla, does Google’s latest social launch change much for your brand?
Last week, Google launched Google+, which some people were calling Google’s long-rumored social network for competing with Facebook.
We already know that done properly, using Facebook can build your brand. So what about Google+?
Right now, Google+ has 5 main features: …