Category: Social Media

Social platforms continue to shape how professional voices are heard.

Here we help you navigate what to share, when to engage, and how to show up consistently as platforms evolve.


The goal is a presence that feels thoughtful, credible, and sustainable.

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Personal Branding Interview: Gary Vaynerchuk

Today, I spoke to Gary Vaynerchuk, who I also interviewed for the sixth issue of Personal Branding Magazine.  This time, he’s back and his new book, Crush It!, is coming out soon.  I caught up with Gary before his life becomes crazy and asked him questions about his marketing platform, traditional media against new media, …

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How to Find Executives with “Juice” On Twitter

Dan Schawbel recently wrote an absolute must read blog post entitled: Branding by Association is the Single Most Powerful Idea in Personal Branding. He explores, in depth, the idea of “branding by association”, a concept that can propel you towards your goals faster and create more opportunities along the way.

I have used the “branding …

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Blogger Code of Ethics – Do We Need One?

Should bloggers have a code of ethics like journalists do? My last post on Personal Branding Blog about Four Reasons You Aren’t Getting Book Publicity from Bloggers caused a stir concerning bloggers having or not having a code of ethics. Here are some interesting quotes from the comments section:

Susan de la Vergne commented:

“If …

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Make Sure You Avoid this Online Branding Fiasco

Earlier this week, I heard about an acquaintance who had misrepresented himself on LinkedIn.  He changed his profile to only show partial information about his work history.  Plus, he added a company profile for his new consulting business and grossly lied about his 2009 revenue and the number of employees he had.  All those changes …

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Four Reasons You Aren’t Getting Book Publicity from Bloggers

There is nothing that irritates me more than getting pitched by new authors who have never contacted me before but want me to review their books or interview them on my blog. I didn’t realize how much it annoyed me until I wrote a long comment about it on Sydney Owen’s recent blog post about …

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When Does Personal Branding Become Shameless Self Promotion?

I recently wrote a post on the Viralogy Blog focusing on how non-celebrities are using Facebook Fan pages as a way to reach out and stay connected to their community.  Lets face it, not everyone uses Twitter, and Facebook provides another great platform to build a fan base and promote your great content.

I personally …

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Personal Branding Interview: Liz Lynch

Today, I spoke to Liz Lynch, who contributes to the Personal Branding Blog every Thursday.  She is a networking strategist, speaker, author of Smart Networking: Attract a Following in Person and Online, and founder of the Center for Networking Excellence. Liz shares her thoughts on why you need to create your own personal brand to …