Category: Social Media

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Today’s Social Media Experts are the Email Experts from 1965

I’ve put a lot of thought into the future of “social media experts,” which typically includes consultants and corporate employees who dawn the “social media specialist“, “social media manager” and other titles. Jeremiah Owyang has the entire list.

The truth is that these titles will be non-existent in the future. Social media is not just …

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Online Reputation Management 2.0 and Our Mobile Future

Today, on Facebook I was asked to post my contribution to PRWeek because paid subscription is required. Note that the title they gave it was “Controlling your reputation is vital,” which isn’t as strong as the title for this post. Being you are my audience and should get special privileges, below is the article I …

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BusinessWeek Columnist Christine Comaford Answers Your Questions

As promised, BusinessWeek Columnist, Christine Comaford answers the questions you posed in the comments section of my post on Monday. After reading the answers to your questions, Christine has yet another give-away for you. Both Christine and I hope you all have a great weekend. Her note is below:

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Hi Everyone,

WOW. What great …

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Exclusive Interview with the Queen of Web 2.0: Gina Trapani

Today, I interviewed Gina Trapani, who was featured in issue 3 of Personal Branding Magazine.  She is always a delight to speak with and is as resourceful as they get.

Gina Trapani is a tech writer and web developer based in San Diego, California by way of Brooklyn, New York. She is the lead editor …

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How Small Business Owners Can Grow Their Online Empire

On July 8th, I presented to the Next Level Executives group at the Marriott Hotel in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Before I gave my keynote, John Bates, a recruiting and career management veteran, explained the general concept of personal branding and how it related to building a business through referrals. Also, he noted the significance of taking …

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Schawbel Report: The Current State of Personal Branding [July 2008]

A lot has happened since the last time I posted a “Schawbel Report” on the state of personal branding worldwide. The March edition shed some light into the spread of personal branding from the US to Australia to India. There is a lot of information here, but it’s all very important to your personal brand …

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eBranding Becomes Mandatory for Surviving the Digital Age

This post is from my article that was published on BrandChannel.com on Friday evening. It is probably the most thorough article on the topic of personal eBranding and one of my better written pieces this year. I pooled a large team of experts to give some advice from their perspective. You can find the original …

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When Traditional Journalism and Social Media Collide

Today I speak with Daniel Honigman about his transition from a typical role in traditional media (print) to a brand new role at a traditional media company as a social media coordinator.

Daniel is a Chicago-based writer, photographer, blogger and avid Mets fan. I first met Daniel when he was working as a staff writer …