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Controlling Your Google Results: The Art and Science of the Personal Press Release

Problem: Googling your name doesn’t accurately reflect who you are or what you do.

Solution: Issue a personal press release about a recent accomplishment or noteworthy event to fill Google results for your name with relevant, on-brand content.

1. Choose a topic

First, decide on a newsworthy event or accomplishment you will announce, such as:…

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Brand-Yourself.com Launches Platform to Manage Your Personal Brand Online

As the Wednesday columnist for Personal Branding Blog, I’m excited to announce my team and I just officially launched Brand-Yourself.com, a new platform that demystifies the process of building your personal brand using social media. In honor of you and the loyal personal branding community here, we’re giving away 100 free extended free trials if …

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Learn From Well Branded Student Meagan Burns

I came across Meagan Burns, a Junior at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, when she followed me on Twitter. After checking out her web presence, I was struck how well she’d successfully hit on the fundamentals of personal branding.

She’s also built a seriously awesome online presence. You should take a page out …

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5 Tips to Communicate More Effectively

If you haven’t heard about the napping transit worker who was caught on TwitPic and the firestorm of controversy that ensued, there’s a lesson to be learned: it only takes one tweet to capture you a moment that kills your personal brand. Which got me thinking about another medium that quickly spreads: email.

Take 5…
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4 Personal Branding Tips Learned From Corporations

Companies have long understood the power of branding. They spend millions of dollars a year making a brand promise to customers that goes beyond the technical and physical attributes of a particular product. They build an identity that customers feel safe choosing over the competition.

So, what four specific takeaways can you get from corporate …

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How to Use RSS to Strengthen Your Personal Brand

If you were asked point blank, “What current events happened in the past two weeks in your industry?” how would you respond?

By the end of this post, you will turn that question into a serendipitous branding moment. Your answer will be timely, relevant, and put into context of the larger picture.

With competition so …