Twitter Personal Branding Q + A #5
Responses to recent tweets made recently by people about personal branding.
Lyndsay Siegel, @Siegels, asked: do you think it’s important for everyone to have a personal brand?
Jacob Share, @jacobshare: Whether they like it or not, everyone has a personal brand. Most people don’t give any attention to their brand, and it shows- at best, …
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 …
When Worth-Your-While Isn’t Worth-The-While
What goals do you have when it comes to your social media use?
I recently had a fellow blogger, Scot Duke of Mr Business Golf, post a comment in regards to a article I had written regarding trying hard to reach your goals and being persistent in social media. His comment to my post:
Good …
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 …
Establishing Your Personal Brand on Niche Social Networks
Have an expertise? There’s a social network for that.
There’s a lot of hype around the “Big 3” – Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. But what about niche social networks?
If you’re an expert in it, there’s a social network for it
From shopping (Kaboodle) to knitting (Ravelry) to movies (Flixster) and everything in between, there’s …
5 Twitter Directories That Will Most Help Grow Your Personal Brand
Like the classic phone book, being listed in the most popular directories is a surefire way to be found more on Twitter.
Directory listing tips Popular directories became popular because they are generally easy to use, and specifically so for listing yourself. Take advantage of all the options to give yourself exposure is as many…20 Ways to Give to Enhance Your Personal Brand
Giving is on my mind lately, with the tragedy still unfolding in Haiti. Rob Key, CEO of social media marketing and communications agency Converseon, says you should “lead with altruism” and “come bearing gifts.” He’s referring to the use of social media by businesses, but I think the same rules should be applied when creating …
Create Your Own Career Insurance Policy via Your Personal Brand
Is anyone else sick of hearing people use the recession as an excuse for just about everything? “Oh well I can’t, you know, the recession…”
Well, Negative Nancy, guess what? You should of learned your lesson when the dot com bubble burst and then again after September 11- there is no such thing as job …
The Tri-Fecta of Opportunity: Personal Branding, Social Media and Inbound Marketing
Lately, I’ve had some interesting conversations on Personal Branding, Social Media and Inbound Marketing. I really enjoy writing and speaking about these topics because they are the new frontier of the Web 2.0 marketplace. And when combined properly they can create massive opportunity where it would not have existed before.
Once upon a success story……How to Build Your Brand Through Blog Comments
Believe it or not, blog comments are an excellent way to build relationships with key people in your field (find them on AllTop and Technorati), create positive touchpoints for your personal brand, and demonstrate your ability to synthesize information, provide insight and draw …