Comments on: 8 Tips to Building and Maintaining a Professional Online Image http://blog.brand-yourself.com/2009/07/21/professional-online-image/ Tips to become more hirable, strengthen your personal brand and build a remarkable web presence Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:47:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 8 Tips to Building and Maintaining a Professional Online Image | Bizzy Women http://blog.brand-yourself.com/2009/07/21/professional-online-image/comment-page-1/#comment-4933 8 Tips to Building and Maintaining a Professional Online Image | Bizzy Women Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:28:07 +0000 http://blog.brand-yourself.com/?p=2940#comment-4933 [...] is a recent post I wrote for Brand Yourself about building and maintaining a professional online [...] [...] is a recent post I wrote for Brand Yourself about building and maintaining a professional online [...]

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]]> By: Trace Cohen http://blog.brand-yourself.com/2009/07/21/professional-online-image/comment-page-1/#comment-4736 Trace Cohen Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:16:14 +0000 http://blog.brand-yourself.com/?p=2940#comment-4736 Yes I do agree that a few of the tips are a little "extreme." They're mostly up there to make sure that your constantly thinking about it. By all means have fun and post the pictures from the night but make sure this isn't something you will look back on in a few years and say "Wow, that was stupid..." Yes I do agree that a few of the tips are a little “extreme.” They’re mostly up there to make sure that your constantly thinking about it.

By all means have fun and post the pictures from the night but make sure this isn’t something you will look back on in a few years and say “Wow, that was stupid…”

]]> By: Nikhil Vaswani http://blog.brand-yourself.com/2009/07/21/professional-online-image/comment-page-1/#comment-4540 Nikhil Vaswani Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:14:21 +0000 http://blog.brand-yourself.com/?p=2940#comment-4540 Great tips and very nicely written! Social networking will soon become the most effective way of building your professional career and creating a personal brand. However, one will have to invest time in learning the effectiveness of these sites and ways to use them properly. By the way, I am new to LinkedIn too and have found this resource quite useful. It is a new book called "How to REALLY use LinkedIn" by networking expert Jan Vermeiren. Check it out, you can find a free lite version at <a href="http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/</a> Great tips and very nicely written! Social networking will soon become the most effective way of building your professional career and creating a personal brand. However, one will have to invest time in learning the effectiveness of these sites and ways to use them properly.

By the way, I am new to LinkedIn too and have found this resource quite useful. It is a new book called “How to REALLY use LinkedIn” by networking expert Jan Vermeiren. Check it out, you can find a free lite version at http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/

]]> By: Cassandra Jowett http://blog.brand-yourself.com/2009/07/21/professional-online-image/comment-page-1/#comment-4513 Cassandra Jowett Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:26:22 +0000 http://blog.brand-yourself.com/?p=2940#comment-4513 I agree with Matt: I think tips 1-4ish are a bit extreme. I know there are a lot of idiots out there, but most of us are somewhere in between. I think it's possible to be mostly honest about who you are outside of work while maintaining a professional image online. Most employers these days wouldn't have a problem with their employees drinking socially with friends, family or co-workers. And frankly, I wouldn't want to work for someone who couldn't tell the difference between inappropriate/extreme behaviour and normal socializing. I agree with Matt: I think tips 1-4ish are a bit extreme. I know there are a lot of idiots out there, but most of us are somewhere in between.

I think it’s possible to be mostly honest about who you are outside of work while maintaining a professional image online. Most employers these days wouldn’t have a problem with their employees drinking socially with friends, family or co-workers.

And frankly, I wouldn’t want to work for someone who couldn’t tell the difference between inappropriate/extreme behaviour and normal socializing.

]]> By: Matt http://blog.brand-yourself.com/2009/07/21/professional-online-image/comment-page-1/#comment-4503 Matt Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:23:36 +0000 http://blog.brand-yourself.com/?p=2940#comment-4503 Remember how you joined social networking sites to have fun and connect with friends? Forget that bullshit, your work and personal identity just combined. Don't go thinking that you can blog about an awesome new movie or band - that doesn't "showcase your skills and knowledge." God forbid if there's a picture of you in a bar -gasp!- Anybody professional enough to have an successful career would never consider spending time with the degenerates that frequent that sort of establishment. Maybe you shouldn't have pictures of the bachelor party* you went to, but don't cover up your entire personality. You'll end up working with/for people you hate because you have nothing in common. *Any responsible best man should forbid/destroy such evidence. Remember how you joined social networking sites to have fun and connect with friends? Forget that bullshit, your work and personal identity just combined. Don’t go thinking that you can blog about an awesome new movie or band – that doesn’t “showcase your skills and knowledge.” God forbid if there’s a picture of you in a bar -gasp!- Anybody professional enough to have an successful career would never consider spending time with the degenerates that frequent that sort of establishment.

Maybe you shouldn’t have pictures of the bachelor party* you went to, but don’t cover up your entire personality. You’ll end up working with/for people you hate because you have nothing in common.

*Any responsible best man should forbid/destroy such evidence.

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