Tag Archives: Web Identity

Brand Yourself – How I Communicate Who I Am

How To

Even if I am somewhat of a power user of social media, I still think that digital and printed media are secondary to the personal interaction. I bet most of you agrees with this, but even so I would still want to put emphasis on it, since it is very easy to rely on technology and not spend enough time on direct communication via either meetings, phone or video conference.

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Online Reputation Management Tips: How Facebook Can Affect Your Job

Horror/Success Stories

Much talk about Facebook and jobs includes advice about how people should not state how they hate their job, their boss, or their company. Other advice is along the lines of watching what type of photos you might post. However, you can say a whole lot about yourself without ever mentioning your job or your company.

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Your Personal Brand: How To Brand Your Email Signature for Executive Job Search

How To

How can I best sign my email messages? If you’ve just been signing your name, you’re missing a golden opportunity to reinforce your executive personal brand and further market your unique promise of value.

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SEO Social Media – Make Sure Your LinkedIn Profile is 100 Percent Complete

Online reputation management

LinkedIn says you’re 40 times more likely to turn up in a search if your profile is complete. Here’s how to complete yours – make it a priority to get it done!

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Build Personal Brand: 7 Tips to get your Personal Brand found online

How To

People want to interact with your personal brand on their own terms. That’s why building your brand online is so important. No matter where you are physically, getting Brand You on the web helps you attract unknown opportunities. Today, we’ll focus on becoming visible on the web. Before we dive in, make sure the username

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Job Search Tips – 4 Fool-proof Steps to Find a Job Using LinkedIn

Job Search

With over 11 million users, LinkedIn is an ideal tool to create your online presence, build a professional network, and if done right, find a job. According to a recent survey, 75% of job recruiters now use Linkedin to research prospects. Translation: if you don’t have a LinkedIn account, you’ve already got one strike against

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Personal Brand Assessment: What To Consider Before Creating Your Personal Brand

News

I stumbled across a debate going on about personal branding, started by Geoff Livingston of The Buzz Bin a few days ago with his blog post I Don’t Care About Your Personal Brand. While I disagree with him overall, he does bring up some valid points that I will address later. In response to it though, another post was written to defend personal branding by Mitch Joel over at Twist Image rightly named Why You Need To Care More About Your Personal Brand. I encourage everyone to read both posts, the comments and decided for yourself. There is no right or wrong answer, just a matter of opinion.

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Meetup.com and Your Personal Brand’s Networking Needs

News

Expanding your network is something that everyone should spend more time on.  There are a variety of web services out there that specialize in doing just that.  Probably the best one that we have seen is Meetup.com.  You get some of the best of a variety of worlds with your ability to have a profile

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Creating A Personal Brand: 4 Things To Learn From Corporate Branding

How To

Companies understand 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 – one that customers feel safe choosing over the competition. Corporate branding and its principles can work for you on

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