Personal Branding List – Using all Three Dimensions

I submitted an article to Career Options Magazine early this week and now I have been asked to send a ‘call out box’ that could be a part of the article. At the same time, I have been reviewing a blogging ebook by Darren Rowse AKA ProBlogger.  My article needs a list and the second step of ‘31 Days to Build a Better Blog’ was to create a list post.  Here I go, killing two birds with one post.

Creating Your Personal Brand Using Social Media Tools, title of article

1) Manage Your FaceBook Account. Be conscientious of your privacy setting and what you are using FaceBook for.  What’s your objective and strategy?  Mine is just pure play and socializing with close friends.

2) Grab Your Digital Real Estate.  Grab your name in the popular social media sites including; Flickr, Twitter, Linkedin, Technorati, YouTube, Vimeo, and even FaceBook, I suppose. And if you know you are a natural entrepreneur or moving in the direction of independent consultant, check into buying your domain name. Your name is your brand.

3) Develop Your Positioning Pitch – What makes you different and what can you offer future employers?

4) Tell Your Story.  And make it dynamic like you are.  Use text, photos and video but also include blog posts, Twitter and social commentary. Make yourself 3 dimentional.

A quick reminder that my audience is college and university students and that there is a complete 2 page article that this list is attached to, not to mention, 8 hours of training plus a software portal.

I will post the article when it is published.

4 Responses to “Personal Branding List – Using all Three Dimensions”

  1. kempozone  on October 11th, 2009

    I‘m sure many of you are like me and one of the first things you do in the morning is head here and check out the new post. Along with seeing the new posts, I’m also always checking out the blog roll rss feed and watching them grow, or shrink sometimes. In one of my past …but all in all excellent site. Keep it up!

  2. Andy  on October 14th, 2009

    Thanks for the comment! Please come back and join in the conversation!

  3. Andy  on October 14th, 2009

    Donnie – check out the remarks from a Starbucks recruiter on our blog. The more you put yourself out there, the more likely you are going to connect with your audience…in our case, its about that next project, great job or employer you really admire.

  4. Patti Church  on October 31st, 2009

    If you aren’t on Twitter yet, that’s a quick way to start sharing your idea without a lot of commitment. Blogging is a tough one sometimes. Consistency is key which we are often having a tough time with. Twitter allows you to jump in and out quickly and you can use it for a variety to things. Give it a try!!


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