Personal branding is very different than product branding, except that the entity being branded is you. Just like Nike uses its brand to attach a certain personality and uniqueness to the shoes it sells, your personal brand is made up of the qualities and unique traits you relay about yourself. Your personal brand represents the way you want other people to think about you.
Personal branding hinges on perception and the stories you tell about yourself: the things you emphasize and the things you don"t. Does personal branding involve lying? It shouldn't. More than that, it should not have to. You don't need to be a rock star to build an extraordinary personal brand. :-)
Today, I want to give you another way to brand yourself in today’s internet.
If you know something (Topic) better than the average person than you will need to look for a forum that related to the topic.
After you sign-up for this forum you need to start communicating with other people and showing them that you have a lot of knowledge and you can help them by answer questions that people in the forum asking.
If you will join couple of forums in your topic and you will be active there, eventually people will look at you as a pro in this field and you will become a guide or guru for them. :-)
“Here are some ideas of quick personal brand-building steps you can take right now.”
** The 10 Best Personal Branding Articles.**
by Starbuck man on Aug 15, 2010
I found this article and wanted to share…
This is a great source of information about “Branding Yourself”.
Enjoy ! :-)
12 Kickass Ways to Love your Job and Life, by Arvind Devalia at The Undercover Recruiter.
“See your work as a game. Life is meant to be fun and if you are going to spend a third of it at work, you might as well enjoy the game.”
We Can Do It, by Seth Godin.
“Successful people rarely confuse a can-do attitude with a smart plan. But they realize that one without the other is unlikely to get you very far.”
30 Valuable Lessons Learned Using Social Media for Small Business, by Mark Hayward at Problogger.
“After almost three years of working hard, learning continuously, making lots of mistakes, and monitoring successes, below are thirty valuable social media marketing lessons that I have learned through my experience.”
How to Give Yourself a First-Class Online Business Education, by Sonia Simone at Copyblogger.
“Today I’m going to talk about what I’ve learned, so if you’re a little earlier on the path you can avoid some blind alleys.”
New Twitter Tools for Job Seekers by Jessica Miller-Merrell of Brand-Yourself.
“These tips will help you turn Twitter into the ultimate networking tool…”
Stop Talking About Yourself, by Chris Brogan.
“Check your last 10 blog posts, your last 10 tweets. Are they all about you. Are they all about your products, your services, whatever it is you’re pushing? How many are about you versus those that are about others…?)
Four Reasons Why Focusing on Goals Leads to Failure, by Melissa Cooley.
“There is such a huge focus on the goal of getting a job that the process of attaining that goal is all but forgotten.”
How Guest Posting Builds Your Brand, by Ann Smarty at Personal Branding Blog.
“…per my experiencethere is nothing as effective for self-branding as guest posting.”
25 Easy Ways to Grow Your Personal Brand in 5 Minutes, by Jacob Share at Personal Branding Blog.
** Please Remember This My Friends: Feel it, Believe it, Live it. The Magic Words, "Just Do It" **
The Best :-)
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