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I am starting a social enterprise that provides skills-based volunteer opportunities for professionals. These busy individuals, who will volunteer their professional skills from 2-5 hours a week, on average, include marketing experts, publicists, strategy consultants, hedge fund managers and even nonprofit development staff. We recently launched our pilot program in New York City, and I find myself inspired as well as totally scared by our first, small batch of 100 professionals.

Baume & Mercier watch brand history: Has established since 1830, Baume & the Mercier watch receives the Swiss scheduling tradition, the suggestion design inspiration, a series of manufactures unique, the lofty high-quality goods. At this point, the brand unifies the scheduling specialized craft and the innovation science and technology successfully, shows disdain for in the middle of the same business with the group, promotes the pleasantly surprised excellent work unceasingly.

On October 13, Daliah Saper will be giving a lecture to law students at DePaul titled: “managing your online presence.” Daliah will cover the benefits and pitfalls of students using social media when applying for legal positions. Daliah will then cover the benefits and pitfalls of attorneys using social media to establish a “personal brand” once employed at a firm.

Steakhouse’s Facebook Success Utah’s Mo’ Bettah Steaks restaurant opened a second location this year only because of Facebook. “It clearly increased our business,” says the co-owner, who initially joined social media to monitor his daughter. He now uses it to promote events and menu additions: “It was like a brick hitting me.

My friend Lisa is an advocate (lawyer) in the U.K..  While she’s practicing she has to wear not only long black robes, but also a white, pigtailed wig.  Apparently this is quite impressive in Scotland.  It also serves to make her and her identically clad fellow lawyers seem more anonymous, thereby partially protecting their identities from potentially disgruntled clients or defendants.

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web’s Event Marketplace.

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web’s Event Marketplace.

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web’s Event Marketplace.

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web’s Event Marketplace.

Keep Track of Your Online Reputation Goal: Make tracking part of your everyday routine. Start by identifying the most likely places online for your name to come up. Google dominates the search engine market , and it’s also where the media looks first, according to ad firm Universal McCann. Identify blogs and forums within your professional circle, as well as popular social networking sites that you, colleagues, or competitors use.

You are a Global Personal Brand from PegasusMediaWorld on Vimeo. More from Nance…You can find Nance onFacebookLinkedInTwitterTags: branding, global brand, personal brand, Presentation, public speaking

When you hear the term “ internet marketing “, what do you think of? For many, that term conjures thoughts of websites or spamming or search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. For others, it’s all about graphical design, writing fancy code or even affiliate programs. All of those answers correct, but the essence of internet marketing is much simpler.

I’ve heard a lot about Gary Vaynerchuk. He is well known and widely lauded for his approach to personal branding for business owners. He “leveraged social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to promote Wine Library TV,” a video blog about wine. He’s hob nobbed with Meredith and Ann on the Today Show, shared wine with Ellen and Conan and been featured on Nightline, among other appearances. So, when I was invited to participate in launching his book, I was happy to join in.

My job at Mass.Gov, as manager of the Massachusetts Recovery website, ended on September 30. I have hesitated to blog about it here for two reasons: 1) I do not want to “burn any bridges,” by writing negatively about an experience that did not work out for me and 2) I need to honor the standard contractor confidentiality agreement I was asked to sign before I was told my contract would not be renewed. The job was not a good fit.

A couple weeks ago I was at a small gathering of senior-level women, sharing professional experiences in a cozy living room over wine and snacks. I mentioned that I was teaching a two-hour workshop on Twitter for business. The response from one woman was not uncommon. “Two hours? On Twitter?” The class was last week, and the questions, dialogue and strategic planning that went on in that room spilled well past the two hour mark. And we still hardly hit the tip of the Twitterberg.

Sometimes on Twitter (@DanSchawbel) I get into rants when ideas or thoughts come into my head.  The other night, I tweeted a list of ten rules.  I didn’t even bother saying … (more)

Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! The Daily Grind Challenge – Levitate Above The Sea Of Sameness Are people whispering about you?  Do people remember you?  Do you make a WOW-Impression? You are’t forgettable or invisible are you? You’re told, you must be “remarkable” to create Top Of Mind Awareness (it’s true) . Do you wonder, “How Am I Supposed To Do That”? Here’s an easy way to paint your Personal-Brand a Remarkable Shade Of Purple Cow .

I began personal blogging more than a year ago.  For the first 8 months I was religious about posting, pumping out quality articles three to four times a week. Now I’m lucky if I put out two a month. Sandshack.org is a new website we just launched with three blogs focused on various ocean conservation issues - These blogs are where I will be spending more of my time in the upcoming months - The ROI potential is much greater than on my personal blog.

To blog or not to blog? To Tweet or not to Tweet? To Facebook or not to Facebook? Beyond the research that you should be doing on whether incorporating these marketing tactics into your social media plan is wise, you should also think about who’s managing those accounts, and how they’re being managed. Why? Think about it. Who’s actually building the relationships? Your employees are making the personal connections in these social media communities.

A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt, which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person’s torso. A T-shirt is usually a buttonless, collarless, and pocketless, with a round neck and short sleeve. T-shirts are typically made of cotton or polyester fibers (or a mix of the two). T-shirts can be decorated with text and/or pictures, and are sometimes used to advertise. T-shirts are designed for men and women, and for all age groups, including baby, youth, and adult sizes.

I am starting a social enterprise that provides skills-based volunteer opportunities for professionals. These busy individuals, who will volunteer their professional skills from 2-5 hours a week, on average, include marketing experts, publicists, strategy consultants, hedge fund managers and even nonprofit development staff. We recently launched our pilot program in New York City, and I find myself inspired as well as totally scared by our first, small batch of 100 professionals.

Baume & Mercier watch brand history: Has established since 1830, Baume & the Mercier watch receives the Swiss scheduling tradition, the suggestion design inspiration, a series of manufactures unique, the lofty high-quality goods. At this point, the brand unifies the scheduling specialized craft and the innovation science and technology successfully, shows disdain for in the middle of the same business with the group, promotes the pleasantly surprised excellent work unceasingly.

On October 13, Daliah Saper will be giving a lecture to law students at DePaul titled: “managing your online presence.” Daliah will cover the benefits and pitfalls of students using social media when applying for legal positions. Daliah will then cover the benefits and pitfalls of attorneys using social media to establish a “personal brand” once employed at a firm.

Steakhouse’s Facebook Success Utah’s Mo’ Bettah Steaks restaurant opened a second location this year only because of Facebook. “It clearly increased our business,” says the co-owner, who initially joined social media to monitor his daughter. He now uses it to promote events and menu additions: “It was like a brick hitting me.

My friend Lisa is an advocate (lawyer) in the U.K..  While she’s practicing she has to wear not only long black robes, but also a white, pigtailed wig.  Apparently this is quite impressive in Scotland.  It also serves to make her and her identically clad fellow lawyers seem more anonymous, thereby partially protecting their identities from potentially disgruntled clients or defendants.

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web’s Event Marketplace.

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web’s Event Marketplace.

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web’s Event Marketplace.

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web’s Event Marketplace.

Keep Track of Your Online Reputation Goal: Make tracking part of your everyday routine. Start by identifying the most likely places online for your name to come up. Google dominates the search engine market , and it’s also where the media looks first, according to ad firm Universal McCann. Identify blogs and forums within your professional circle, as well as popular social networking sites that you, colleagues, or competitors use.

You are a Global Personal Brand from PegasusMediaWorld on Vimeo. More from Nance…You can find Nance onFacebookLinkedInTwitterTags: branding, global brand, personal brand, Presentation, public speaking

When you hear the term “ internet marketing “, what do you think of? For many, that term conjures thoughts of websites or spamming or search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. For others, it’s all about graphical design, writing fancy code or even affiliate programs. All of those answers correct, but the essence of internet marketing is much simpler.

I’ve heard a lot about Gary Vaynerchuk. He is well known and widely lauded for his approach to personal branding for business owners. He “leveraged social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to promote Wine Library TV,” a video blog about wine. He’s hob nobbed with Meredith and Ann on the Today Show, shared wine with Ellen and Conan and been featured on Nightline, among other appearances. So, when I was invited to participate in launching his book, I was happy to join in.

My job at Mass.Gov, as manager of the Massachusetts Recovery website, ended on September 30. I have hesitated to blog about it here for two reasons: 1) I do not want to “burn any bridges,” by writing negatively about an experience that did not work out for me and 2) I need to honor the standard contractor confidentiality agreement I was asked to sign before I was told my contract would not be renewed. The job was not a good fit.

A couple weeks ago I was at a small gathering of senior-level women, sharing professional experiences in a cozy living room over wine and snacks. I mentioned that I was teaching a two-hour workshop on Twitter for business. The response from one woman was not uncommon. “Two hours? On Twitter?” The class was last week, and the questions, dialogue and strategic planning that went on in that room spilled well past the two hour mark. And we still hardly hit the tip of the Twitterberg.

Sometimes on Twitter (@DanSchawbel) I get into rants when ideas or thoughts come into my head.  The other night, I tweeted a list of ten rules.  I didn’t even bother saying … (more)

Dont be stingy with your thoughts- stop by and comment! The Daily Grind Challenge – Levitate Above The Sea Of Sameness Are people whispering about you?  Do people remember you?  Do you make a WOW-Impression? You are’t forgettable or invisible are you? You’re told, you must be “remarkable” to create Top Of Mind Awareness (it’s true) . Do you wonder, “How Am I Supposed To Do That”? Here’s an easy way to paint your Personal-Brand a Remarkable Shade Of Purple Cow .

I began personal blogging more than a year ago.  For the first 8 months I was religious about posting, pumping out quality articles three to four times a week. Now I’m lucky if I put out two a month. Sandshack.org is a new website we just launched with three blogs focused on various ocean conservation issues - These blogs are where I will be spending more of my time in the upcoming months - The ROI potential is much greater than on my personal blog.

To blog or not to blog? To Tweet or not to Tweet? To Facebook or not to Facebook? Beyond the research that you should be doing on whether incorporating these marketing tactics into your social media plan is wise, you should also think about who’s managing those accounts, and how they’re being managed. Why? Think about it. Who’s actually building the relationships? Your employees are making the personal connections in these social media communities.

A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt, which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person’s torso. A T-shirt is usually a buttonless, collarless, and pocketless, with a round neck and short sleeve. T-shirts are typically made of cotton or polyester fibers (or a mix of the two). T-shirts can be decorated with text and/or pictures, and are sometimes used to advertise. T-shirts are designed for men and women, and for all age groups, including baby, youth, and adult sizes.

If you’ve watched The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air enough times, you probably remember the episode that the title comes from. If not, Will Smith’s character, in a bid to impress his fiancee, shows he can be a powerful writer by taking pictures of what celebrities do at night. He unknowingly sells his pictures and story [...]

This article looks at some brand identity strategies for your home based business opportunities. Whenever we mention about home based business opportunities, you should realize that branding is closely related and of utmost importance to it. It will give your home based business as well as product a good image and a lasting one to boot. For that matter, you should be using many different strategies along with the right Internet marketing tools that cost absolutely nothing.

The beginning of October marked the annual customer User Conference for my company, iStrategy Solutions . It was a pleasure to meet so many smart, enthusiastic customers I have been speaking with on the phone and via email for the last three months. Since I traveled to BWI at the end of September and returned in early October, I had a chance to read AirTran’s September and October issues of its Go magazine. I found it interesting that the business author profiled in each issue so thoroughly and diametrically opposes the other.

While I have a voice for blogging and a face for radio I want to continue playing with other ways of sharing my thoughts with all of you.This presentation does a great job of discussing how to use Twitter to establish your personal brand. (15:26 minutes).I hope you find this useful.JohnPossibly related posts: (automatically generated)Should Your Logo Tweet? Would you send a Robot to a Cocktail Party?Mashable says brands don’t belong on TwitterEllen on Twittering for Business

Mich Joel over at Mich Joel over at Mich Joel over at Mich Joel over at Six Pixels Of Separation has written a magnificent article about The Key To Your Personal Brand . He makes it very clear that building your personal brand in this day and age takes more than just talking about yourself. A brand needs to be about community: Personal Branding is not about me. Personal Branding is not about you. Personal Branding is about us. The real benefits of personal branding flourish when like-minded individuals have a place to congregate.

In the complex society we live in today, is has become imperative to ensure that your personal brand is a vibrant and well-rounded one. This always sounds much easier said than done but then, it is the reality and you just have to deal with it. A personal brand is something you cannot ignore…actually you can, only it will be at your peril. That said, the best path to follow is that which leads to a well-cultivated and maintained personal brand. I mentioned that we live in complex times.

More than starting hands that you dealt in a game there are other factors which must be taken into account at playing poker. If you remember that is described poker as card game, played with people - or anything on that score. It can not be over-estimated. More than cards which you hold, you must know the opponents, to be a successful player in poker. As well as in majority other things, it is possible to classify - though poorly are players in different categories.

This article was originally written for and published at Product Design Hub . If you’ve already read it, thanks! If you haven’t, check out the conversation going on at Product Design Hub’s site. So you just graduated this past spring, and now you’re looking for a job as an industrial designer. Times are tough, but you’re pretty confident in your work. You wish you had some connections, but the couple internships under your belt will only get you so far. First things first, you’ve got to build up your network.

This article looks at how your home based business brand promises what you have deliver. Your home based business product brand promise mentioned that you are good and unique in giving satisfaction to customers. Regardless of the nature of your Home Based Business opportunities, branding is undoubtedly a vital component of your Online Marketing tools and campaign. The main aspect of your branding lies in the promise that your brand makes to your customers and prospective customers.

Brand image of any business activity encompasses a broader spectrum, which is the overall image of the business which includes the interior design, exterior design, marketing materials used, the web presence and also the staff members of the business. Data entry jobs too require image building to be successful. A professional image is very important as it involves the decision making process of customers whether to do business with the company or individual, or not. The heart of the business is their logo.

Cover via Amazon A few weeks ago when Gary Vaynerchuk   @garyvee of Wine Library TV, announced that he was coming to Seattle on October 20th as part of this book tour for his first book, Crush It! I was really jazzed. Then when he asked me to rally the peeps in the Seattle area about him coming to town for Crush It…how could I refuse? Gary Vaynerchuk coming to Seattle! Gary was one of the first people I connected with on Twitter when I joined in early 2008.

Dan Schawbel talks about how to brand yourself by associating your name with an expert in your field or a name brand company, such as Coca Cola or GE. He views this as one of the most powerful ideas in branding. Share on Facebook

Wow, what a Conference.  One of the most striking aspects has been the rapid rise of the Charismatic Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, (or BoJo as he has become affectionately known as).  The man’s star is currently shining brighter than a supernova!  Again he fulfilled the role of Conference Darling this week in Manchester.

Be Your Own Boss You lie! Things Can Always be Worse Sign of the Times Revisionist History Pre-Obama Wall Street Decision Makers How Does the Economy Work? Defense “Strategies” – For more info: Click on “Subscribe to Newsletter ” and enter your email address at the tops of the page to receive notice of this weekly feature and other new articles.

With the redesign earlier this year , Facebook shifted to a far more real-time model of keeping up with your friends’ activities around the site. Some of the early criticism of the changes put “information overload” at the top of the list. At the same time, Facebook introduced an awesome and powerful way to filter your news feed to improve that signal to noise ratio. But in our opinion they didn’t quite go the distance in terms of making sure users knew it was available and explaining how to use it.

With the redesign earlier this year , Facebook shifted to a far more real-time model of keeping up with your friends’ activities around the site. Some of the early criticism of the changes put “information overload” at the top of the list. At the same time, Facebook introduced an awesome and powerful way to filter your news feed to improve that signal to noise ratio. But in our opinion they didn’t quite go the distance in terms of making sure users knew it was available and explaining how to use it.

With the redesign earlier this year , Facebook shifted to a far more real-time model of keeping up with your friends’ activities around the site. Some of the early criticism of the changes put “information overload” at the top of the list. At the same time, Facebook introduced an awesome and powerful way to filter your news feed to improve that signal to noise ratio. But in our opinion they didn’t quite go the distance in terms of making sure users knew it was available and explaining how to use it.

With the redesign earlier this year , Facebook shifted to a far more real-time model of keeping up with your friends’ activities around the site. Some of the early criticism of the changes put “information overload” at the top of the list. At the same time, Facebook introduced an awesome and powerful way to filter your news feed to improve that signal to noise ratio. But in our opinion they didn’t quite go the distance in terms of making sure users knew it was available and explaining how to use it.

Brand image of any business activity encompasses a broader spectrum, which is the overall image of the business which includes the interior design, exterior design, marketing materials used, the web presence and also the staff members of the business. Data entry jobs too require image building to be successful. A professional image is very important as it involves the decision making process of customers whether to do business with the company or individual, or not. The heart of the business is their logo.

If you have a resume with a long Education section which lists several degrees in different academic fields, and you want to know how to place them in the context of your overall … (more)

Got this quote over at Nunes/Magician ; he got it in turn from the Albany Times-Union : “I treat everybody kind of the same. If it comes across as negative, it’s because there are elephants that are in the room that a lot of people believe, and no one else is willing to say. For a long time (Syracuse) didn’t play anybody on the road. “Most sane, rational Syracuse fans will say, ‘I don’t really like what he says, but at least he says what he thinks.’ That’s valued.

You have a full plate of options at Web 2.0 Expo New York this fall. From keynotes and workshops to sessions and bootcamps, your brain will have a lot to get through. We designed our free “unconference” Web2Open to help you digest all this information – as well as to help you get in touch with the experts and industry professionals you need to know. The PodCamp Foundation is running Web2Open for us this year, and much of the content found at a typical PodCamp will be featured.

There is some debate about whether a resume should have an objective or not. The how to write a resume pundits often advise against this feature when speaking about effective resume formats. Yet others advise that the objective of the resume should be stated in the cover letter of the resume that you plan to send out.

I was excited when I first picked up Douglas Rushkoff ’s book, Life Inc. : How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back . I confess I expected it to articulate ideas and feelings I had, hopefully better than I could, and also flesh them out so they were more substantial. Yes, I was doing something I complain others do: looking for opinions that affirm my own rather than challenge them. In many ways, the book does all that.

For our Insights & Opinions section this morning, Serena Ehrlich , SVP Social Media at Startup Army , gives a quick primer on using social media to promote your startup. …There are lots of ways to use social media to build a reputation and to reach prospects! Create your online personality: Create a Google profile to ensure people can easily find you within Google seach results. Extend your personal brand and create accounts on Twitter, LinkedIN, Delicious and more.

More than starting hands that you dealt in a game there are other factors which must be taken into account at playing poker. If you remember that is described poker as card game, played with people - or anything on that score. It can not be over-estimated. More than cards which you hold, you must know the opponents, to be a successful player in poker. As well as in majority other things, it is possible to classify - though poorly are players in different categories.

Now is not the time to be shy or humble. Now is the time to blog about your Home Business Marketing MLM success! People want to hear about your MLM journey and they want to know about your successes. They even want to know about your failures and how you kept on working to find success! Your blog is capable of being one of your best MLM recruiting tools, and here’s why: your readers want to know about you. They want to identify with you and they want someone they can look to as a role model.

Before we get to this I have to issue a disclaimer/warning. The following article will feature spoilers of major plot points in the Twilight Series and will do so with a level of contempt previously unheard of outside of the average review for a Michael Bay film. If you don’t want to have things spoiled or you cannot bare criticism on your beloved series, particularly in reference to Douchemaster Supreme Edward, then you should really find something more to your liking such as a current issue of Tiger Beat or anything found in the first third of your local Hot Topic.

Man!Ball!, NCAA, Off the Field, WhimsyOctober 8th, 2009 by Sean Burns Go to IL.com Blog Home It’s been a twitteriffic week, with the folks from UNC and Hopkins really tearing it up - maybe it’s the color - this time around (don’t worry, Cuse fans, you got some rep over here too)…Man!Ball! is on hand to bring you, once more, the best and worst comments of the week, along with his own personal brand of Tweeterifficness…TWEET OF THE WEEKcboland32 This bus ride sucks..Green Street Hooligans was a sick movie.

{2009 10 08} Jim Haney, CIO of Harley-Davidson, presented on how they’re taking the Lean principles that they already use in manufacturing, and applying to their IT operations. They’re obviously focused on their customers: he started with a picture of a grey-bearded biker in bandana and shades, and pointed out that they do everything for him.

Reviewing my experience at London’s SeedCamp and BizSpark , two leading events aimed at getting young companies mentorship and investment, it is glaringly obvious that start-ups don’t execute pitches as well as they could. In the business world, if you don’t successfully persuade an audience of your value, it’s worse than not having presented at all. Why am I so sure that start-ups need careful preparation to prevent dangerous mistakes in performance? First of all, it is my business.

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Mary Sherwood Sevinsky , MS, CDMS, CCM Attitude Noun 1 . the way a person thinks and behaves 2 . a position of the body 3 .  Informal a hostile manner 4 . the orientation of an aircraft or spacecraft in relation to some plane or direction [Latin  aptus apt] Collins Essential English Dictionary 2nd Edition 2006 © HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006

Flashback to this past May.  As I anxiously prepare to cross the stage at graduation, three thoughts repeatedly cross my mind: 1- DO NOT TRIP AND FALL! 2- Someone get me out of these torture tents sweat suits robes! 3- How many days until alumni weekend? Despite my worst fears, my brief moment on stage was both elegant and graceful and I’m quite positive the black graduation robes- which we were warned may bleed through- actually helped me lose three pounds by ceremony’s end.  Sans three pounds (not to mention a dry-cleaning bill) and with my dignity intact, I looked forward to my triumphant return to Marist in the fall.

This week’s social media blog posts: Monday: The Social Media Manifesto. Tuesday: Social Media and business. Wednesday: Your Social Media strategy: What are you hoping to achieve? Thursday: Social Marketing turns the Media Funnel upside down. Friday: Action steps for getting your business started in Social Media—today. (This is the sixth in our series of Social Media posts for the month of October.

  photo: source unknown We all are aware of the power of scarcity.  Not long ago, the Nintendo Wii was scarce around the  holidays and people went crazy trying to find one.  Never mind that the toy companies do this to us every holiday season – we still allow them to drive us to desperate measures with scarcity.  A client of mine in the restaurant business told me that when it comes to a buffet line, the restaurant should keep the pans full, not let the amount of food diminish too much or the patrons will see the food as scarce and will rush to fill up their plates with it, even if they don’t really want it.  I knew there was more than one reason I shy away from buffets.

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In Sales What’s Your BrandBy Dee HaskelNike. Kleenex. QTips. While these are all household names, we first recognize the Brands because we know the quality behind them. When we shop for these products, we already know that by purchasing them, we will be getting a top quality product, that will last a long time. In most cases, these name brands are actually more expensive than their store labeled counterparts. Most people won’t care about paying a little more.

One of the biggest concerns in marketing these days is social media marketing, and one of the biggest concerns with social media marketing is coming up with the time to do it. Make no mistake about it, using tools (other than BP, of course) such as Twitter, Facebook, ActiveRain and a business blog can significantly grow your business, improve communication with your clients and customers and even open up new income streams for you. But it is not a magic bullet.

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mparent77772: Personal Brand Audit: What’s Your Online Visibility Score? http://bit.ly/8JTNT

I’d like to share an update on a post I made over a year ago. Its about my on going saga of getting the word “Brian Wong” listed on Google’s search results for personal branding. In my previous post , I talked about how I got the number one spot on Google and then lost it when I screwed up the SEO on my pages when I switched to Wordpress and then got it back again after some tweaking. Hey, we all learn from mistakes right? Now I’m happy to report that my efforts have paid off.

The resume-preparation step comprises several sub-steps: Determine the focus of your resume. What kind of job or jobs will you be targeting? Your resume must target your desired career goal with precision. Job-seekers tend to forget that employers review resumes extremely quickly — often in just a few seconds. An employer taking such a quick glance should be able to immediately grasp what you want to do and have a sense of the value you can contribute to the organization.

[test testimonial] On Tuesday, October 20 , Gary Vaynerchuk will be in Seattle our second Biznik Innovator event, presented in association with Kim Ricketts Book Events . Millions have logged onto Gary Vaynerchuk’s Wine Library TV - watching him boldly and unconventionally rate hundreds of wines.

LinkedIn has evolved into the largest online business networking platform – totaling 32 million users worldwide.  Prior to the social networking craze, LinkedIn was largely used to connect with past co-workers and trusted colleagues.  Now, however, LinkedIn has extended its capabilities to serve as a brand building platform for professionals looking to network, engage, and communicate with like-minded peers. The surge was accelerated during the recessionary period when laid off workers were looking to locate jobs and hopefully connect with others who could assist in the process.

by Jon Bernstein   http://www.bnet.com/2403-13068_23-349621.html Keep Track of Your Online Reputation GOAL: MAKE TRACKING PART OF YOUR EVERYDAY ROUTINE. Start by identifying the most likely places online for your name to come up. Google dominates the search engine market , and it’s also where the media looks first, according to ad firm Universal McCann. Identify blogs and forums within your professional circle, as well as popular social networking sites that you, colleagues, or competitors use.

If you’re new here and find this article useful, please consider subcribing to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting!Alison Driscoll is an interactive copywriter and social media consultant who specializes in Facebook. She authors a blog at alisondriscoll.com.Facebook Pages may be taking the social network by storm, but they can take time and technical skill to set up.

I recently gave a talk at Golden Gate University titled Career Development & Job Search in a Social Media World. I talked about social network etiquette, the strategy behind building a network of professional associates, how to present one’s self online, and what recruiters are looking for, and what they hate. I’ve posted the slides, with notes, on SlideShare .

I’ve been enjoying Bret Simmons’ series about personal branding lately. In a series of posts he covers why personal branding is so important ( The Google Background Check ), how to get started ( Personal Branding: Some Simple First Steps ), and what you’re trying to accomplish - that is, to show that you Consistently Contribute Value , as well as many other topics.

Alison Driscoll is an interactive copywriter and social media consultant who specializes in Facebook. She authors a blog at alisondriscoll.com . Facebook Pages may be taking the social network by storm, but they can take time and technical skill to set up. When you need to promote something quickly, or are looking to foster a stronger sense of community, the more traditional Facebook Group is often the way to go. While not as fancy as Pages, Groups offer many of the same features, with a slightly more streamlined look.

Alison Driscoll is an interactive copywriter and social media consultant who specializes in Facebook. She authors a blog at alisondriscoll.com . Facebook Pages may be taking the social network by storm, but they can take time and technical skill to set up. When you need to promote something quickly, or are looking to foster a stronger sense of community, the more traditional Facebook Group is often the way to go. While not as fancy as Pages, Groups offer many of the same features, with a slightly more streamlined look.

by Winson Yeung Many people believe that it’s difficult to achieve a top position on the Internet. Well, considering that most people search on Google for information, all we need is to learn some effective SEO strategies, in order to increase Google traffic. It’s vital to set goals for your website. Whether you’re willing to build a personal website or to promote products and services, what matters is to have some precise targets in your mind.

Michael Schulder CNN Senior Executive Producer Oh, did I have a close call this morning trying to stay germ free. I had just dropped off the kids at school and was driving to work when I sneezed. I have a cold. So, at the next red light, I grabbed the hand sanitizer that is always by my side these days, plopped some on my hands, and rubbed. I was still rubbing when the light turned green, which forced me to grab the wheel prematurely. As I tried to grip the steering wheel my hands began sliding all over the place.

You want Izeafest conference gossip? You’ve got it. One mouthy blogger opened the flood gates on the Screen Gems panel by making one snarky comment after another . Another rowdy blogger was caught ordering bottles of champagne, accepting numerous shots from CEO Ted Murphy and ending the night adorned in glowing necklaces. Oh shit. That was me.

If you haven’t been to a career fair lately, it’s time! Take advantage of these simple tips to make your attendance worth while: Tip #1: Get prepared by making a list of industries and employers in attendance at the event that are of interest. You don’t want to waste precious time at booths of employers with jobs unrelated to your search. Tip #2: Dress appropriately by dressing as you would for an interview. You’ll want to bring along a briefcase or writing portfolio so you can store your resumes and collect any brochures/contact information from various employer booths.

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Credit: Jeff McNeill (via Flickr) If you work as a freelancer or other type of solopreneur where you market your products and services based on your name (rather than a company name), your name is your brand. What people think when they see or hear your name will influence whether or not they do business with you. That’s why independent professionals need to be aware of brand marketing as it applies not just to products or corporate images, but as it applies to them .

This is the fourth in a series of Personal Brand Audits, where we’ll make sure you’re keeping the touch points of your personal brand effective and up to date. (See Part 1: … (more)

Artist Thaneeya McArdle My dialog with Thaneeya McArdle , a  young artist who lives in Florida, USA, started when I typed “ funky abstract art” into Google Search. I was looking for images that would give me inspiration for my company presentation about funky brands . One of the images I liked very much led to the sites of Thaneeya McArdle: www.thaneeya.com and www.art-is-fun.com . I liked the way Thaneeya spoke about herself and her passion for art, as well as how she used the power of the Internet and social media to connect to those who appreciate her work.

Do you Tweet? If not, maybe you should. Perhaps it would be misleading to say that as a job searcher you MUST be on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or other social and business networking sites. But,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Brand Camp 2009 is happening this weekend, and there’s still time to sign up! The Brand Camp University – Personal Branding 2.0 Conference takes place Saturday, October 10 from 9:00am to 5:00pm at Lawrence Tech University in Southfield, MI. The conference is an interactive personal branding and social media event open to marketers and communication professionals, students, entrepreneurs, job seekers, and anyone striving to create and grow their personal and professional identity.

This is amazing - it’s hard to believe an attorney would submit something so unprofessional to a judge, and that a judge would take the time to mark up the errors in the document and order the attorney to show the errors to his client! Another reminder that *everything* you do is a reflection of your competence, your professional ability, and your personal brand. Make sure to proofread and use spellcheck! p.s. (Most of) the comments after the article are also worth reading.

Today we have a guest blog post from Joe Turner, the Job Search Guy, who is the author of  “Job Search Secrets Unlocked” and “Paycheck 911.”   You’ll find Turner’s free tips and advice on landing a job in this tough economy at www.jobchangesecrets.com . Here are some tips on answering the question, “Why would an employer hire me?” and using social media in your job search.

There’s been a lot of noise lately about health care in this country, and frankly I’m getting a little sick from it.  I thought about consulting my physician, but debate drain is not covered under my HMO.  And yes, that is the quality of joke I think this whole debate deserves. I am routinely mystified by the manipulation of language we see in public debate.  No one considers themselves to be anti-choice or anti-life, but that’s exactly the dichotomy that the abortion debate sets up. 

By now you’ve probably read that after 44 staffers were laid off at CQ-Roll Call at the end of September,   veteran editor Brian Nutting e-mailed the entire editorial staff (and cc’d the newsroom) a letter demanding answers from management.  His email was immediately “leaked” online and a day later, he was fired for insubordination. A few days later, The Washington Post released new social media guidelines for its writers which take a pretty dim view of journalists having social media lives.

I read a blog post today that said social media is not for making money. I think this is only one side of the coin. I believe that you can utilize social media to make loads of money today and in the future. I am unsure if this posts give you reason enough to trust me, but if we discuss it I am sure we’ll reach a profitable conclusion. Fortunes on branding One thing that many companies spend fortunes on today, in order to make money, is branding.

by Winson Yeung Almost every time when you’re looking for information, Google seems to be a real help. Now, you’re thinking about building your own website, but you’re afraid that the competition won’t let you to develop your business properly. Well, this is why you must learn something about SEO. Because Google is the most important search engine, you must focus on increasing Google traffic by applying various strategies to gain exposure. It’s vital to set goals for your website.

IZEAFest Photo: by  chrisheuer If you listened to my podcast yesterday on the ROI in attending Social Media Conference s , then you know I just returned from  IZEAFest a marketing / social media conference in Orlando, FL. organized by Ted Murphy . In my podcast I mentioned how the ROI for attending various social media conferences is relationships and from the relationships it could lead to more business deals and/or speaking opportunities.

When we hear the phrase “cover story,” we think of a story that’s not true. Recently on CollegeRecruiter.com , Sital Ruparelia suggested that career changers should have a cover story for those between-jobs situations when someone asks what the career-changer is up to these days. Ruperelia describes his personal experience with this process: “I came up with a “cover story’ — a vague (yet plausible) answer to that awkward question: “so what are you doing these days?” or the “what are you

The October issue of Publishers Weekly , the book world’s premiere trade magazine for over 130 years, is quite forward-thinking for such an old-time product. One glance at this edition’s cover — an artistic recreation of the magazine’s Twitter page — and it’s clear that this isn’t your great-great-grandfather’s Publishers Weekly . Actually, it’s the Viral Issue and it’s online and on newsstands now — what’s inside might surprise you.

If you’re new here and find this article useful, please consider subcribing to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting!Love it, hate it, or mildly tolerate it, you can’t dismiss Facebook’s massive success. Even in markets where it doesn’t dominate the social web, Facebook is catching up and will likely succeed.It’s easy to forget sometimes that there was an Internet before Facebook and many of us have existing blogs or websites.

Sex is the core of many celebrities’ personal brands. These popsugar people make a living being hot. They play out their lives with others who are just as hot. Megan, Brian, Scarlett, Ryan, Brad, Angelina, Gisele, Tom and the phalanx of usual suspects dance among their own kind. Their brand Sexy Sells images are not just the output of stylists and press agents. Sex is the brand born out by these celebs’ behavior. It works because, like the core elements of all successful personal brands, sex isn’t just aped by these lookers.

Love it, hate it, or mildly tolerate it, you can’t dismiss Facebook’s massive success. Even in markets where it doesn’t dominate the social web, Facebook is catching up and will likely succeed. It’s easy to forget sometimes that there was an Internet before Facebook and many of us have existing blogs or websites. Integrating with Facebook is a great way to get additional exposure for your content, whether you re-publish your blog content directly on Facebook, or you use something like Facebook Connect to add the Facebook login/profile experience to your own site.

Love it, hate it, or mildly tolerate it, you can’t dismiss Facebook’s massive success. Even in markets where it doesn’t dominate the social web, Facebook is catching up and will likely succeed. It’s easy to forget sometimes that there was an Internet before Facebook and many of us have existing blogs or websites. Integrating with Facebook is a great way to get additional exposure for your content, whether you re-publish your blog content directly on Facebook, or you use something like Facebook Connect to add the Facebook login/profile experience to your own site.

Love it, hate it, or mildly tolerate it, you can’t dismiss Facebook’s massive success. Even in markets where it doesn’t dominate the social web, Facebook is catching up and will likely succeed. It’s easy to forget sometimes that there was an Internet before Facebook and many of us have existing blogs or websites. Integrating with Facebook is a great way to get additional exposure for your content, whether you re-publish your blog content directly on Facebook, or you use something like Facebook Connect to add the Facebook login/profile experience to your own site.

We’re recapping this weekend’s Online News Association conference through the lens of Twitter — assembling the most interesting or useful tweets from each session. I posted recaps of Friday’s sessions yesterday; here are Saturday’s . Among the topics covered: the social context of retweeting; why Twitter won’t boost your SEO; a Spanish Twitter-like tool for journalists; and the role of Scotch in journalism startups. You’ll also find two of the biggest (and, to my mind, successful) sessions of the weekend: “From Journalist to Entrepreneur” at 10 a.m.

I think by now that most people who pay close attention to social media marketing are probably familiar with Gary Vaynerchuk. He is the “social media” expert behind the now famous Wine Library TV . Frankly, I don’t much care for wine and rarely drink alcohol of any description but keep up with this website just to see what new ideas Gary comes up with that can be utlitzed for myself or my clients.

She’s a popular singer who managed to make a name for herself slowly in the States, but few would have thought she would have become Australia’s best known personal brand

There is nothing good that does not has a cost attached. Everything that worth it will always make a demand from you. Today social media has become the buzz word. Many marketing communicators, public Relations experts and brand drivers are rushing into learning how to take advantage of the new trend. Trends as it is known do not last eternally. No one knows whether this will be applicable to social media though we seem to have made the tact impression it has come to stay for good.

Do you have a hobby you wish you could indulge in all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take that passion and make a living doing what you love. In Crush It! Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion , Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses. Gary spent years building his family business from a local wine shop into a national industry leader.

Source: Flickr If you are an artist, have you ever thought about sharing your passions, expressing your personality through your art, as well as selling your art as part of your…. brand ? If not, you are not alone! Many artists concentrate on their core activity – creating art – and leave more commercial aspects of their work to other people, for instance, art dealers. Think of your brand as your image and reputation , as perceived by those who enjoy and consume your work.

In an effort to help and support deserving out-of-work professionals make the right impression and create the right “buzz” to finally get in front of the right people and find a new opportunity, Seniors4Hire.org, RezBuzz.com and Laurie Pehar Borsh/ECMG - Personal PR Productions announce the launch of THE $10,000 GREAT EXECUTIVE MAKEOVER CONTEST. The contest has been developed to support a well deserving executive or professional, 50 and older, who has been laid off due to corporate downsizing or closure.

Some business owners arrive on social networking sites and immediately start working. They write hundreds of blogs, post many advertisements and start communications with many of the high profile networkers. They build huge networks within a couple of months. After spending two or three months they suddenly start feeling disillusioned. They wonder why nobody has given them any business. After all they have made hundreds of new contacts haven’t they? A few then start criticizing existing members of the sites and with a bang and a puff of smoke; they leave.

Is your resume generating disappointing results? Have you been sending your resume for positions that you know you are qualified for, but the phone remains silent? If so, you might want to check it and revise it against these ten common errors. 1. Including an objective statement that tells the reader what you want. If there is one major rule to keep in mind as you write your resume, it is that all of the content should be written to be employer-centered.

If your resume is not getting the attention you want, maybe you are committing one of these seven deadly sins of resume writing.   Remember that recruiters and hiring managers will scan your resume for about 20-30 seconds to decide if it should be in the “keep” pile or the “no way” pile.  Take 15 minutes to scan your own resume and audit for these common resume writing mistakes.     Carelessness This goes without saying.  Do not be afraid to ask for help to proofread your resume.  Ask

Some business owners arrive on social networking sites and immediately start working. They write hundreds of blogs, post many advertisements and start communications with many of the high profile networkers. They build huge networks within a couple of months. After spending two or three months they suddenly start feeling disillusioned. They wonder why nobody has given them any business. After all they have made hundreds of new contacts haven’t they? A few then start criticizing existing members of the sites and with a bang and a puff of smoke; they leave.

I read niche blogs everyday for various reasons, some have to do with my industry sector, while others educate me on blogging as a profession. As you might be aware, I only started blogging full-time in March 2009, therefore it’s still a learning curve for me. That’s the beauty of blogging, you have all the answers at your finger tips… ProBlogger.net – Australian based Darren Rowse is the authority on blogging as a profession (every blogger sings his praises).

by Ellie Gant As usual, the Wow Green compensation plan shows that the same old ideas are just plain too profitable to disappear. Just like the programs you might recall from the 1970’s, the plan is all about talking other people into selling what you’re selling. Yes, you heard right: the Wow Green compensation plan is about going out and creating your own competition. Leaving aside the question of why exactly you would do that, let’s ask the more important question: why does the Wow Green compensation plan expect you to do that? It’s not hard to understand why.

Coaching paradox Mon 5 : The paradox of coaching is that, all to often, courses tend to be aimed at turning the coachee into a coach. So, generalising, someone who has taken a course because of personal issues, then sets up in business to advise and guide others. Leaving aside issues of transference, learning from someone who has been through a similar situation does have its merits. What I question are the elements of indoctrination with virtually every coach I have come across to date.

Izeafest is a tech savvy blogger & social media evangelists convention that I had the pleasure of attending recently. Ted Murphy kicks off the event, well actually it was Ted’s look alike brother that came out screaming and insanely intense. He got everyone going and must have yelled “WWWOOOOOOOOO” at least 10 times with his tongue sticking out. He finally introduced Ted and the ‘fest’ was underway. Ted talked a bit about what izea was and how it came to be.

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web’s Event Marketplace.

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web’s Event Marketplace.

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership. Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web’s Event Marketplace.

On September 17th – Dan Lyons of Newsweek published an article that caught my attention at the time, entitled: Don’t Tweet On Me: Twitter shows that stupid stuff sells. Despite my initial desire to respond, for some reason or another, I never took the time or simply forgot. The article recently resurfaced in a brief flurry of online dialog and once again drew my attention – Why is their so much Twitter Hate, especially amongst journalists at reputable media powerhouses like Newsweek.

These days, it seems like Twitter is unstoppable. It’s all over the web, talked about on TV, and lately I’ve even been receiving corporate brochures with company twitter accounts listed. Twitter is becoming a mainstream business and networking tool, and it can provide power and reach for your freelancing business that can’t be ignored. I have personally been a Twitter user since 2007, and my active presence on twitter has become one of my most valuable business assets. People are using twitter in many different ways.

Have you wanted to become an video vixen as long as you can remember? Are you inspired by your favorite hip hop videos and have a passion for dancing? Here are the main steps you take to help you get to your goal.
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Learn the profession from top to bottom.
Many hip hop models have marketed themselves successfully through fan websites, film, calendars, DVDs, import car shows, personal appearances, party hosting, and various other projects.

On Wednesday we are doing a free webinar on personal branding, and specifically, how to create your bio/story/profile. More info here , registration here . I get Thom Singer’s blog posts via email (you can do that on JibberJobber’s blog – just go to the top right of the blog and you’ll see a place to put your email addy) and almost always read them entirely.  Thom is a sharp guy with a sassy attitude about relationships – he says stuff that networking folks don’t (for example, here’s

F reelancing, moonlighting, side jobs, and hustles – say these words to most people and they will immediately think you’re slacking off on your day job. You’re a sneaky weasel who hates his work and wants to earn extra income on the side while everyone else is dedicated to the company. Are we really that ignorant? We’ve put so much social value in a single-employee, 40-year career system, but as the recession is proving very painfully, that system only works so well.

To celebrate the new Blissfully Domestic, I am thrilled to announce we will be giving away 10 copies of the groundbreaking digital book, The Smart Girl’s Guide to Twitter. The Smart Girl’s Twitter Guide is fun and easy to read. It takes the boring techie-speak and delivers everything you need to know in a relaxed, fun style. Millions of women join Twitter every year and over 60% give up after a month. You don’t have to be confused by Twitter anymore.

October 4, 2009in General If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Finally an easy way to research trademarks! http://www.trademarkia.com/#I just entered to win some great SEO prizes from @seoboy and @ppchero: http://bit.ly/FH1te Please RT! #3 New Facebook Strategies for Building Your Personal Brand http://bit.ly/4wPPbv#Apple tablet?

October 4, 2009in General If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Finally an easy way to research trademarks! http://www.trademarkia.com/#I just entered to win some great SEO prizes from @seoboy and @ppchero: http://bit.ly/FH1te Please RT! #3 New Facebook Strategies for Building Your Personal Brand http://bit.ly/4wPPbv#Apple tablet?

Here are 10 reasons why you should create your own website: If you create your own website, you will not only have a lot more opportunity to generate sales from a product, you will also be involved in starting and expanding your business online. 1. To have your own website is like having your own house: ? It is your very own home on the Internet. After you have created your own website, you publish it on the net through a webhosting site and by registering a domain name.

What’s your time worth? It’s a question most people don’t know the real answer to. No matter how good of a personal brand you’ve established and no matter how effective you are at gathering a tribe of raving fans — your answer to this question is the single greatest determinant of whether you’ll achieve the wealth and success you want . Can you imagine an advantage that’s unique to you and that no one can take away from you? Well, in the 21st Century the only distinct advantage you have over your competitors is the ability to defy physics and multiply your time.

Finally an easy way to research trademarks! http://www.trademarkia.com/ # I just entered to win some great SEO prizes from @ seoboy and @ppchero: http://bit.ly/FH1te Please RT! # 3 New Facebook Strategies for Building Your Personal Brand http://bit.ly/4wPPbv # Apple tablet? Get a load of the leaked Microsoft Courier Footage [VIDEO] http://bit.ly/4r6Lnh # Microsoft Releases Free Anti-Virus Software http://bit.ly/VAKZ4 # Related posts: PPC For Hire on Twitter - Join Us!

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I blame it on the recession. In the past six months I’ve noticed an uptick in the number of requests from LinkedIn connections for Recommendations.  The more requests I’ve received the clearer it has become to me that there is a right way to go about asking for recommendations.  The key, as with so many other things in life, is to think first about what your final goal or intention is (thank you Steven Covey) and work backwards from there.

Finding your village of customers. Sonia Simone. http://TwitPWR.com/rqJ/ # “The future you see is the future you get.” – Robert G Allen # How to stand out in a crowded niche. Jonathan Morrow. http://TwitPWR.com/shI/ # The complete newbie’s guide to marketing. Sonia Simone. http://TwitPWR.com/shK/ # Brand yourself before someone else brands you. Dan Schawbel. http://TwitPWR.com/si4/ # Mister-Wong.com now integrates Twitter streams to user profiles.

by Ellie Gant Some ideas are just too profitable to go away – and the Wow Green compensation plan certainly demonstrates that. This plan involves talking all the people you can into selling the same things you’re selling, just like all the old programs from the 1970’s. That’s right: the Wow Green compensation plan is about creating your own competition, and making your job even more difficult.

Maria Ross, Owner and Chief Marketing Diva, of Red Slice –a branding, marketing and communications consultancy has several tips to share… #1: Be Relevant Don’t take the conversation down a rabbit hole. Stay on topic and don’t veer the conversation off course. This can just spiral out of control within the comments and frustrate readers – and the author. If you are an entrepreneur, ensure you are commenting on topics related to your business. #2: Be Brief Focus on 1 or 2 points within the post or article and react to those.

My curiosity with how people connect online has led me into a  job as a new media consultant. It seems a natural progression for me for the moment. If not for Facebook and Twitter, I wouldn’t have been able to keep in contact with my friends from Vietnam, as well as the volunteers from the rest of the world. I wouldn’t have known that Milena solved her transportation problems in Hanoi by buying herself a spanking new scooter. Elizabeth from the UK wouldn’t have been communicating with me about our post-Vietnam blues if not for Facebook.

So I moderated a panel last night entitled “What’s Next For News,” as part of the kickoff for Wordstock, an annual event put on by the Ryerson University School of Journalism in Toronto. As you can see from the photo (taken by Wayne MacPhail), I played middleman between veteran social-media skeptic Andrew Keen and “media futurist” Clay Shirky. Among other things, we talked about the rise of the Wikipedia model as a source of journalism — something I (and Clay) believe is still underappreciated by many media outlets — as well as the pressure for transparency and the need for jounalists to become brands.

Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: TechCrunch: “Touching: All Rumors Point To The End Of Keys/Buttons” Freelance Switch: “Talking Shop With Fellow Freelancers” Mashable: “3 New Facebook Strategies for Building Your Personal Brand” TechDirt: “There Are Numbers Less Than 1%” Smashing Magazine: “40+ Desert Island Web Development Tools” Uncluterrer: “Recovering from an e-mail interruption” Selah Synergy: “The Social Web and Competition: Respect the Game” Chris Brogan: “The Audacity of Free” Copyblogger: “S.P.E.E.D.

Photo cred: PJ Rosenberger When you walk in (or call in) to a hair salon, you have two options.  Choose the stylist that you prefer, or have the next available one assigned to you. Earlier this week, following my post about personal branding while on the clock , I had a conversation on twitter about agencies and personal branding.  See where I’m going yet? From that conversation I came up with the concept of an agency, where the brand signing with the agency is familiar with the personal brands of each employee within that agency, and they are able to hand pick who they want to work on their project.

Some business owners arrive on social networking sites and immediately start working. They write hundreds of blogs, post many advertisements and start communications with many of the high profile networkers. They build huge networks within a couple of months. After spending two or three months they suddenly start feeling disillusioned. They wonder why nobody has given them any business. After all they have made hundreds of new contacts haven’t they? A few then start criticizing existing members of the sites and with a bang and a puff of smoke; they leave.

by Winson Yeung Many people believe that it’s difficult to achieve a top position on the Internet. Well, considering that most people search on Google for information, all we need is to learn some effective SEO strategies, in order to increase Google traffic. As in any project, setting objectives that must be served and supported by the company’s website is the first decision in supply chain design. Whatever are the changes that will occur during the project, setting the fundamental goals is crucial.

by Ellie Gant Surprisingly, the Wow Green compensation plan demonstrates that some ideas are evidently too profitable to go away. Just like all the old programs from the 1970’s, this plan involves going around talking other people into selling the same thing you’re selling. Yes, you heard right: the Wow Green compensation plan is about going out and creating your own competition. Leaving aside the question of why exactly you would do that, let’s ask the more important question: why does the Wow Green compensation plan expect you to do that? It’s not hard to understand, when you really think about it.

© 2009 justinflitter Social Media is one giant conversation, like a huge convention where everyone can listen to anyone. A journey through diverse topics and critical issues. So how tight is your Tweetbelt?Andy Blood aka @TheBloodster in his talk at Tedx Auckland (see the full slideshow here) “Propagation to the power of 9,000 90,000? says that before the Real Time Web (in the old days); viral = sexy, violent, irreverent, shocking.

Mylatch , Indiana based start-up, leverages social media tools to custom design career sites for employers to help attract, engage, evaluate and hire Generation Y professionals. Generation Y has arrived at work. They carry their social networks to work and visit their Facebook pages several times a day and collaborate to get their work done. Open source culture that lets them express  their minds, challenge status quo, and one that rewards out-of-the-box thinking has motivated them.

by Ellie Gant As usual, the Wow Green compensation plan shows that the same old ideas are just plain too profitable to disappear. Just like the programs you might recall from the 1970’s, the plan is all about talking other people into selling what you’re selling. That’s right: the Wow Green compensation plan is about creating your own competition, and making your job even more difficult. Let’s not ask why exactly you would want to do that; let’s ask, instead, the underlying question: why does the Wow Green compensation plan want you to do that? It’s not hard to understand why.

Author : Todd Ash Authentic personal branding: Most buying decisions are based on trust, confidence, and emotions people have related to a product, service, or person Branding is more important than marketing and sales Branding is influencing, by creating a brand identity that associates certain perceptions and feelings with that identity Everyone has a Personal Brand but most people are not aware of this and do not manage this strategically, consistently, and effectively You should take

Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk is for sure written by a motivational speaker; however, it was also written by a phenomenally-successful self-made businessman and social media maven. Rare is the motivational business book with an actual flight plan and pre-flight check list. The book was written by dictation, is very spoken-word and accessible, and ends up mixing cocksuredness with earnestness in such a way that is very appealing.

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Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk is for sure written by a motivational speaker ; however, it was also written by a phenomenally-successful self-made businessman and social media maven. Rare is the motivational business book with an actual flight plan and pre-flight check list. The book was written by dictation, is very spoken-word and accessible, and ends up mixing cocksuredness with earnestness in such a way that is very appealing.

Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk is for sure written by a motivational speaker; however, it was also written by a phenomenally-successful self-made businessman and social media maven. Rare is the motivational business book with an actual flight plan and pre-flight check list. The book was written by dictation, is very spoken-word and accessible, and ends up mixing cocksuredness with earnestness in such a way that is very appealing.

What is personal branding? Well, to put it simply, it is all about image. In the world of Internet Marketing, your image can have a major effect on how successful you are. And branding yourself is all about shaping your image in a way that will have the most positive effect on your online business. Want proof of how good personal branding works? Take a look at some of the more successful Internet Marketing gurus, those who have become (or, more accurately, have made themselves into) household names within the world of Internet Marketing.

Ted Murphy’s keynote started off with a fantastic spoofing of himself ( video , below), followed by fantastic content in his presentation. Ted focused on five primary points in his presentation. Promise Identity Contribution Promotion Monetization I won’t bore you with all the details (even though I wasn’t bored for a single second during the presentation), but I’ll give you a few of my take-aways.

Jeremy Schoemaker. Gary Vaynerchuk. Zac Johnson. All names you know or should know if you read this magazine. But have you ever thought about why? The reason you know their names is that these marketing mavens have taken the time to build and maintain a personal brand. You know them because they want you to know them. They work at it. They invest in it. They view building their personal brand as an integral part of their business endeavors. Personal brands are powerful.

Can I have a minute of your time? Describe yourself in two words. I know I could spend hours coming up with combinations, but when someone asked me recently in an interview to describe myself in two words, this was my off-the-cuff response: It’s not one of those “this is what you’re supposed to say in an interview” responses, which I imagine would be something like “hard worker” or “team player.” But it’s honest, and it’s true to my personal brand - which is true to who I am.

How would you describe yourself in two words? I could spend hours coming up with combinations, but when someone asked me recently in an interview to describe myself in two words, this was my off-the-cuff response: It’s not one of those “this is what you’re supposed to say in an interview” responses, which I imagine would be something like “hard worker” or “team player.” But it’s honest, and it’s true to my personal brand - which is true to who I am.

by Brandon on 10/2/2009in Online Marketing, Social Media I’m at the IzeaFest interactive marketing conference hosted at SeaWorld in Orlando. The one-track two-day conference covers social media, sponsored conversations, personal brand and more. I know a lot of the speakers such as Aaron Brazell of Technosailor.com, Wendy Piersall of Sparkplugging, and Wayne Sutton of SocialWayne. Other speakers include Ted Murphy, Chris Brogan and more.

This post is part of the Friday Q&A section. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question. Satish asks: Do you think using your real name/surname in your Twitter ID (or any other online profit) is good, or using your company/website name is preferred? Good question, and one that I have considered in the past already. As usual the answer is “it depends on the situation.” More specifically, it depends on your business model and strategy.

What is personal branding? Well, to put it simply, it is all about image. In the world of Internet Marketing, your image can have a major effect on how successful you are. And branding yourself is all about shaping your image in a way that will have the most positive effect on your online business. Want proof of how good personal branding works? Take a look at some of the more successful Internet Marketing gurus, those who have become (or, more accurately, have made themselves into) household names within the world of Internet Marketing.

Do you have the disease to please? It’s very easily caught and once infected, it’s very heard to cure.Research by the University of Essex  on the link between personality and salary has shown that nice guys receive up to £1,500 a year less than their more unpleasant colleagues!So what to do? Start being thoroughly unpleasant in the workplace and max out your salary by bulldozing through your teams and climbing over the bodies of your colleagues?Well apparently it all depends upon your personality type — are you open to experience, conscientious, extrovert, agreeable or neurotic?

Today you can find me at the Brand Camp University blog, talking about how you can begin to build a personal brand in five days. 5 Day Plan to Taking the Personal Branding Plunge Now get started! I’ll be attending the Brand Camp University Personal Branding 2.0 Conference on October 10. Will you? See you there. Related posts: Clarifying your message: Personal Branding Statement Personal brand and individual experience Your personal brand: The tagline

More answers to recent questions people are asking on Twitter about personal branding. Benson Mensah-Bonsu, @bmbonsu, asked: What is the most important part of your personal brand? Jacob … (more)

These tips are excerpted from the book, Designed for Success: The 10 Commandments for Women in the Workplace by Dondi Scumaci. Chock full of great career advice and useable information, this book shows you how to learn to think like a marketer and sell your personal brand. Here are the 8 tips for marketing yourself graciously: Instead of talking about what you did, talk about the difference it made. Instead of talking about what you can’t do, talk about what you can do and what you are learning to do.

I talk to authors everyday through Lulu’s blog, Twitter account, Facebook, forums and email. You’re a passionate, driven group, and you should be. You create great work — powerful work that you put heart and soul into. You deserve access to a large audience, but getting noticed is often among the biggest challenges. One of the solutions to the issue of finding your audience is weRead. That’s the book discovery tool Lulu acquired last year that makes use of social networks to help authors find new readers and readers find new authors.

via youtube.com This is so inspiring. One of the many reasons I am such a huge fan of Gary V. Posted via web from Mitchell Hislop … (more)

3 New Facebook Strategies for Building Your Personal Brand (tags: web2.0 marketing socialmedia tips socialnetworking facebook branding strategy ) The Only SEO Tools You’ll Ever Need – Nettuts+ (tags: list resources tutorial tutorials seo tools analytics google seotools )

It’s easier to admit something to your computer screen than to a person’s face. The anonymous world out there behind the monitor can lead us to reveal much more about ourselves than we should. But how much is too much? As you might have guessed, the answer is “It depends.” Look at Penelope Trunk . She talks about abortion, sex, divorce, bulimia, mental wards and dating on her blog, even though its primary focus is careers. She also says her blog is about her.

Over the weekend, the Washington Post became the largest name in news to issue an all-points memo about acceptable use of social networking platforms, namely Twitter and Facebook. And though the paper did not make their guidelines public, Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander made the announcement via an  interpretation of the policy on his blog . Soon thereafter, paidContent ran the rules in their entirety , fueling an already raging firestorm against the policies on the web.

There is one thing I look for in a hire. It is non negotiable. I look for someone coachable. No matter how much skill they have, no matter how talented, no matter how much experience, no matter the industry experience, no matter how many years of successful quota attainment, if they aren’t coachable I don’t hire them. Coachable people recognize they have room to grow. Coachable people are more humble, secure and confident. The coachable look for alternative points of view.

Freelancing can be both fulfilling and exciting however in the midst of an economic recession it can also be extremely tough. So how can we increase leads, build credibility and establish ourselves in our chosen niche, all on a low budget? Step in blogging… Beyond the few bucks to buy a domain name the only real cost is our time. It can add long-term value to your business and brand, help you re-position your business and provide you with the base to become an authority in your niche.

s5 Ways B2B Marketing Professionals Can Leverage Social Media (Marketo) 7 Steps to Improving Conversion Rates (Search Engine Guide) Why you need relevant PPC landing pages (Econsultancy) Tungle Helps Schedule Meetings Across the Desktop, Web, and iPhone (Mashable) Has Technology “Stacked” the Decks Against Marketers?

I’ve been doing some reconnaissance reading about Twitter—why people use it and what they perceive its value to be. I am interested in what seems like an inherent paradox: Twitter is so widely and gleefully embraced as a tool for self-promotion ( boost your audience, boost your sales, build your personal brand ), and yet the prevailing wisdom on how to be an effective and popular Twitterer always seems to warn against being too . . . self-promotional.

I’ve been doing quite a lot of work recently on a variety of projects, some that are related to Grow A Better Business and some that are related to other work areas that I’m interested.  However, they have all had one thing in common  – how do I get my message across to an increasing number of people? This of course is the question that’s on everyones mind these days, especially as some businesses are struggling to maintain a foothold at all and  I realised that my own specialities are those that are highly relevant as a result.  Internet Marketing, can and does work, when it’s done consistently and appropriately and I wanted to share just a few ideas with you that may just help.

Yesterday, I was reading a great article from Copyblogger that talks about how to get your audience’s attention beyond the headline and carry them through the reading of the entire article. It struck me that a similar tactic could absolutely be used when writing a cover letter. Why not use your cover letter as a sales pitch? Why not write it the same way one would write to sell widgets, iPods, or your old Rollerblades? Okay, so it’s a different kind of product, but the concepts are the same.

ReBarCampRDU Brings Real Estate and Social Media Thought Leaders Together PRLog (Press Release) – Sep 29, 2009 – RALEIGH, NC – Triangle area real estate professionals have joined forces to organize the areas first Real Estate Bar Camp RDU (ReBarCamp RDU) www.rebarcamprdu.com from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, at the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS® located at 111 Realtor Way in Cary. The event will provide a platform for all real estate professionals to share ideas, learn and collaborate with thought leaders in real estate and social media.

A few co-conspirators and I want to hold a BarCamp on Sunday, October 25th, the day after the SPJ regional conference at the University of Oregon . For those who have never attended one, a BarCamp is an “ ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment .” In short, if you think you have something to teach you can throw it in to the mix. If you’re there to learn, then you have a whole number of knowledgeable people as teachers for a variety of topics.

Although many companies today are leveraging on the power of social media to build brand value, we’ve already seen several cases where brands have been challenged by the explosive dissemination of negative information. One of the key things that are keeping businesses up at night is the fear of a social media brand crisis. It can be due to anything ranging from bad product reviews, employee-indiscretions on YouTube to service complaints on Twitter.

BBC to relaunch websites with focus on social media Radical redesign of BBC news and other sites planned for March, according to sources (tags: bbc socialmedia media news guardian web2.0 social online ) Online advertising ‘overtakes TV’ Online advertising spending in the UK has overtaken television expenditure for the first time, a report has said. (tags: advertising online tv marketing internet web media business television ) 3 New Facebook Strategies for Building Your Personal Brand With over 300 million users, no one can deny the power of Facebook.

Authentic Personal Branding Authentic personal branding starts with the real you. Hubert Rampersad explains how to create a professional brand from your personal values By Marshall Goldsmith With all of the social media opportunities today, personal branding is frequently being used not just in personal, but also in professional roles. It can be quite a dilemma for people to brand themselves successfully without losing their real selves in the process.

So many people on Twitter have been asking me what is Quansite ? Or what is the “secret society of the Quan”? What the heck is a “QuanSite” Timothy? Well Quansite , is the rebirth of the social media marketing platform I’ve been using for over a year called Blogi360 that the Social Networking Lifestyle website runs on. It’s been a not so well-known secret to my social media marketing success using the Blogi360 platform. I’m using it to build my website here as well has my Home Fitness Revolution site.

‘Position Yourself for Job Search Success’ Creating Your Position: Market yourself as the perfect candidate for your “dream job/career” Positioning is a huge part of Personal Branding and Online Personal Branding.  Your position is one of two “legs” your brand stands on; the other “leg” is your personality . Positioning Is Everywhere You’ve been bombarded with positioning, and chances are you don’t even know it.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. I’ve been reading up on personal branding strategies lately, which naturally lead to a deeper exploration of freelance business ideas and strategies. I’ve found some very interesting articles that certainly need to be shared. I hope you find them as helpful as I did. The article about expanding the Perez Hilton brand is my favorite. His advice is quite insightful. • Guide to Self Employment – A guide for those thinking about going into business for themselves via Business Week .

One of the activities I will be doing with my newest client, Alcatel-Lucent , is leading a workshop on Building Your Global Micro Brand , particularly as it relates to effective executive communication. In preparation for my time in New Jersey, I had Trackback url: http://jer979.com/greglowe/

OK! Magazine got exclusive rights to the pictures of  Lamar Odom and Khloe’s wedding and paid millions of dollars for them. Lamar tells the media that his marriage to Khloe is “real” and is not a publicity stunt to build his personal brand. According to the magazine, the wedding costs a whopping $1 Million and E! Network footed the bill! WOW! The couple’s first dance was too  Anita Baker’s “Angel” and Babyface serenaded them with “You Are So Beautiful”. source Share and Enjoy:

Last week on Oprah, MacKenzie Phillips launched her new personal brand. She is the self-dubbed, new face of “ consensual incest ,” according to Sunday’s New York Times . I won’t guess what reaction you’re having to MacPhil’s latest attempt to spin a lifetime of addiction and dereliction into an Oprah book bestseller (featured for ratings, not endorsed for your book club). At least consider the effort a stroke of branding genius.

In yesterday’s entry , I proposed deploying transmedia storytelling on an individual basis for the purpose of, say, getting a job or attracting clients. I used a framework suggested by Jeff Gomez, president and CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment , for looking at individual transmedia storytelling. Gomez (who very kindly stopped by and commented on yesterday’s entry) also figures prominently in today’s installment, via a blog entry from almost two years ago by transmedia-storytelling expert extraordinaire Christy Dena, Jeff Gomez’s “8 Defining Characteristics of Transmedia Production ” .

I read SO MUCH on the Internet, it’s often a struggle to keep up with all the news.  But, I know this information is useful and exciting, so I thought I’d share it with you. Here’s just some of today’s Internet Marketing News… Saching Articles is a free article directory that provides emerging authors a ready chance to publish their content online and gain more exposure . The site already boasts 24 categories, and new ones are added according to the needs of users.

99 High-Quality Free (X)HTML/CSS Templates Showcases instantShi 10 Easy jQuery Tricks for Designers 27 Best WebSites to Download Free Seamless PatternsDzine Blog Internet overtakes television to become biggest advertising sector Object-Oriented CSS: What, How, and Why – Nettuts+ 15 Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter User Heat : 3 New Facebook Strategies for Building Your Personal Brand Top 7 Easy and Free Web Hosting Services The Css Awards

I’ve always been a Will Smith fan. His ability to move from an 80’s rapper, to a 90’s sitcom star, to mega movie star has always impressed me. After watching this it won’t seem so surprising anymore. Will’s philosophy- -Be willing to die for what you believe in -Where you are is not where need to be -Become something greater -There is no easy way -Don’t set out to build a wall; lay one perfect brick everyday -Make a difference; the world needs to be a better place because you were in it -Represent an idea -Create whatever you want to create -Believe; there is no reason for a “plan b” it just gets in the way of “plan a” -Don’t be a realist.

I have been noticing lately some handwringing, public and private, over the fact that social media marketing and PR folks do nothing but agree with each other in blog posts comments, and on Twitter et al. Nothing could be closer to the truth. This cohort is a friendly bunch, all  trying to promote social media as the communications wave of the future. I agree that healthy debate would be a lot more interesting, but I would stop short of disagreeing for disagreement’s sake.

This is part 3 in the “Personal Brand Audit” series. Feel free to start at the beginning with Part 1: LinkedIn Audit and Part 2: Facebook Audit. Google is today’s … (more)

Trimming in Public is a series where I go through my list of 293 RSS feeds, 10 feeds at a time, give some detail as to why I subscribed to a particular feed, and then decide whether or not to keep on consuming that feed. In Episode 1 , I explained what RSS is and how to use it. Please read that if you need a refresher on why RSS is awesome and why you should be using it if you take reading news on the internet seriously.

William Buist is the subject of todays ecademy photo profile critique So the usual question, from visual first impressions is William’s profile image PPE (professional, personable and engaging) or FFF (fuzzy, faraway and forgetful)? Don’t forget to use my checklist as a reference and I’m always looking for volunteers and suggestions to critique, especially if you think the image is a particularly good or bad PPE or FFF example PPE.

As I continue to spend time on Twitter my understanding of the platform, and how to use it to grow a personal brand, evolves.  This post is not intended as my final thoughts on the subject, just a snapshot of my current thinking.Define your goals for social communications and how Twitter fits into these goals.  Twitter does not address all needs, blogs are still important, face to face communication is still important.  Twitter is but one tool and you should first understand how it is used and

If you’re new here and find this article useful, please consider subcribing to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting!Dan Schawbel is the bestselling author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog and a columnist for BusinessWeek.With over 300 million users, no one can deny the power of Facebook. In fact, 50% of users log in every single day and spend over 6 billion minutes on the platform.

Updating my Blog In the past month I’ve been terrible absent from my blog and my writing passion in general. Not for lack of love of my readers I needed to step back and address my own life goals and priorities and where I want to go. Thank you for all the emails I am still here:) I was just getting stuck on the small stuff and reevaluating how I can be be better to my community and grow my own personal Business Blue Blazing Media. I stepped back and sought feedback from my inner circle of friends.

Telephone conferencing/interviewing – look at your participant is a post from: Wally’s Follies That title sounds a little weird, I’ll admit. But I’m going to describe a simple technique I use that makes talking on the phone much easier. You can use this for phone interviews, telephone conferences, or just when you’re talking to somebody. If you can find a picture of the person you’re talking to, and if you’re using Outlook, this is really simple.

Dan Schawbel is the bestselling author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success , owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog and a columnist for BusinessWeek. With over 300 million users, no one can deny the power of Facebook. In fact, 50% of users log in every single day and spend over 6 billion minutes on the platform. What are they doing on it? Depending on the intent of the user, they’re sharing personal stories and updates, staying connected to friends and colleagues, and even building businesses.

Dan Schawbel is the bestselling author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success , owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog and a columnist for BusinessWeek. With over 300 million users, no one can deny the power of Facebook. In fact, 50% of users log in every single day and spend over 6 billion minutes on the platform. What are they doing on it? Depending on the intent of the user, they’re sharing personal stories and updates, staying connected to friends and colleagues, and even building businesses.

Dan Schawbel is the bestselling author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success , owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog and a columnist for BusinessWeek. With over 300 million users, no one can deny the power of Facebook. In fact, 50% of users log in every single day and spend over 6 billion minutes on the platform. What are they doing on it? Depending on the intent of the user, they’re sharing personal stories and updates, staying connected to friends and colleagues, and even building businesses.

Dan Schawbel is the bestselling author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success , owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog and a columnist for BusinessWeek. With over 300 million users, no one can deny the power of Facebook. In fact, 50% of users log in every single day and spend over 6 billion minutes on the platform. What are they doing on it? Depending on the intent of the user, they’re sharing personal stories and updates, staying connected to friends and colleagues, and even building businesses.

S ome things must be experienced a certain way to get the full effect. Take, for example, this one minute long video clip from The Human Centipede (First Sequence) , a film which just recently played at Fantastic Fest: Effective eh? I was certainly curious to read more but now that I have, I’m not so sure I’m as interested as I was at just seeing the clips. /Film suggests it’s one of the grossest films ever made while the folks at Dread Central love it.

DerekMarkham: Gary Vaynerchuk: Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape http://post.ly/6hiZ

Business Week columnist Stephen Baker has a brief comment on the Washington Post social media policy. He makes the point that usually it’s not so hard to represent both the company and your personal brand. I think he’s absolutely correct, but I also think some common sense needs to employed when it comes to social media usage by journalists. This isn’t a particularly revolutionary thought, falling well within the “don’t bite the hand that feeds you” aphorism.

This is an except from an article that discusses the power of a consistent color, view the full article here ! “Branding is really about business, how to package yourself in such a way so you are literally “picked” from the shelf. In today’s competitive job market, you will need to rely on more than your skills to get a position and establishing a personal brand will set you apart.” Pick a color… Pick a symbol in your color Make this color part of your interview outfit Follow

Shared This Looks Legit. Have Fun Kids! . Has anyone heard the “Jesus Christ Show” on the radio? [ helmsb ] Did they change the Gamma settings in Snow Leopard? Everything looks much darker and with a deeper contrast [ helmsb ] Increasingly the killer feature for me in Google Chrome is having the combined search/address box.

Do you want to standout from the crowd? Do you want people to recognize you immediately because they know exactly what you do? Branding. It is a process of making a mark in your chosen field of practice. It will differentiate yourself from your competitors. With it, you will easily get recognized and the community will get an impression of your expertise in your chosen field. Sometimes, choosing a brand for your self can be difficult. You may not yet know how or what kind of branding you want.

James R. Malinchak Do you want to standout from the crowd? Do you want people to recognize you immediately because they know exactly what you do? Branding. It is a process of making a mark in your chosen field of practice. It will differentiate yourself from your competitors. With it, you will easily get recognized and the community will get an impression of your expertise in your chosen field. Sometimes, choosing a brand for your self can be difficult. You may not yet know how or what kind of branding you want.

It seems like everyone is afraid of The Man these days. In this age of solo web entrepreneurs like Tim Ferris with his Four Hour Work Week ,  Seth Godin telling you All Marketers are Liars and Small is the New Big , and Chris Brogan telling you to Develop a Strong Personal Brand , it’s quite easy to believe that big companies aren’t necessary anymore. In fact, people like Steve Pavlina believe working for another company is a Sucker Bet and will hinder your personal success.

Research released today by Nikon reveals that Brits are seizing control of their ‘Personal Brand’ – the way in which they wish other people to perceive them – as they are taking and sharing images online. The study shows that with a quarter (24.7%) of us taking between 25-100 photos per month, we no longer want to share these images purely in an intimate way – and now want to show them faster and more publicly.

There was a lot of squawking and flapping when Lars von Trier’s new film Antichristdebuted at Cannes a few months ago.  I haven’t seen it, but apparently it assaulted the eyes with both genital mutilation and Willem Dafoe (a real one-two punch right there), thus earning it accolades as the Gross Art Movie of the Year.  But now it looks like Christmas came twice for perverts this year, because there’s a literally sick new movie on the block, and it is called Human Centipede.

Yesterday was Yom Kippur, considered the holiest day of the year for Jews. I have never been particularly religious, but fasting on Yom Kippur is something I’ve done since I was a kid. Not because my parents told me to or because it was expected of me, but because the significance of the day is something I’ve always inherently understood. Christians have confession periodically throughout the year, but in Judaism it’s an annual event. The 10 days between Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur are a period of self-reflection and repentance.