1. HOW IMPORATNT IS YOUR
BRAND ON
PERSONAL
WEB 2.0?
GOOGLE YOUR NAME TO SEE THE RESULTS.
2. WHAT IS PERSONAL BRANDING?
PERSONAL BRANDING IS, FOR SOME PEOPLE, A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS WHEREBY
PEOPLE AND THEIR CAREERS ARE MARKED AS BRANDS. IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT
WHILE PREVIOUS SELF-HELP MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES WERE ABOUT SELF-
IMPROVEMENT, THE PERSONAL BRANDING CONCEPT SUGGESTS THAT SUCCESS COMES
FROM SELF-PACKAGING – WIKIPEDIA
4. HERE IS THE ANSWER
45% OF EMPLOYERS USE SOCIAL
NETWORKING SITES TO SCREEN
POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES
OF THOSE WHO CONDUCT ONLINE
SEARCHES/BACKGROUND CHECKS OF JOB
CANDIDATES, 29 %USE FACEBOOK, 26 %
USE LINKEDIN AND 21 % USE MYSPACE.
ONE-IN-TEN (11 %) SEARCH BLOGS WHILE
7% FOLLOW CANDIDATES ON TWITTER.
16 % OF WORKERS HAVE USED SIMILAR
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AS PART OF
THEIR JOB SEARCH.
18 % OF EMPLOYERS SAID THEY FOUND
CONTENT ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
THAT ENCOURAGED THEM TO HIRE THE
CANDIDATE.
Source careerbuilder.com
5. SO, YOU DEFINITELY MIGHT NOT
WANT THIS TO HAPPEN
WHEN
SOMEONE IS
SEARCHING
YOUR NAME
10. IDENTIFY
WHATS THAT MAKE YOU STAND OUT?
WHO IS YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE?
HOW WOULD YOU WANT YOUR BRAND TO BE IDENTIFIED?
11. BUILD
YOUR BLOG SHOULD PROVIDE IDEAS, THOUGHTS, UP-TO DATE
INFORMATION ON YOUR AREA OF EXPERTISE .
UPDATE YOUR PROFILE WITH KEY WORDS, SUMMARY ETC
&CONNECT USING BUSINESS NETWORKING SITES
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND INTRESTING INSIGHTS VIA
MICROBLOGGING
SHARE YOUR LIGHTER VIEWS USING SOCIAL
NETWORKING WEBSITES
SHARE YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND USING SOCIAL
DOCUMENTS WEBSITES
12. ESTABLISH
USE KEYWORDS, PARTICIPATE,
CREATE AWARENESS,
GENERATE INTEREST
PARTICIPATE MORE
FOLLOW | COMMENT | LIKE | SHARE| RE-TWEET | POST
13. MONITOR
IT’S THE # OF
LIKES, PAGE VIEWS DOWNLOADS, RE-POSTS,
EMBEDS, CLICKS
IDENTIFY THE FORUMS WITH THE MAXIMUM
TRACTION & REVIEW THE NON-PERFORMING
ONES.