10 Social Media Secrets to Building Your Brand — SMC Evansville

10 Personal Branding Secrets

WithSocial Media

10 Personal Branding Secrets

WithSocial Media

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1. You Are a Brand

(Get over it)@edeckers

2. Fill In Your

Profiles

2. Fill In Your

Profiles

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Secret #3Secret #3

Build your personal brand around your

blog @edeckers

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Blog about. . .Blog about. . .

•Your job•Your field•Industry trends

•Special reports

•Your life@edeckers

Secret #4:Get LinkedIn

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In 2010:• 70% of hires made through networking• 28% of hires found through job boards

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Secret #5

Those dastardly search

engines...@edeckers

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Secret #6

Social media is not about nagging

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Secret #7

It's about Trust & Relationships

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Find People

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Build Your Network

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Create & Follow Lists

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8. Write Good Shit8. Write Good Shit

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Write Drunk, Edit Sober

(Remember the

Circle thing?) @edeckers

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Secret #9

Secret #9

Measure Everythin

g

Measure Everythin

g

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Secret #10

Secret #10

Take Your Networking Outside

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Thank you!

1. Top Secret folder - Ninja Monkey - http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_ninjamonkey/

2. Wheel Folder - Leo Reynolds - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/3. Sherlock Holmes - Greg Wake - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregwake/4. Victoria's Secret - Steve Rhodes - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/5. Whisper - ElizabethSarah - http://www.flickr.com/photos/elisabethy/6. Tape measure & Moleskine - JF Sebastian -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jf-sebastian/7. Shouting - Lanier67 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lanier67/8. Crowd photos - Erik Deckers - http://problogservice.com/blog

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