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Nicole Leon · 1 year ago

All I can say is wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to put together such an informative post. This is really good and helpful for anything an individual desires to promote. I have been trying to figure out which social network to join as there are so many of them and it can get to be an overwhelming task of joining all of them. Again thank you.

Jim Kukral · 1 year ago

Chris, this could have been a ten part blog post. It's packed full of good stuff! Hard to think of anything to add.

I'll be stumbling and bookmarking it for sure. That's what I do to excellent content. :)

Mark Salinas · 1 year ago

As always your insight and expertise is always appreciated!

Matt · 1 year ago

That's amazing - there is so much in there, I keep re-reading it - thanks!

Karen Putz / DeafMom · 1 year ago

I'm smiling at the "Clothes and appearance do matter," --even when the shirt is an eight dollar bargain from Walmart?

But heck, you looked good in it at the SOBCon. :)

Chris, you never fail to impress me with the stuff you do. I keep telling myself, if Chris can produce so much, you can too!

Ulla · 1 year ago

Chris,
I will print out this post and put it somewhere on the wall - thanks very much for sharing your knowledge and information!

Ulla

Justin Thorp · 1 year ago

All the things you mention are great but are they tools for building personal brand or are they all just part of living an online life?

One of my biggest turnoffs when meeting someone online is when it looks like they're trying to follow some manual and do all the cliche online things to get their name out there.

It's not an equation. It's not do these 100 things if you wanna build your personal brand.

These sites are places that my community/friends live online. If I wanna commune with them... if I wanna stay connected with them, I exist in the spaces.

Maybe I'm just splitting hairs... but... yeah.

Mark Soper · 1 year ago

Chris, I found the first section immediately valuable, especially the links to Yahoo Site Explorer, CrazyEgg, and Summize - not only for personal branding but for web marketing in general. Thanks!

Rob Suarez · 1 year ago

Wow, Chris... once again this is truly amazing and, most importantly, helpful information. As I am currently in the process of my own personal branding exercise, this post could not come at a better time. You have once again shown us that you are a leader among Superheroes!

Chacha102 · 1 year ago

Thanks for the great ideas. I really think that having a lot of social networking accounts is a good way to make sure you are anywhere someone might be looking for you, to actually use all of those accounts might also be good. I like a few sites that allow you to have a lot of different social networking accounts, and then combine the information from all of them into a single page, giving you an overview of what all your friend are doing.

I really agree that commenting with good informative comments can really get a lot more people to see your personal brand, because the site you are commenting on already is attracting all the viewers. All you have to do is think a little about what your typing.(Yes, might be obvious, but there are people who barely think before commenting)

Thank you for the great information, I hope to use a lot of it in the future

Mallory · 1 year ago

Thanks Chris- v. much appreciated. I like that you put emphasis on the human element of content creation and sharing- I think we tend to forget that there are living, breathing humans on the other ends of these blogs. Nothing can replace actual human interaction, whether it be a meetup in a city, taking a fellow blogger out for drinks, whatever.

Thx! -Mallory @mallydally

web design company · 1 year ago

Great advice from someone who understands social media.

Wade Munday · 1 year ago

Chris, Thanks for sharing your 100 Personal Branding Tactics Using Social Media. I'm arriving late to the world of social media/networking and have really enjoyed reading your blog posts. This is a great resource to help sort out where to get started. Thanks again.

David Mullen · 1 year ago

Excellent ideas. I've printed this out and am committing to pursuing five items per day. Thanks for taking the time to share.

Tamal Anwar · 1 year ago

Its simply a long and great list. I just stumbled randomly to your site and feeling how much useful a stumble is.

The 100 tips about branding and blogging is great. I have added you to my favorites and will read the rest of the articles later.

I'm a new blogger from www.tamalanwar.com and I'm on my way to build my authority as a successful blogger and a networker.

I have seen you are writing 2-3 posts per day. There are 60+ rss readers in my blog, I write daily with at least 1 article. Do you think it is required for me to write more often? Please help.

Nancy Marmolejo · 1 year ago

This is like going to Visibility School. Thank you Chris! I like how you balance the technical with the personal.

:-)
Nancy Marmolejo

Andy DeSoto · 1 year ago

Great article! Really enjoyed this one.

Chris, when you discuss making Facebook an "Outpost," are there any other RSS/etc. tools you recommend besides Flog Blog? Please let me know!

Thanks.

Mark · 1 year ago

Insightful as usual, Chris. Thanks.

One question: Under Home Base, you advise to claim your site on Technorati. How do I do this? I went there and looked up "claim" in the FAQ, but couldn't find an intro how-to -- only troubleshooting responses to errors. Help!

Marifer · 1 year ago

Excellent, excellent post. I can't believe how many things one can be doing to promote herself/himself ...but most importantly, I think the point behind all these promotions is to listen and learn from others first, and then see how you relate to them, or what things you have in common...before talking about yourself, learn about the other person/community..it'll save everyones time..thanks for all the tips, they were excellent.

D. Hilton · 1 year ago

BRILLIANT! We might have to print this out and post it on the bathroom stall door to give people a chance to absorb it...without too many distractions!

But a question (you did recommend this)- when posting comments on other blogs, where is the line between outrageous and acceptable self-promotion?

chrisbrogan · 1 year ago

@Andy - blog networks, feedheads, simply rss, to name a few. There are TONS, and maybe I'm not using the right ones.

@Tamal - it might just be that you need to make more folks aware of your content. Start there, and if you still don't see a pickup, consider your posts and whether they're helpful. Go through my 100 and see how you score.

@Mark - you have to get an account and log in, and then there's a whole section in Blogger Central that involves "manage my blogs." That's where you do that.

@Deafmom - but it's how you ROCK the $8 shirt that matters. : )

Deb Block-Schwenk · 1 year ago

Chris, so much inspiration -- and so much to do -- all in one post. Thank you!

(Since I've been lazy lately, I'll dedicate today's post on my blog to you.:-)

Joel Smith · 1 year ago

Excellent stuff. Thank you.

I've been looking for a good RSS parser for Facebook for a lone time. Thanks for the Flog Blog recommendation, it works perfect.

@Mark, I believe Technorati uses pinging to link to blogs. I use Wordpress and you set it up to ping Technorati's ping link every time you have an update.

Mark · 1 year ago

Thanks for the follow-up on Technorati, Chris.

I have to give a shout out to Flog Blog for Facebook, too. It doesn't seem to be plagued by the update issues of many other apps. In fact, I chose that one over other blog/RSS apps because it had virtually no negative reviews.

Search-Optimization · 1 year ago

This is the best list yet! It is even better than the Search Engine Strategies conference one on Social Media Marketing. I need to do a workshop on Social Media Marketing soon and this will help me organize my talk.

Ed · 1 year ago

Wow! Great advice here for _any_ branding effort, orgs as well as personal.

GeekMommy · 1 year ago

Bravo!
A perfect post about it... and going on my permanent read-every-couple-of-weeks list.

I'd like to download your brain someday - but until then, thank you for doing it for us like this every so often! :)

Wow.

Lee Stranahan · 1 year ago

Brogan! This is seriously the best list of it's kind I've ever seen; it's like a step-by-step get-your-shit-together guide in list form.

Fave · 1 year ago

a lot of new as well as reinforced practices in this list. I will be implementing a lot of these immediately.

it would be cool to have a "Chris Brogan Brain Download Pack" but this is almost just as good :D

Thanks for sharing!

Meg · 1 year ago

I think a lot of this is just good common sense -- respect, energy, veracity and not just good communicating, but good *listening* skills should be at the heart of any social media or branding strategy.

Nicely done, The Brogan.

John McCrea · 1 year ago

Nice post. And thanks for encouraging folks to take a second look at Plaxo. Much appreciated. (I head up marketing there.)

catnip · 1 year ago

Excellent post. It's a relief to see I'm already doing many of these tips, and will work on the others.

Shannon · 1 year ago

Holy cow. Might take me a week to explore all these tools. Thanks for a super compilation.

Gliding through Motherhood · 1 year ago

Thanks so much for this - lots of great things for me to go and explore and hopefully work into my efforts at promoting my business with social media!

JC Cameron · 1 year ago

What more can be said...so, thanks for the great list. Now, time to start executing on these suggestions.

Alejandro Reyes · 1 year ago

what are GREAT article man - will be tweeting this...

i'm @successfool on there!

Popular Wealth · 1 year ago

Hoorah!

Thats all that comes to mind in the way of something to add, very well sumarized. A+

Alan Houser · 1 year ago

Branding IS important! Thanks for this. I posted a podcast interview with Lea Alcantara on the topic of BRANDING FOR DESIGNERS. I hope you find it on-point! {the link is up there.}

Dana Young · 1 year ago

Thank you! This is an amazingly exhaustive and concise list for anyone wanting to explore, use and promote social media. My professional focus on social media is for enterprise apps, but I am rapidly making use of this for myself. It can overwhelming to wade through all the options but your tactics are a great guide to use and learn from.

Zena Weist · 1 year ago

How very timely and relevant, thank you, Chris! When we meet again, some meal (breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner) with great coffee or good wine - or hopefully both! is on me.

Amber Naslund · 1 year ago

What can I say? You rock.

Mario Olckers · 1 year ago

Brilliant post, Chris. This is essentially Social Media Strategy 101 in one post. This does not even apply to only individuals, this is how corporate entities should also manage their presence on the Web, especially if they want to remain relevant and streamlined and not be seen as stuffy old fools talking down to the unwashed masses through corporate PR.

Hjörtur Smárason · 1 year ago

Excellent list, Chris.

I find it more about the channels for personal branding than building your personal brand, but that's maybe the purpose, so it's okay.

Keep up the good work. It brings us back again and again :)

id2mario · 1 year ago

Chris, this is a brilliant post. My only comment is that is very important to determine how one wants to be perceived by other people before starting, this will allow to establish a long term personal branding strategy and more importantly it will help to communicate consistently the image no matter how many channels or new tools appear.

My sincere congratulations, this is very good stuff. Thank you.

Lyndon · 1 year ago

Probably one of (maybe the best) posts I've seen on personal branding. So much info to go through, I'll definitely have to bookmark this entry; just to process everything you covered.

Martin Buckland · 1 year ago

Thanks Chris:

Some wonderful information to process.

Can you suggest a place in the world with more than 24 hours to utilize these social networking tools effectively?

As a Certified Personal Branding Strategist and Career Management Professional for the $100K executive, I actively encourage my clients to use some if not all these resources you have suggested.

Lara Kretler · 1 year ago

Chris, you've done it again with another awesome post. If quality and quantity met, fell in love and had a baby, it would be you. Thanks for sharing so much with us!

chrisbrogan · 1 year ago

@Martin Buckland - could you tell me how one certifies for personal branding strategy? I'm not being an ass. Just curious.

chris_in_canada · 5 months ago

Yeah, that caught my eye also. I googled it, and found an organization called Reach that certifies for this, you can find them at http://www.reachcc.com/.

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Sinatra · 1 year ago

Excellent post! It’s nice to know I’m already doing some of these tips,I will start work on the others.
Thanks for Great topic!

ann glenn · 1 year ago

Chris, as always another fabulous post/pointers! I'm always learning from you!!

Katybeth · 1 year ago

I am always amazed at how willing you are to "give away" what you know...and I guess that's the example..."I'm a nice guy getting ahead...so here is how can I help you get ahead."

So many of my friends are trying to start businesses or grow a business and I love sharing your information with them. Right now, I am all over the place, trying to find my focus and information like this is really helpful!

Hajj E. Flemings · 1 year ago

Chris you are a content machine. You never cease to amaze me, great post.

Stephen Hopson · 1 year ago

What's interesting about this post is that you cleverly broke up 100 ways of personal branding without it looking like 100 ways. In other words, you broke them up into categories and gave short, succinct tips, making it easier on the eyes. Brilliant!

Well, to be honest with you, you covered pretty much everything that I could think of so I think we're pretty well set here.

I do want to say that three things jumped out at me. Eye contact when meeting someone in person is incredibly, incredibly important. Nothing is more distasteful than when someone you are talking to has shifty eyes, always looking for the "next best thing." ACK!

The second is your appearance. I mean, at least be presentable. You don't have to wear a suit and tie or a dress but at least be clean, right?

And the third that I liked a lot was the importance of promoting others. Most people will trip over themselves to return the favor if given the opportunity.

As usual, you crafted a very important message for all of us. Thank you for your efforts!

Erika · 1 year ago

Great post, Chris. I wish I'd seen it before I sent out my e-Newsletter this morning, I'd have added the link to it in my very short list of important SM resources. I learn so much from you...how can I not share?

Bill Stevens · 1 year ago

Wow!! Excellent list. Might need some explanation for beginners but that's what future posts are for or other folks to investigate and write about. Thanx.

Mathew Koeneker · 1 year ago

Wow, I truly appreciate the time and effort that was out into that post. PASS!

Ian White · 1 year ago

As so many others have said this is a truly terrific post, I have cross-linked to it in my blog on the Computer Weekly site here in the UK, http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/it-collabor... , more of this Chris, please !

Tammy Lenski · 1 year ago

Chris, this is an incredible list! It took me an hour to work my way through it because I kept pausing on items, thinking about them, checking links to services I haven't tried yet. This is a keeper for sure. Thanks so much for the effort you put into gathering these gems and your wisdom together for us.

Pat Williams · 1 year ago

Chris - thank you, thank you, thank you! Got this link via Twitter and since I am just starting out in the blog world (wrote my first post this week!) your article clarifies how all the social sites can used effectively. I'll come back to this list often!

Darren Daz Cox · 1 year ago

this post is probably the most useful tool I've seen yet for a person beginning to understand how social networking is such an effective tool to promote a brand.

Minneapolis Web Design · 1 year ago

What a list! Thanks for the all hard work you put into this!

Doug Firebaugh · 1 year ago

wowzer! Now this is brilliant. Great stuff- and especially the outposts part. Blog on!

karim · 1 year ago

Wow! Seems like I am a laggard when it comes to creating an online personal brand.

a quick question for you Chris (or anyone else) - it seems like there are literally hundreds of web apps out there. which ones are the most important to use to begin and which ones should i graduate to?

maybe we can create a list of web applications that people should use first? kinda like grade 1-9, high school, college, etc....

kk

alisamleo · 1 year ago

Chris, I'm looking forward to your twebinars, and generally appreciate your posts and tweets, but I have to say this list is a bit ridiculous....

Chris Loft · 1 year ago

Excellent and right on the ball. But there is so much to do - you just about have to live online. I find myself often getting further and further away from my prime task of producing music and video that I've turned into something that has to build, design, maintain websites, blogs, social media sites, video sharing sites - all of this becomes a distraction.

Yet it all needs to be done - thanks Chris Brogan for this resourceful article - and thanks for not breaking it up into lots of smaller posts with a zillion ads.

Chris Loft
www.radiocurly.com

mn_social_media · 1 year ago

chris, that was an amazing and detailed list. Wow

Larry Kless · 1 year ago

Thank you Chris, I'm converted! Hallelujah! This is a classic post that had me taking action on my personal brand and completing assignments while I read through it. You rock, really, you do.

Matt Leonard · 1 year ago

Great post.

I love that within the promotion you focus on adding value. I also love that you focus on participation. I just wrote an entire post apologizing to the world for my lack of participation until recently. If I had followed your advice a year ago I would already have an established readership.
I guess it's like a diet...you always say you'll start but put it off.
This post is extremely helpful to make that commitment.

Brett Pohlman · 1 year ago

Awesome post Chris! I am a PR student at Auburn University. This list is the most comprehensive list that I have some across about how to brand yourself in Social Media.

As a graduating senior with social media aspirations, I know how important it is to project a positive online personal brand.

Thank You again. These are great ideas that I can incorporate as I am building my personal brand online.

Luigi · 1 year ago

Another promotional tool: SlideShare;
http://www.slideshare.net/lcenten/personall-bra...
:)

Gene Wolff · 1 year ago

Hello, nice blog cya around

Patrick Byers · 1 year ago

I've been speaking on personal branding (I call it "Personal Positioning") since 1996.

This is the best list of its kind I've ever seen.

I've bookmarked and will share this far and wide.

free image sharing · 1 year ago

is it only me or social websites taken over?

Stephanie Gulley · 1 year ago

This is a brilliant post and very helpful. I found myself pausing to jot down a few notes. You've just earned a new subscriber.

Cheers,
Stephanie
http://heystephanie.com

Jim Legington · 1 year ago

Chris this is certainly Viral Marketing Content for sure:
"100 Personal Branding Tactics Using Social Media", We are
feeling a sense of "awe" because it is just awesome.Great Illustration of thinking of others as more important than
ones own self. Zig Ziglar had it right "Help Enough other
People get what they want and You can have anything You
desire. Be Blessed always...Peace! God Is Love, God is
Good, God Is One. Chris, Everyone have a Great Day.

Mary Motz · 1 year ago

I'll add to the chorus here... :-) Love how you emphasize good manners as well as good promotion. Thanks!

Rob McNealy · 1 year ago

This is a great list. Thanks so much Chris. I have been doing many of these things, but I admit, there were a few tools in here I didn't know about. Any advice on how I grow www.AskAFloorGuy.com?

jonson roth · 1 year ago

What?!! A list of 100 and no bloody numbers? So how do I say, "yeah, love #Y," without having to count down/ up to that point.

Catharine · 1 year ago

My teacher, Robert French, showed my class this list and I was trully amazed. I have printed out the list and will get started on it as soon as possible. Thanks!

Chris · 1 year ago

Thanks Chris,
I'm relatively new to the social media and need all the help I can get. This article is packed full of knowledge from the first to last words. It’s going to take quite a while to digest all the information. I wish I would have written it.

Michael Stewart · 1 year ago

You can use everyzing's search features at http://search.everyzing.com/ for ego podcast searches as everyzing searches through podcasts using speech recognition.

yahootreeman · 1 year ago

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stevenimmons · 1 year ago

Excellent list and I definitely found some new ideas to look into. I guess I would add that connections on Social sites can be made on almost any subject. I would suggest utilising music services such as iLike and LastFM, sharing pictures (Flickr etc.) and the usage of associated groups.

When you think about personal branding, take a little care in terms of professional presentation, but don't lose sight of 'who you are' and stay genuine, multi-dimensional and human :-)

Blake Robinson · 1 year ago

Some solid stuff here, Chris. Nice one.

Eric Miltsch · 1 year ago

Chris -

Golden.

My Fav 3:

Be Human
Be Confident
Brevity Rules.


Eric

Benyamin Shoham · 1 year ago

This list is great.
Looks like a lot of work.
I would love some more general tips about branding and personal branding, even before going online.
I have a main job at 5min.com, and I write two blogs, one in Hebrew and one in English. What part should I brand? All of them? Brand myself as a whole?

Jason Cronkhite · 1 year ago

Holy Banannas Brogman,

There must be 100 comments as it took me forever to get to the comment box on my blackberry wheelie sittin at the WashTub Car Wash. I think you need a name like Scobleizer - maybe Brogman does it - just throwing it out there.

Fantastic Chris! Might I suggest this post be the editorial outline to your book, "Brogman's Social Media Best Practices".

I have a friend Steve Harper that has a great strategy that he's packaged into a book that he calls, "The Ripple". I think his url is www.rippleon.com (I'll have to verify that later).

This post is timely for me to as I preare to launch my new blog for soccer players. So, here's a quick list to add to yours Brogman:

1. Focus your energy in helping people. Be a mench (sp?) as Guy Kawaski suggests (The Art of Start is another great book.
2. Connect with people off-line and online in areas that are completely out of your realm of interests. It's amazing what you can learn and the great people you will meet.
3. Get involved in great causes that help people and really commit yourself to 1-2 causes. Promote the hell out of these causes - it's just karma.
4. Create your own collective intelligence arsenal/advisory group. People that you can go to for help and knowledge. Be willing to offer your expertise to them for FREE. Pay It Forward eh.
5. Help and Old Lady the next time you see one. Get involved in a child's life and be their mentor.
6. Someone Fill In Six.
7. It's all about people. Be open to others ideas - let them flourish and create a positive environment in their own way. Be quick to put out negative fires.

Hope I was not rendundant and added some value to the discussion.

Cheers,

Jason Cronkhite

Jason Cronkhite · 1 year ago

Correction to my previous comment, here is the address to Steve Harper's site Ripple Centeral: http://www.ripplecentral.com/ .

Kari Rippetoe · 1 year ago

Wow, excellent post Chris! I like how you included tips for face-to-face, personal interaction as well.

Don't forget that it's important to take time to build your communities in the various networks you belong to. Visit the profiles of those who have visited yours (this is a regular practice of mine on Stumbleupon) and add them as friends if you share interests.

mikey777 · 1 year ago

I really learned a lot from this post. So much that I just had to bookmark it! I especially liked the part where you said to promote others more than yourself. Leaving insightful comments on other blogs not only keeps the conversation going, but shows the blogger you're interested (and actually read) the post, and encourages them to visit you as well.

One resource that I can't live without is browsershots.org. This site allows you to test your blog in all kinds of browsers to make sure it operates correctly after an update. It's really hard to code for IE 6 or earlier, and if your site doesn't load in those browsers correctly, you'll miss out on a good audience.

Pam Robertson · 1 year ago

Chris I know you have received a plethora of compliments about this post already, but thank you SO much for sharing it here. Holy smokes -- not just great information but going to deeper reaches than anything else I have come across.
Thanks a million.

Trace Cohen · 1 year ago

First off, this is an amazing article. I have used most of these methods to promote and brand myself on the web. These are all great ideas to promote yourself using someone elses services who is in control of what you do. What if you could have your own personal professional websites with your own domain in which you could control and manage your entire online presence? At Brand-Yourself.com we are advocating that everyone creates their own online presence by having a central area to control their online image. For actionable tips to strengthen your personal brand online, check the Brand-Yourself blog at http://blog.brand-yourself.com.

Jan Tallent · 1 year ago

I agree, excellent post, full of great ideas and all in one handy place! I immediately had this one emailed to me to reread! :-)

Ed Kirwan · 1 year ago

I am really happy to have found your blog Chris. The checklist you provide is so comprehensive so a BIG Thank You from me...

Holly · 1 year ago

Wow, I'm in the process of putting together a training manual for my team and will use some of your tips! Thank you for giving so much value here.

Cynthia · 1 year ago

Do you have any suggestions for a blogzine? There's new content on my site twice a week, but I don't know if I can do more than that for now. Survey results come out on Tuesday and a column on Friday. New issues are every other week (i.e. five or more posts at the same time). Suggestions?

Tom Humbarger · 1 year ago

Chris - great post. I didn't realize how many of your 100 list I had been doing already, but it's always nice to have reminders. I especially liked the tactics about community and I agree with all of them.

Tom

Susan · 1 year ago

Great post. I'd like to just add that it's too easy to get lost in the blogosphere and online. Be sure to occasionally take the conversation offline as well.

Chris · 1 year ago

Wow! Where to start? I'm pleased to read about your emphasis on taking the high road. It's too easy in the anonymous Internet to be mean. It's community, after all.

Chinese Language · 1 year ago

good to c it

Pablo · 1 year ago

FANTASTIC!

Really great blogpost!
This post itself is a tool! I will deff use it.

Thaks for sharing!

Best regards from up north [Norway]

Pablo

CM Cheng · 11 months ago

Thank you, thank you and thank you. This is really useful~ I found great pleasure in reading it. Interesting and useful~

Exposed To Life · 11 months ago

This was a great article. I have been searching the web for information about personal branding and social networking. I am glad I came across this article. I will definitely save it and use some of the techniques listed!

www.ExposedToLife.Wordpress.com

williamarruda · 10 months ago

Hello Chris,

This is the best list of online personal branding advice I have seen anywhere! Before embarking on building your personal brand - it is important to know what you brand is. You need to answer these questions:

- What is my area of expertise/thought-leadership?
- How am I different from others with similar skills and abilities?
- Who is my target audience and what do I have to say to them that is relevant and compelling?
- What's my brand personality (adjectives that describe me)? You can learn how others describe you with this complimentary tool: www.reachcc.com/360reach
- How do I translate my unique promise of value (personal brand) into colors, fonts, etc? This will influence the design of your web site or blog.
- What's my current online reputation? You can use www.onlineidcalculator.com to determine your baseline (complimentary) This way you can see how you impact your personal brand through your efforts.
- What is my ultimate goal for this personal branding? How do I want it to help me and my career/business goals?

Thanks, as always, Chris for an extremely valuable post.

Best.
William
www.williamarruda.com

Carole Hicks · 10 months ago

Wow...Chris. That was awesome content. I totally want to be YOU when I grow up. Please make my day and visit my awesome blog at http://www.everythinginorder.wordpress.com -- I'm not selling anything, I just like to share useful info to others on the subject of getting life in order and prioritizing.

William Muncrief · 10 months ago

Thank You Chris for another great post. Finding your Blog is one of the best information sources I have found here in 2009. Keep them coming.

Aging in place · 9 months ago

Chris,

Great thoughts; each one. I've found myself lacking regularly in several of the areas you listed. A good reminder that if you're going to get yourself out there, you're going to have to stay on top of it. Especially true when you are trying to build your brand and you/your project are linked to a real-world issue. Thanks so much!

Social Networking Sites · 9 months ago

I use the Social networking sites like twitter and digg to help My Social networking website>
I,m not the only one working with these kind of Social Networking Bookmarking service for adv!

Lydia · 8 months ago

Interesting how the term "social media" implies online tactics. Online and offline tactics all play a part. I'm glad you did remember the face-to-face connection in your list. We like branding and personalizing useful products that people want to use daily like pens or computer items rather than just using business cards that only get filed or thrown away!

Using your list to cover more areas ourselves. Thanks!

Ray Schiel · 8 months ago

As my mom says, "Good schtuff"! Thanks Chris.

Frank · 8 months ago

Agreed!
These Social networking website are great places to work and play!
Linkedin is the one i,m on all the time!

Gene · 7 months ago

Indeed I love marketing on the social networks, such easy ways to drive leads and traffic to your blogs and products.

Mike McDermott · 7 months ago

The secret is out!
I thought that I was the only one who knew how to do this.
Great post.

mike waters · 7 months ago

interesting read if there are any companies that are looking to have their businesses branded with social media like myspace facebook & twitter you should check this website out its great

post: http://twillooo.com/socialmediabranding.html

Martha Stanton-Smith · 7 months ago

What a list! Terms that are over my head from point one on. Sent me into overwhelm. But that means you are set with more topics to blog about for the next 100 posts (at least) to explain why and how each item is good for business. I'm E-listening....

LIDA360 · 6 months ago

Thank you for an amazing, and comprehensive, "check list" of getting your personal brand integrated into critical social networking tools. While not for everyone, most of us can benefit from leveraging our value in thoughtful, consistent ways -- and you spelled them all out here! Bravo.

Geeee · 6 months ago

I'd like to say this is the most comprehensive list and to the point list that I've read long time ago about branding :) I'll start following these tips...bookmarked :)

Abhishek · 5 months ago

Thoroughly detailed and logical !!
Infact the consultaive approach of yours has helped in grasping the gist very easily.
I think you can also add
1. Google profile search,
2. Yahoo profile,
3. Lookuppage,
4. Slideshare for more effective ways of personal branding.
I have also written few weeks about personal branding on <a href=" http://abhisheksinha.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/g... target="_blank">My Blog.

Hey how can I forget addition of google analytics to track the various bookmarks.

Keep the flow :-).

Abhishek

vibraman · 5 months ago

Bravo on a great list.
thanks chris.

maury

Charles Brown · 5 months ago

Thank you Chris, this is an excellent resource. I know it took a lot of effort to compile it, but I really appreciate it.
Charles Brown

Fiona Elliott · 5 months ago

Great informational article.

How To Weld · 4 months ago

That's amazing - there is so much in there, I keep re-reading it - thanks!

Angela Hill · 4 months ago

Personal Branding Advice: Choose networking events to attend based on the time of day when you're at your best and around your personal/professional interests. It gives you an edge over other networkers and turns a cold prospect into a warm one when you know you already have something in common.

Great job, Chris! Just goes to show...good content never goes bad.

rbkartworks · 3 months ago

This list was extensive Chris thanks. It's definitely a bookmark article for me.

Some are overwhelmed by the number of accounts out there, a way to manage it is helpful. So I would have added a category to this that helps them how. Like avatar consistency, a basic bio saved to computer to copy and tweak for different communities, using a consistent name (many don't) and consistently directing people to a your blog, business site, or profile (like LinkedIn for professionals). wow that's alot of consistencies :-)

Thanks for allowing the input, I love the discussions here.

marketingperformance · 2 months ago

Widgets! User interaction and widget promotion is a great way to also use the new technology and widgets not being a video they are very useful tool!


Thank you so much for this list!
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yinka olaito · 2 months ago

Thanks Mr. Chris for this list. This list helps to make meaningful impact on social media

Yinka Olaito · 2 months ago

Thanks so much Mr.Chris for this wonderful list.It worths careful observation

imrans · 2 months ago

How does one find blogs to comment on? It isn’t easy to google new blogs. It would be helpful to list a way if there is an easy way!

Candy · 2 months ago

Wowee! This is a really great tutorial on how to get your personal branding right. Thanks a lot for sharing all these sites and tactics. Being new to this field I am going to find this really useful. I know I need to start off with making these Passports now. I do have a couple of them, but I had not even heard of some of the other sites. Thanks again.
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marianschembari · 2 months ago

What a great post! I thought I knew the basics of personal branding, but I've never come across a list this comprehensive. You've added some great tips that aren't just run-of-the-mill. Thanks Chris!

marianschembari · 2 months ago

Forgot to add a tip:
BLOGROLLS - that's how I find new sites of interest. I go to blogs I like and are relevant and go to their blogrolls. If you're not on it, get on it! How? Ask! I've been turned down before, but more often than not you do a link exchange and people are more than happy to help if they like your blog. The social media/personal branding community is a big, but strangely enough, close-knit one :-)

thebranddame · 3 weeks ago

Just as relevant today as it was a year ago. Every point a must-pay-attention-to!

Justin · 2 weeks ago

This is an awesome new site that has helped me brand myself: http://smore.me

Torben Rick · 2 weeks ago

Just great post - Thanks

I would like to add: Make a "Personal Branding Landing Page”. There are many ways of doing that - have a look:
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