10 Secrets to Build Your Personal

Brand With Social Media

10 Secrets to Build Your Personal

Brand With Social Media

@edeckers

1. You Are a Brand

(Get over it)

2. Fill In Your

Profiles

2. Fill In Your

Profiles

Secret #3Secret #3

Build your personal brand around your

blog

Blog about. . .Blog about. . .

•Your job•Your field•Industry trends

•Special reports

•Your life

Secret #4:Get LinkedIn

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

Secret #5

It's also about

search...

Secret #6

Social media is not about nagging

Secret #7

It's about Trust & Relationships

Find People

Build Your Network

Don't Forget LinkedIn

Create & Follow Lists

8. Write Good Stuff8. Write Good Stuff

(Remember the

Circle thing?)

Secret #9

Secret #9

Measure Everythin

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Measure Everythin

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Klout.com

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Google Analytics

Secret #10

Secret #10

Take Your Networking Outside

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@edeckersErik.Deckers@gmail.com

Reach me

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

Photo credits