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33 Blog Post Ideas for the Personal Brand-Building Blogger

Here are some blog post suggestions to help you successfully build your blog and your personal brand. For simplicity, I'm assuming that your personal brand is related to your profession. 1. Tell an unusual personal story that exposes not-so-obvious insight about your work 2. Make a short slideshow video about a trendy topic 3. Critique a new tool that other people in your industry should know about 4. Post a gallery of photos from an industry event (with photographers' permission, of course) 5. Use Flickr's Creative Commons search to make a gallery of impressive work-related images

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January 26, 2011

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Why You Should Google Your Name Right Now

Have you googled your name recently? You might be in for a nasty surprise. Whenever Google - or any search engine - is finding some unpleasant information about you, there are 2 options: 1. Remove it at the source 2. Bury it with newer, positive information

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December 28, 2010

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The Pro Guide to Sparkling Blog Comments

How to leave blog comments like a pro and build your personal brand all at once. Respect the blogger My rule of thumb is to consider blog commenters as potential guests in my home. As a commenter, the blogger is inviting you in by giving you the chance to continue a conversation they started, so don't barge in with the sole purpose of selling yourself. Instead, add value and make the blogger (and other readers) wish you'd come around more often. Now let's take a look at the standard blog comment form fields, using the ones here below as an example. Use, Not Abuse, The Comment Form Fields Another rule of thumb is to fill in the form fields in the most obvious way possible. If the blogger wanted your job title or your branding statement, there would be form fields for them.

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December 20, 2010

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7 Best Kinds of Blog Comments That Demand Attention

Every blogger - including me - will appreciate you more if you leave these kinds of comments. And I don't just mean during comment contests. 1. Respond As a blogger, I know first-hand how frustrating it can be to have an audience that doesn't respond when you ask them a specific question (no, not you... I'm referring to my other readers... right...). Leverage this frustration by being the first or among the first to react in the comments. 2. Give honest feedback Except in very specific situations, leaving a 'loved this' or 'thanks for this' comment is the blogging equivalent of poking someone on Facebook; the 2 seconds you took to do it is the same 2 seconds of thought the blogger will give to it before forgetting it. Instead, tell the blogger what you liked about their article or better yet, how it could be improved if the blogger decided to do a followup.

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December 14, 2010

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7 Ways To Stand Out That You Won’t Soon Forget

Personal branding inspiration you'll likely remember for quite some time. 1) Do something amazing with a basic, everyday object Most people's yoyo skills are limited to making one go up and down, if they can even do that, which makes Jensen Kimmitt all the more impressive. One of the things I love about this clip is that he's so good, you don't even notice how many mistakes he makes, which is a terrific message in itself: how well you recover from failure is often key to success. 2) Win, lose or just reach the final rounds in a famous contest Given the popularity of American Idol and similar contests around the world, just getting to the final rounds ensures that many, many people will know who you are.

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October 18, 2010