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Why I Joined App.net

Oy vey, another social network. But one worth investing in. What is App.net? In a nutshell, App.net is a new social network that looks like Twitter and that works like Twitter, but that also addresses Twitter's main problems and tries to solve them. What are Twitter's main problems? Well, spam, right? Garbage tweets that at best, clog up your tweet reader and at worst, link to viruses or other malware. Actually, all that untreated and non-blocked spam is a symptom of the real problem- free, open access to anyone and everyone, include people who only want to abuse Twitter and the real, honest people who use it. But there's no such thing as "free"...

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October 4, 2012

Speak Your Mind

The Biggest Danger of Personal Branding With Social Media

How much of your personal brand do you own? If you follow my advice, you spend a part of your daily routine building your personal brand on social media. But did you know that what you share on those sites can be used in ways you can't imagine, let alone like? Let's see which social network you might want to avoid from now on.

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June 20, 2012

Must-Read Tips

10 Ideas To Kickstart Your Personal Brand

Here are some ideas to get your creative branding juices flowing. 1. Join a new community Find a new forum or niche social network and become an active member of the community, participating for at least 15 minutes every single day until you are a recognized expert on the basis of your participation alone. 2. Create a new community Sometimes creating and building a new community might seem easier than trying to stand out in an older established one, or you might have discovered a part of your industry that is under-served, either online or in the real world. 3. Launch an initiative In your industry, is there a fight no one is fighting? An issue that you feel isn't getting as much attention as it deserves? Become the motor for change. In 25 Easy Ways To Grow Your Personal Brand in 5 Minutes, I suggested you "start an industry-related petition" but that's just one example. Launching initiatives is also a great way to build a community.

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April 11, 2012

Events Not to Miss

#CONTEST: Leave a Comment, Win Help For Your Google Rankings

Do good things appear when people google your name? BrandYourself has just relaunched their website and to celebrate, they're sponsoring this contest with prizes that will help boost positive results for you in Google searches. Thank you, BrandYourself. This is the fourth contest as part of the run-up to JobMob's 5th Anniversary on March 21st, and still more are coming. What is BrandYourself? BrandYourself google rankings boostThe idea for BrandYourself came from co-founder Pete Kistler, a star student who years ago had trouble getting job interviews because anyone who googled his name instead found mentions of another Pete Kistler who had been arrested for drug-related offenses. Co-founder Evan Watson says that "BrandYourself is the only Do-It-Yourself platform that makes it easy for anyone to improve their own search results." The new BrandYourself.com won the SXSW accelerator competition and has been covered on major media such as Fast Company, the New York Post, Mashable and TechCrunch.

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March 20, 2012

Tools You Need

10 Easy Steps To Design Your Own Personal Infographic

A creative way online to describe and brand yourself in just a few clicks. Why would you want to make your own infographic? 5 benefits of a personal infographic * A creative way to describe yourself * Upload it to Facebook and compare with other creative, innovative friends * Use it as a desktop background, or as the base of your Twitter background image * It's fun, only taking a few clicks and a few minutes * It just looks cool Now let's make yours.

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November 30, 2011