After scouring the globe far and wide, I present to you the ten best personal branding articles around the web from March 2010. These articles cover topics that help you build a rock-solid personal brand, and do so in a way that makes me wish I had written them myself! In no particular order…
12 Kickass Ways to Love your Job and Life, by Arvind Devalia at The Undercover Recruiter.
“See your work as a game. Life is meant to be fun and if you are going to spend a third of it at work, you might as well enjoy the game.”
We Can Do It, by Seth Godin.
“Successful people rarely confuse a can-do attitude with a smart plan. But they realize that one without the other is unlikely to get you very far.”
30 Valuable Lessons Learned Using Social Media for Small Business, by Mark Hayward at Problogger.
“After almost three years of working hard, learning continuously, making lots of mistakes, and monitoring successes, below are thirty valuable social media marketing lessons that I have learned through my experience.”
How to Give Yourself a First-Class Online Business Education, by Sonia Simone at Copyblogger.
“Today I’m going to talk about what I’ve learned, so if you’re a little earlier on the path you can avoid some blind alleys.”
New Twitter Tools for Job Seekers by Jessica Miller-Merrell of Brand-Yourself.
“These tips will help you turn Twitter into the ultimate networking tool…”
Stop Talking About Yourself, by Chris Brogan.
“Check your last 10 blog posts, your last 10 tweets. Are they all about you. Are they all about your products, your services, whatever it is you’re pushing? How many are about you versus those that are about others…?)
Four Reasons Why Focusing on Goals Leads to Failure, by Melissa Cooley.
“There is such a huge focus on the goal of getting a job that the process of attaining that goal is all but forgotten.”
How Guest Posting Builds Your Brand, by Ann Smarty at Personal Branding Blog.
“…per my experiencethere is nothing as effective for self-branding as guest posting.”
25 Easy Ways to Grow Your Personal Brand in 5 Minutes, by Jacob Share at Personal Branding Blog.
“Here are some ideas of quick personal brand-building steps you can take right now.”
From Tweet to Hired: The Definitive Guide to Land a Job with Twitter, by Patrick Ambron of Brand-Yourself.com.
“We worked very hard to put together an easy to follow, easy to read, extremely informative guide to leverage twitter and advance your career.”
This is my first top-10 compilation of this sort, and wow, was it easy to find 10 great articles. I didn’t have a chance to feature work from a few of my faves, like Mohammed Altaee and Tim Tyrell-Smith, so stay tuned for next month’s edition.
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