How to use social media to build and leverage your personal brand
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How to build and leverage
your personal brand onlineMalcolm Gordon
How (platforms/tools)
What (content)
Monitoring
The beauty of the internet
• speed – instant, realtime
• scale (world is your oyster)
Things to consider
• Brand = perception
• In order to have perception you need other people
• Who do you want to reach?
• Who are the key influencers you want to align with?
• Where do they congregate online?
• Push/pull (meet them half way) reach out or produce bait
content
Aims
• be authentic – your real persona amplified online
• Share glimpses of your personality and intellect
• Make friends online, widen and enhance your network
(repetition = familiarity)
• Get more out of your existing networks – more frequent
contact, staying up-to-date through posts/tweets is easy
Your tools
BLOG/HUB
Blogs/websites
• Build rapport & relationship
• 2 way communication – comments section
• Better analytics
• Control/censorship
• Cheap/free
• Good for SEO
• More than 140 characters
Wordpress
Good blogging
• Tightly defined niche
• Stick to it
• Regular
• Respond to all comments/criticisms
• Keep it short/long
• Promote through SM networks
• Does your work experience match up?
• Pictures of you drinking, vomiting, scantily clad
• Type of pages you have liked/groups you
belonged to
• Is your profile open/closed?
• Generally for fun/socialising
Pages – association
Pages
Pages
• Facebook for grown ups
• 175 million users
• More than your resume
• Aim for 100%
• Insert a profile pic – 7 times more likely to be viewed
• Keep it up to date – 12 times more likely to be viewed
• List skills & certifications
• Volunteering counts
• Join groups and contribute to discussions –
demonstrate your skills
Do’s & Don’ts• Use the recommendations feature
• Endorse skills
• Connect with the leaders in your industry and those you want
to learn from/influence
• You will be surprised at who is on these networks and how
willing they are to connect with you
endorsements
Organisations & certifications
• Successful project = request recommendation
• Don’t leave it until you’re hunting for a job/promotion
• Contemporary referees
What not to do
Don’ts
• Use unprofessional profile images
• Be lazy when it comes to
updating/contributing/requests for connection (use a
personal message)
• Do what everyone else does (parrot mindlessly)
• Add value, not noise
endorsements
• Second most searched site on
the web
• Hard to do well
• Points for originality
• Stand out from the crowd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EzNll1U2N8&feature=youtu.be
• Facebook = friends & family (inner circle)
• Twitter = everyone (more open)
• 100 tweets a day = okay
• Rapid fire communication
• Pulse of the web
• Okay to mix casual conversation with
business/professional (50/50 split)
• No restriction on number of accounts
• One personal
• One professional
• Seek out key influencers and initiate conversations
• Great for monitoring
Monitoring you brandProtecting your investment
Google.com/alerts
Twitter search
Klout
Blog analytics
How many are seeking you?
Who’s stalking me?
Thanks for listening
Questions?
www.malgordon.com
Twitter @malgordon
linkedin.com/in/malcolmgordon