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Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

@Knatchwa — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:39:16 -0000

Bill;

You make some great points, thanks for taking the time to share them. When I look back I realize I am similar to GeekMommy in the sense that I started things out sometime back now and it took me longer then 5 days but at that time I was still new to the process. As I am a part of Twitter and have started following some core people the focus changed back to progress. And this blog is one more resource that is favorite and will be referred to more then one time.

Thanks for taking the time out of the day to share the great information. And With That I close, and say take it to heart it is a great way.

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Bill Rice — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:38:37 -0000

Colleen,

You're right most won't put in the effort. You are also correct that if you don't deliver value people will know.

My advice will give people a foundation to grow from--not a short-cut.

Enjoyed your dorkage blog. Thanks for the comment!

Bill

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Colleen R. Kitchen — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:27:38 -0000

and when everyone does this (or looks like they are doing it), people will go into shutdown mode, the web will be inundated with good personal brands and they will be lost. Just like blogging was 8 years ago. The good news is it is not so easy to write 40 quality articles. the bad news is ezinearticles is flooded with articles whos purpose is clearly only to promote the author NOT to give info. I can tell the difference.

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

GeekMommy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:34:44 -0000

Now where was this when I started doing it the hard way 10 months ago? :)

Seriously, great article. I'll be referring back to it even if I'm waaaaay off the 5 day timeline.

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Bill Rice — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:32:48 -0000

Linda,

The start-up is the most time intensive, but your personal brand should be producing for your business or company. Alignment is key.

Oh, and I am writing this at 10:30 pm ET--so, a little overtime occasionally ;)

Bill

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Bill Rice — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:30:35 -0000

Frank,

You are right. Writing is not only a valuable marketing strategy, but it is also a creation and innovation tool.

Were connected on Twitter now. Looking forward to hearing more ideas.

Bill

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Bill Rice — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:27:48 -0000

Carri,

Like I mentioned to Dali. The article count may be high, but you are practicing writing and thinking. Both will serve your brand well.

I totally agree--reading and referencing other great is critical to the personal branding process. It will get you noticed, but more importantly it gives value back!

BTW, I love your site--especially the cool navigation. Everyone check out http://www.bigdealpr.com/. I am a big promoter of conversation marketing. You certainly seem to have that as a core to your marketing services.

Thanks for the comment!

Bill

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Bill Rice — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:20:24 -0000

Dali,

Certainly 40-50 is a lot for one day and may not be manageable for most, but it is training. It is a foundation, it doesn't have to be flawless, and it enforces the "just get started" mentality I like to advocate.

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the comment.

Bill

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Ari — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:19:22 -0000

first of all i think utilizing web 2.0 (like the ones listed below) are the greatest step in getting free marketing.

second, i took a look at branddoozie and i have to say it is quite impressive. Thanks Matthew for showing me how i can easily and afford ably make some great marketing documents.

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Linda Smith — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:55:24 -0000

This is awesome. I'm in the very process of branding myself and have done all but StumbleUpon and MyBlogLog. How do you keep up with all this and still do your primary business is something I still wonder.

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

frank — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:43:41 -0000

Bill ... nice post.

I like how you outline it in a simple and understandable way.

Dan's comment about really having the strategy before you embark on all the 'building' is great ... without the thought/planning, a clear game plan and strategy the chances of success are definitely on the slim side.

You could also make the case for doing the writing as step 2 - this would help you flesh out the types of things you want to talk about on your blog as well as get you in the habit of writing so that when you 'launch' your site you are already rolling.

At any rate ... this was a great read. thanks!

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http://twitter.com/franswaa

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Carri Bugbee — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:43:14 -0000

Great advice. It's similar to what I tell people all the time. However, I don't think it's feasible to write 40-50 articles in a day. I could probably only do a couple and I write for a living. I think it's more important for people to research, reference and develop GREAT ideas to get noticed -- and I wouldn't rush that. Anyone who can do one or two substantive articles a day for a couple of weeks will be in great shape and well on their way to promoting their own personal brand.

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Dali Burgado — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:51:51 -0000

Wow, Bill. Go, go, goooo! I can hear you coaching!

Your steps make it very manageable to get this all done (now 40-50 articles wow I might have stopped at 20) lol.

Look forward to reading more awesome content.

I appreciate you!
Dali Burgado

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Bill Rice — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:50:23 -0000

Thanks Stephanie. Glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting!

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Stefanie — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:43:33 -0000

Great post - thanks for the quick steps

Thanks
Stefanie

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Bill Rice — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:33:41 -0000

Dan,

Great point. Without a purpose you are wasting everyone's time--yours and those who will find you.

BTW, great blog! I added it to my RSS reader. Everyone should check it out to learn more tips on personal branding: http://personalbrandingblog...

Thanks,
Bill

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Dan Schawbel — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:29:40 -0000

This is a good list BUT, I would put day 3 as day 1 because unless you've learned a lot about yourself and figured out a topic and goals, then you are waiting your time. Many company's make the same mistake of using all these tools that are there anyways, without really knowing why.

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Bill Rice — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:55:09 -0000

Matthew,

That is slick! Of course when all this kicks in for people and they start getting real business from it they will need to launch the offline brand stuff fast. Brandoozie looks like a good place to start.

Bill

Re: Personal Branding-Build Your Personal Brand in 5 Days

Matthew Bowe — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:48:07 -0000

Bill... dig your stuff. For those that absolutely, positively must have print materials (logo, stationary, ltrhead, etc.), www.brandoozie.com is a crazy cool and fast way to make this happen. If they added a website... it'd be killer.

Anwyays... great article!