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21 Ways To Sharpen Your Personal Branding…
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Personal Branding, if not one of the most powerful methods you can use to boost your online presence, build credibility, create trust, and create a community of people that know, like and trust you. I’m a big believer in personal branding and it has proven to work extremely good combined with internet marketing, here are 21 ways I personally use to build my personal brand everyday.
21 Ways To Sharpen Your Personal Branding…
#1 – Use your full name on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Myspace.
#2 – Use your full name as your domain name. (Example: www.TerranceCharles.com)
#3 – Use a clear and sharp image of yourself on all of your websites.
#4 – Use your full name in your email signatures at the bottom.
#5 – Create a signature image of your full name and add it to your websites.
#6 – Create a video or audio and post it on sites like youtube, viddler, or social networks.
#7 – Add your full name along with your signature image to all of your blog post.
#8 – When you create a product, add your picture, full name and signature in your header.
#9 – RT content other peoples content on Twitter, which get’s you noticed.
#10 – Create a free PDF report with your full name, picture and signature and give it away free.
#11 – Do a teleseminar or webinar with an authority figure in your market.
#12 – Create a wordpress blog about you and what you do.
#13 – Create a Tagline with your initials whenever you Tweet or update your status.
#14 – Create a quote that can be passed around with your full name at the end.
#15 – Use your full name in your email senders from field.
#16 – Add a detailed “About Me” section on your blog or make it a full website.
#17 – Share pictures of your everday life or events that you attend.
#18 – Use your full name in your website HTML section in the “title” meta tag.
#19 – Comment on other blogs and leave your full name and website after your comment.
#20 – Get professional background graphics created to use on your social media profiles.
#21 – Create valuable content nonstop that people will remember you for.
The fact is Personal Branding works! If you use it correctly, you’ll have no problem getting your name among Top experts in your industry, it’s all about name recognition, and for those experts not utilizing personal branding to it’s full potential, you’ll pull ahead of the competition. Go Get Em 
Any suggestions or tips you would like to share?
To The TOP,
Terrance Charles
TerranceCharles.Com
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Topics: How-To's, Internet Marketing Tips, Personal Business Branding | 16 Comments »
1:01 am on November 22nd, 2009
Terrance, good tips. If it’s one thing about you, you deliver good information that works. I have been using personal branding myself to increase my reach and exposure and I definitely took away some tips here from you, thanks.
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9:45 pm on November 23rd, 2009
Great tips, Terrance and I am glad we follow each other on twitter, MY favorite social medium~!
Jan
@jantallent
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10:17 pm on November 23rd, 2009
Great tips thanks Happy to retweet.
However how do find the time to all of this. I dont think I give it enough time.
One thought I have always thought good for personal branding is a good photograph taken specifically for your web presence. Too many people use an old picture with a friend or auntie chopped off!!!!
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11:22 pm on November 23rd, 2009
Terrance,
Outstanding list. I would add:
- Show off your expertise by creating topical pages on Squidoo (lenses). One of your many lenses can even be a lensography which functions as a mega-About Me page. Look me up on Squidoo to see what I mean. Squidoo pages rank well in search engines. You also share in revenue generated from advertisements hosted on your lenses.
- Create some content for HubPages. This site works a lot like Squidoo. It takes a little more work–not one of my favorites but popular with a lot of other people.
- Be an active participant in forums related your niche. Take Terrance’s advice and fully utilize your signature and image in your profile. Better yet, if you have the time and interest, create your own forum or network. I’ve done both and they’ve really helped to further my personal brand and expertise.
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11:44 pm on November 23rd, 2009
Terrance:
Found this article on personal branding to be very resourceful. As I build my website, it is important to promote your brand name as much as possible. Good Tip #2-on getting your full name as your domain. My name was so popular that someone else purchased it. Like the concept of posting a picture which makes it personable so that the reader knows who you are. Will be using your 21 tips to sharpen my brand. Thank You for the article.
Regards,
Coach Jane Lee
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11:47 pm on November 23rd, 2009
Terrance,
Great info…you have given out all of the secrets of effective personal branding!
Carlton Riddick
http://www.laptoprichesnetwork.com
twitter: carltonriddick
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12:18 am on November 24th, 2009
Hi Carlton
This awesome info, I wasn’t sure what I could do can not do? I now you have answer my questions thank you so much for being you:-) Here is a gift
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Cynthia Hernandez
http://www.powerteam-of-success.com
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12:20 am on November 24th, 2009
Wow, great tips Terrance!! Very informative. Thanks! (bookmarking this page now for reference)
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3:32 am on November 24th, 2009
Awesome tips! One other tip I have is to use your full name when you leave comments on other people’s blogs.
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4:51 am on November 24th, 2009
Excellent Terrence!
I was ticking them off one by one mentally and found we both are on the same track !
I started blogging 3 yrs back but my site is only 3 months old. Today I get close to 1000 hits ! But frankly I believe in the power of good content.
If you google my name Madhurie Singh, you will be amazed to see 16 lacs search results which is more because of the unique articles on Kids and products for Kids.
I loved this article.
cheer
Madhurie Singh
http://www.madhuriesingh.com/superindiankid
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Twitter: carltonf
5:20 am on November 24th, 2009
I love short tips that cut to the chase and get the point across! This is very good advice and immediately usable information. Using these simple methods over time will build a powerful brand, and it only takes a few minutes a day to get it done. Thanks for sharing Terrance!
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1:03 pm on November 24th, 2009
Hey Terrance,
Thanks for pointing me to this post. I think each of the 21 branding tips will help me in my business. Keep them coming! I check your website every day for new content.
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5:28 pm on November 24th, 2009
Thanks Terrance for sharing excellent tips.
Faye Townsend
http://www.MyAutoInsuranceForLessBusiness.com
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1:34 am on November 25th, 2009
Great post TC! So true, personal branding is very important and it’s even more important these days where there are so many scams. People need to be able to know who you are and trust you. These are some great ways to establish that.
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1:36 pm on February 4th, 2010
#20 … dude, since you bring it up, I think it would help you to get a professional designer to work on your Twitter background (rather then an amateur from elance or somewhere like it). The flame filter background doesn’t impress a lot of people
Lacks taste in my opinion.
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Terrance Charles
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February 5th, 2010 at 8:58 am
Dene, I appreciate your honest feedback. That’s one thing about business and personal branding, some will accept it and some won’t, that’s why we have to continue growing and evolving as marketers, seeing what works best
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