All posts tagged online reputation

Make Sure You “Handle” Social Media Consistently

by Anand Patel on April 25, 2012 in Personal Branding with 1 Comment
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Although most people know you by your name, in the internet world, you are also likely to be known by your social media handles. When I say handles, I am referring to your username or the personalized url. So when it comes to getting your name out there, you want your handles to correlate with the way you want to represent yourself, aka brand yourself.

How many of you currently have or have seen someone with a username/handle that really has nothing to do with anything? An example of this would be if someone had the Twitter handle @coolguy2012 (although you are able to change your handle on Twitter). There is absolutely nothing wrong with this scenario, as long as you want to be branded and characterized as “coolguy2012”. If that’s what you’re going for then this makes complete sense, but usually in the professional world, most people prefer to be recognized by their name.
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4 Reasons Why You Should Use Twitter To Build Your Personal Brand

by Anand Patel on January 18, 2012 in Online Reputation, Social Media with 1 Comment
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How many of you are already on Twitter? It’s a growing networks and more and more people seem to be joining everyday but there are still so many that are against it. That’s completely fine, I also was against joining at one point. First of all, it’s just another profile you have to manage and maintain…do you really have time for that extra work? It’s already hard enough watching over your Facebook account – you have to make sure people don’t tag you in horrible pictures, wish people happy birthday, leave funny yet random comments on your friend’s page, and of course you have to creep around and see what people are doing with their lives! Most importantly, the biggest reason not to join Twitter is because your life is just not that interesting right? I always used to say that same thing. Why in the world do people want to know what I’m eating for breakfast or how my experience in the crapper went? I barely even change my status on Facebook, what makes you think that I’m going to tweet often? Although these are all valid points, there is a lot more to Twitter than meets the eye. Just like I suggested that you should start blogging, I am also going to give you 4 reasons for why you should get yourself on Twitter and actively use it.

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Why You Should Be Blogging

by Anand Patel on December 17, 2011 in Online Reputation with 4 Comments
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I decided to start off my brand new blog with a post on why YOU should be blogging. I have been involved in the online marketing world for a few years now (so I’m fairly new) and have always opted against creating my own personal blog. So as Chris Brown would say – Look at me now! I’ve set up shop with my own personal blog with the hopes to feed you informative gibberish that will keep your entertained. There is a reason why I decided to create this blog and it is the same reason why I am suggesting that you start blogging also.

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