Building Your Online Brand - Ad Club 101 Series
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building your online brandadvertising & marketing 101 series - nyc
january 27, 2010
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by @cherwenka
before search engines and social media we might have asked about the fish
things have changed
what do they know about you?
what do you know about them?
how can you build your brand?
what do they know about you?
LinkedIn is a wealth of reputable, indexed information controlled by you
common friends, events, recos, discussions…
publicly show your interests, associations …
join groups, engage in discussions
facebook is as valuable as it is dangerous.
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personal blogs on the right platforms are a great way to showcase your expertise.
twitter is your public thoughtstream and social interactions, controlled by you
make sure your tweetstream isn’t all about you.
be informative and engaging.
(and don’t call yourself a guru.)
post informative content that shows your expertise
use Delicious.com to gather all your interesting finds in one place and publicly build your brand
high indexing and rankings
less indexing of your content
your brand ecosystem
blogs & forums social networks
build ◦ connect ◦ synergize
search engines your content
what do you know about them?
in addition to the usual suspects …
1)join groups
2)search for people you want to meet
3)meet them
1)invite friends of friends
2)find out where they socialize
3)meet them
how can you control it?
you can guide your online presence, but not with pinpoint accuracy
Fergal OP's Flickr photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/feargal/3642399978 Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
if you don’t know knots, tie lots
monitor mentions of your name with twazzup.com
set up Google Alerts to track mentions of your name and target contacts/companies
use friendfeed to syndicate your social activities across all touchpoints and track others
your brand ecosystem
blogs & forums social networks
build ◦ connect ◦ synergize
search engines your content
Where to begin?
•Determine what your brand will be - your voice, your message, your best username and photo
•Complete your LinkedIn profile, join groups
•Audit your Facebook public search result or disallow search (settings–privacy–search)
•Audit all Facebook tagged and uploaded photos
•Buy your own domain name (bonus points for creating a site)
•Add key site URL’s to your email signature
Ongoing activities
•Join Twitter and post intelligent industry-related tweets; scan Twazzup often to monitor your name
•Comment on reputable industry-related blogs and forums
•Connect with people you’ve met (LinkedIn, FB); follow people you want to meet (Twitter, Foursqr)
•Set up a Delicious account, tag relevant content
•Syndicate your activities using FriendFeed
•Engage!
andrew cherwenka
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