Personal Branding: The Brand YOU

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Personal Branding presentation presented to the J4801 & J7200 classes at the University of Memphis. This presentation was adapted from Dan Schawbel teachings on personal branding.

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Donna Sudderth

* Slides adapted from Dan Shawbel’s Personal Branding Presentation to University of Massachusetts students

Who are you?

What do you do?

What makes you unique?

Are you an “expert” on a subject?

Why should people care about you?

Self-starter Loyal Studious Attentive

Determined Hard-working Diligent Trustworthy

Team-player Motivated Reliable Conscientious

Industrious Persistent Dynamic Energetic

Enterprising Enthusiastic Aggressive Organized

Methodical Adaptable Alluring Cooperative

Cultured Detail-Oriented Diligent Encouraging

Efficient Entertaining Exuberant Hilarious

Likeable Obedient Productive Punctual

Receptive Trustworthy Prolific Sincere

How would your friends describe you?

What are your strongest attributes?

What personal attributes would you like to improve?

How do you define success?

Business Card

ResumeProfessional Website/Blog

CD PortfolioCover Letter

?Social Media

Your BlogFind your niche

Get your name

Make it social• Clickable• Searchable• Shareable

Create good content!

Linked InCustom URL

Picture/Profile

Recommendations• Employers• Professors• Team Members

Groups

FacebookCustom URL

Picture/Profile

Status

Find Contacts

Join Groups & Pages

Events

Online PortfolioCustom URL

Picture/Resume

About YOU

Relevant Coursework

Link to networks

BE PROFESSIONAL

Wordpress Weebly Carbonmade Visual CV Coroflot About.me Photoshelter Zenfolio Tumblr

TwitterCustom URL

Picture

About YOU

Lists

Twitter Chats

Manners

“Content is king, but marketing is the queen and the queen runs the household.”

- Gary Vaynerchuk

“Manage your brand so you can benefit from the new digital landscape instead of suffer from it.”

- Tim Ferriss, Besselling Author, Four Hour Work Week

Google yourself!!

My Linked In Profile

NOT ME

NOT ME

My Gravatar Profile

My Blog

NOT ME

NOT ME

Social CommunityMy Blog (again)Social Community

Social Community

NOT ME

My Life Profile

Social Community

My Comment

My Blog (again)

Social Community

NOT ME

My Blog on SU

79 % of HR personnel review online information about applicants*

70 % reject candidates for online material found in Google search or social websites*

* http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2010/01/42-of-americans-have-googled-themsleves-none-have-gone-blind.html

YourName.com Facebook.com/people/Your_Name LinkedIn.com/in/YourName Twitter.com/YourName YourNames.Wordpress.com FriendFeed.com/YourName Your.Name@Gmail.com Myspace.com/YourName ANYWHERE.COM: Your Name

Who are you, what is your niche, why are you relevant?• A few paragraphs explaining your brand

Google yourself! What did you find? Anything surprising?• Go further than just the first page. Dig to see if you can find “dirt” on

yourself.

Set up an online portfolio• Due 6/7/2011 (next Thursday)

Self perception = How others perceive you?

OR

Self perception ≠ How others perceive you?

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