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Brand Yourself as an Expert to Survive the Future

by Dan Schawbel on 06/15/2009 08:12   0 comments , 771 views
Categories: Personal Branding, Best Practices, Facebook, Twitter, Public Relations, Marketing, Social Networking
Tags: reputation management, online profile managment

Last week, I wrote a blog post called “6 Reasons You Shouldn’t Brand Yourself as a Social Media Expert” and it quickly became the most popular post I’ve ever written on this blog (since October, 2006), with over 400 retweets and almost 60 comments.  There were a feel people who disagreed with my statements and those that gave me credit for my observations.  I wrote the post because I’m perceived as a social media expert at my day job and I believe that title will evolve over the coming years, as we are all pulled into this brave new world and our positions become ubiquitous.

I received a few emails, that will remain anonymous, of individuals who frown at the term “expert.”  I, on the other hand, think that it’s one of the most important aspects of personal branding.  In fact, if you aren’t an expert, your perceived value diminishes, you won’t get as many opportunities and it will be hard to position yourself for success.

Your biggest challenge

The title of this post may sound scary, especially to those who don’t feel they are experts in their fields quite yet.

Your biggest challenge in life: Finding your passion and connecting it to your expertise, while ...

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WhosTalkin: New Social Search Tool Launched

by Nick Wilsdon on 04/12/2009 00:00   0 comments , 461 views
Categories: Social Media, Social Bookmarking, Search
Tags: reputation management, social search, search engines, whos talkin, orm, whostalkin

WhosTalkin is a new search engine for the social media landscape. It searches across 40+ popular social media applications, providing in depth results not usually seen in the mainstream search engines. In their own words:

WhosTalkin.com is a social media search tool that allows users to search for conversations surrounding the topics that they care about most. Whether it be your favorite sport, favorite food, celebrity, or your company’s brand name; Whostalkin.com can help you join in on the conversations that you care about most.

Joe Hall asked me to beta test the system and aside from a few minor issues my first impressions are very positive.

The Interface and Controls

Top marks for making this simple and intuitive. Steve Krug would approve. My first choices are limited to a single search box, which gathers results from all their sources.

You can then drill down results by each source, listed on the left. These range from Twitter, Technorati to Bloglines and YouTube. Simple enough. My only complaint here would be the need to operate two scrollbars, one for the menu and another for the results. Even with the site at full screen, the design is limited by a fixed height. It would be goo... read more >>

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