Notes from a lunch-and-learn talk Dawn Jensen of Virtual Options Coaching & Training gave to members of Central Florida chapter of WOAMTEC - March 2012

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Social Media Managed Services Technology Training
Top 7 Tips for Building Personal Branding Through Social Media
Notes
Creating Digital Embassies and Outpost Model ™
• Start Small
• Build Deliberately
• Be Consistent
Linkedin Reminders
• Three weblinks (Facebook Fan page, Website, blog e.g.)
• Two Twitter Feeds
• “Google-ize” your job titles
Facebook Fan Page
• Set Vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/username
• Get and give recommendations
Extending Your Brand
Slideshare.net
“SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations. With 60 million monthly visitors and
130 million pageviews, it is amongst the most visited 200 websites in the world. Besides presentations,
SlideShare also supports documents, PDFs, videos and webinars.”
Some things that you can do on SlideShare:
• Upload presentations publicly or privately
• Download presentations on any topic and reuse or remix
• Embed on blogs, websites, company intranets
• Share on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
• Zipcast: free, no download, 1 click web meetings
• Leadshare: generate business leads with your presentations, documents, pdfs, videos
• Slidecast: sync mp3 audio with slides to create a webinar
• Embed YouTube videos inside SlideShare presentations
• Use SlideShare PRO for premium features like branded channels, analytics, ad free pages etc
Pinterest.com
“Pinterest is a virtual pinboard. Pinterest allows you to organize and share all the beautiful things you find on
the web. You can browse pinboards created by other people to discover new things and get inspiration
from people who share your interests.”
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Personal Branding
About.me
Example – http://www.about.me/dawnjensen
Great way to combine all social sites on one page and create your own personal page.
Fullyfollow.me
“FullyFollow is a social networking tool to connect your social profiles together into a single URL that is
simple to share with others. It removes the hassle of tracking down a new contact across many sites and
packages it into one easy button. The tool helps individuals and brands get more followers across more
services, quickly and easily.”
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