5 Ways to Avoid Sabotaging Your Personal Brand Online  

Posted by Josh Tomaka in ,

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Since the rise in popularity of social networks, there have been countless incidents in which professionals have lost their jobs, been evicted, or even been arrested for things they have done online. There couldn't be a better time than now to learn the many ways you can sabotage your personal brand and how to prevent them from happening. Here are 5 things you should practice:

First, don't ignore brand mentions. Setup Google Alert to track what people are saying about you. Second, don't spread yourself too thin. Pick the most important social networks to you and stick with them. Third, know your audience. What you post can have different effects on different audiences, some good and some bad. Fourth, limit self-promotion. Successful self-promotion works in moderation. And lastly, be consistent. You want people to be able to recognize your brand across different networks and websites.

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2 comments

I agree with Josh now that we have so many social media outlets it is important for organization members to "keep it clean". Being a member of an organization I have had personal experience dealing with other members and posting material that isn't exactly appropriate.

This is a pretty helpful little article. Sites like Facebook certainly have had quite a turnaround from what they started out as such as a "college only" site to now being somewhat of a professional outlet.

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