Rebecca Thorman’s Advice on Blogging and Personal Branding
For Bret’s Class from Modite on Vimeo.
Rebecca Thorman is one of my favorite bloggers. I follow her blog Modite, and I’ve written about her previously here. Her content is very good, but it’s not strictly the leadership and management stuff I write about here. What I like about Rebecca’s site is her process, especially how she incorporates video into her articles and how she respects and engages her audience.
She is the only blogger I follow that I asked to speak to my Entrepreneurial Psychology class. Her schedule did not permit her to talk to us live via OOvOO, but she was kind enough to take the time to make this video especially for my class. My students are working on creating their personal brands, and blogging is a part of that process as far as I am concerned. Rebecca’s message adds real value to what we are doing.
Beyond blogging and personal branding, Rebecca’s message is one of authenticity and self-responsibility. Even if you think you are not interested in blogging or personal branding, I urge to listen to what this remarkable young woman has to say.
Rebecca, you are a class act. I sincerely appreciate your time and effort and I know my students will as well.
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Bret,
This was really great. She has such constructive things to say. I really appreciate both of you for providing us with this. Thank you.
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Breann: Glad you liked it! I think Rebecca is a real role model in many ways. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. Bret
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Bret,
Thank you so much for getting such wonderful bloggers involved in our class. I really liked the video blog that Rebecca did for our class.
I think she really hit home on the fact that we are creating this Internet presence. Rebecca had a great explanation that people that like us or hate us may google us and that can put us in a lot of trouble. It is so important to know what type of digital footprint we are leaving. Although it is fun to have fun college events on our pages, it is also something that may come back to haunt us in our professional careers.
Thanks!
Makena
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Makena: Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts about Rebecca’s blog. Like Rebecca said, you can definately use the digital footprint to your advantage. I wish we could get this message to folks at the start of the college journey rather than the end. Thanks! Bret
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