Comments on: Personal Branding: Some Simple First Steps http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-10/personal-branding-some-simple-first-steps/ Leadership, followership, and purpose at work Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:29:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bret L. Simmons http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-10/personal-branding-some-simple-first-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-1266 Bret L. Simmons Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:57:41 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=1212#comment-1266 Good for you, Nils! Thanks! Bret Good for you, Nils! Thanks! Bret

]]> By: Nils Davis http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-10/personal-branding-some-simple-first-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Nils Davis Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:19:28 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=1212#comment-1264 Bret - I just took your advice and created a new signature that includes my LinkedIn profile, my Google Voice #, my blog, and my twitter handle. Probably needs some design work now, but it's a start. Bret – I just took your advice and created a new signature that includes my LinkedIn profile, my Google Voice #, my blog, and my twitter handle. Probably needs some design work now, but it’s a start.

]]> By: Bret L. Simmons http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-10/personal-branding-some-simple-first-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 Bret L. Simmons Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:11:26 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=1212#comment-1174 Ellie, I'm not sure we disagree! I think you should - MUST - be personal as part of your authentic professinoal brand. I just don't think you should try to separate yourself into two different online personna. As you go about being professional, please be personal, and as you go about being personal, you must always remember to be professional. My concern is that the delusion of privacy causes folks to act stupid online and it erodes their brand. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!! Bret Ellie, I’m not sure we disagree! I think you should – MUST – be personal as part of your authentic professinoal brand. I just don’t think you should try to separate yourself into two different online personna. As you go about being professional, please be personal, and as you go about being personal, you must always remember to be professional. My concern is that the delusion of privacy causes folks to act stupid online and it erodes their brand. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!! Bret

]]> By: Ellie http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-10/personal-branding-some-simple-first-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Ellie Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:49:31 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=1212#comment-1173 I think I'm going to disagree a little here. I have an online personal life as well as a professional one and I count it as an important part of my online brand. There is nothing in it that I would mind a potential employer seeing but it is considerably more relaxed (it includes profile pictures of me dressed as a pirate). I think I would rather not work for a potential employer that is put off by that and I also believe that people looking to check for "fit" within their company will get useful information from that side of my personality. As a potential future employer myself I also view it as a valuable source of information on other people that I would not like to loose. I think Rebecca Thorman's advice in the video of her's that you posted a while ago was spot on. I think the best thing to do is to make sure everything you write online is a true reflection of yourself. I think I’m going to disagree a little here. I have an online personal life as well as a professional one and I count it as an important part of my online brand. There is nothing in it that I would mind a potential employer seeing but it is considerably more relaxed (it includes profile pictures of me dressed as a pirate). I think I would rather not work for a potential employer that is put off by that and I also believe that people looking to check for “fit” within their company will get useful information from that side of my personality. As a potential future employer myself I also view it as a valuable source of information on other people that I would not like to loose.

I think Rebecca Thorman’s advice in the video of her’s that you posted a while ago was spot on. I think the best thing to do is to make sure everything you write online is a true reflection of yourself.

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