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Freelancers are free birds with varying incomes every month. Sometimes they are overloaded with work (and they are forced to outsource) and at other times they have nothing to do. Since freelancers are not attached with any organisation, they always face identity and branding issues and it is often embarrassing to introduce oneself as a freelancer. So what is the solution? Is it necessary to start a small organisation and become an entrepreneur? Not necessary, in fact personal branding is much easier to do compared to organisation branding. Personal brands can be developed in a very short period of time and at very low costs. Social media has made personal branding very easy and very little investment is required. How has Personal Branding Become Easier with Social Media? The personal brand creates a pull and the (freelancer’s) services sell on their own and at good prices. After all how much price you are able to fetch in the market is directly related how posit...

WWW = World Wide Web or World Wide Wow Because Digital is Magical "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."-  Andy Warhol I am loving it! The popularity of social media and networking tools like Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Youtube and Linkedin in the past few years has brought the concept of personal branding to the developing countries and made it affordable for the middle class also to build personal brands. One pleasant shock after another In fact, in one of my recent talks, I used the term, “Digital is Magical”. Internet and digital marketing have pleasantly shocked me time and again. At the most, I had expected national recognition to come fast, personal branding being a new industry in India. But yo, I keep on getting one surprise after another. If Alltop.com surprised me, by listing my blog (in less than 6 months of its launch), Forbes.com was not far behind and linked to one of my articles, “ Discover your deepest pa...

Enlarge, Excel, Evolve 3E Model for Personal Growth/Holistic Personal Branding (Dedicated to my sister-friend Jennifer Sertl who inspired me to refine my philosophy and helped me connect, enlarge, excel and evolve. Like an elder sister she has held my hand from the beginning of my social media journey in 2008.) When I talk of the necessity for personal growth to be successful on social media, my audience often gives me a puzzled look. Then I give a smile and begin the explanation of my approach and philosophy, “Enlarge as a Human Being, Excel as a Social Media Being and Evolve as a Personal Branded Being.” At a national/international level we are talking of sustainable development, at an individual level our goal should be to constantly strive for Sustainable Success . Step 1-ENLARGE as a Human Being Personal growth should be the starting point and it continues through the journey of life. The more you promote yourself, the more you are seen as a ...

Use it, misuse it, curse it, appreciate it but social media is here to stay. Social Media helps us in personal growth also by increasing the opportunities to interact with variety of people. Here is my story:- How Social Media Changed me as a Person Forever?

You can create an internationally popular blog in 6 months to 1 year time, provided you have the required passion. Here are 7 simple steps to do it. 7 Simple Steps to Create an Internationally Popular Blog

Do not be in a hurry to build relationships and ask for favours. You may ruin your reputation in the long run. To read more click here:- 10 Good Manners for Social Media

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How to use Linkedin to build a Powerful Personal Brand? My post on John Komatsoulis's Blog (Fortune 500 Management Consultant) http://learnaboutus.com/linkedin-build-powerful-personal-brand.html#more-1404

How is Image Management different from Personal Branding? Has the time come for developing countries like India to move up from Image Management to Personal Branding? Find answers to these questions and more in my article, "Moving up from Image Management to Personal Branding" in my guest blog post on Hindustan Times htcampus at:- http://www.htcampus.com/article/moving-image-management-personal-branding-brand-ma-466/

Do you have a creative writer in you which has been repressed for a long time? Or do you have expertise in a subject which you want to share with the world? If your answer is yes to any of the two, then it’s high time, you created a Blog. A blog can be created and run free of cost, though it would require your precious time to write high quality articles to attract and retain readers. Step 1 Go to wordpress or blogspot site A blogspot blog can be created from your Gmail ID only. Follow simple guidelines for registration and design of your blog. If you want to give a very professional look, you can take help of an IT guy for design. Create an about me page (to give your professional description, you can see a sample at my ‘About Me’ page) and a home page. Step 2 Start writing small blogs Writing small blogs would be a good exercise to practice and get some feedback from your friends, relatives and professional network. In any case, people do not like to read very long ...

Quora is considered world’s No 1 question answer website and membership is limited to invitees only. It has many CEOs and top management staff as members. (As defined on the home page of Quora, Quora is a continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited and organized by everyone who uses it.) A person known to you has to send you an invite to join Quora. Once you have registered, you have to follow just six simple steps to become an expert in your field. Step 1 Find People You Know Once you have found the people you know, you can click the Follow button and check the topics they are following. Step 2 Choose the topics to follow Choose the topics/areas of interest to follow. You can read the questions and answers on these topics Step 3 Start answering questions Start answering the questions in the area in which you want to demonstrate your expertise. You can raise questions also, but answering is a better way of demonstrating knowle...