Today, you don’t need to pay $$$ to get more business or job offers. Your online reputation can speak on your behalf and get you your dream job.

Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell said in a CNN interview that “by about 2020, our entire life histories will be online and searchable.”  What ego do you want the next employer to hear when he searches on your name?

Remarkable Personal Brand Jacob Share said “A personal brand is the impression you want to leave on people, the way you want to be remembered.  Everything you do and create to reinforce that impression is also part of your personal brand.  Protecting your personal brand means protecting your investment in yourself.”

Part of what Personal Branding can do for you:

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“The age of privacy is over.”

This is one of the latest Mark Zuckerberg quotes concerning Facebook’s policy. If a man who runs the biggest social network on the planet said that, then we have to stop and think about it 100+ times. It’s not necessary for you to be active on Facebook to think about it — we are living in an age that will not have space for something called privacy.

Today, people on the other half of the world can know instantly about my life activities such as playing football, having lunch with friends or giving a speech somewhere. We are forced to be transparent and authentic because it’s a new way of living; our online identity becomes our real identity.

Your personal brand is a reflection of your offline character and online identity, so merging your offline and online identities will be YOU. Yes, it’s you and should be you everywhere and on all social networks.  I will give few tips that can help you take action toward your personal brand to make sure that YOU are YOU wherever you are.

1 – Make sure your updates are aligned with your audience interests and not just broadcasting normal information. Don’t do stuff that can lose you connections… this is a guest post so continue reading at Melissa Cooley’s blog

Recently, I ended my presentation at Amman International Toastmasters Club with a quote by Author Tim Sanders who said:  “Someday this will be true for all of us: Our network will equal our net worth.”

The quote is true for me and it’s the reason I write this post. In the near past, we used to have a circle of friends who we met offline and it was the only way to be connected.  But today, for many of us, our circle of friends is mostly our online network, i.e. the connections that we add everyday are our net worth. Think of your net worth potential as a job offer from one of your Facebook friends, a Follow Friday #FF from your Twitter followers that could get you another 10 followers, or an invitation to write a guest blog post as I’m honored today. Think of net worth as a new opportunity that could bring a new business, career or the most valuable thing, a new connection to your network.

Here are some proven ways to build a high value network:

1 – Engage your followers and friends through interesting updates, don’t just be a broadcaster of normal information. Read an article and share your favorite statement as a tweet or make a question from an article and share it with your friends. Engagement is must-have skill in today’s social media revolution.

This is a guest post so continue reading it at Tim’s Strategy

If you’re looking to build a unique personal brand and an online presence that sets you apart from the competition, then you have to take action and create habits that can you do every day to reach your goal.

This is a guest post so continue reading it at Personal Branding 101.

Update: This post has been chosen as a Must-Read Personal Branding Articles by Ryan Rancatore

If you check the personal branding process for most experts, it will include the following steps:

1. Find/Extract

2. Create/Express

3. Communicate/Exude

4. Maintain

5. Maintain!

OK, you got it. It’s really all about maintaining and the reason is, once you create your personal brand, all you need is to communicate and maintain it (monitoring and controlling in Project Management phases). Building a promise is not a one-step process, but is one that will last a lifetime. Because exuding your unique brand attributes is a continuous process, how can you make it an easy one to which to commit?

This is a guest post so continue reading it at Career Rocketeer!