Comments on: Personal Branding Magazine http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/ my perspectives on the social web, personal branding, and connecting people Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:15:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rick Mahn http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-32738 Rick Mahn Fri, 15 May 2009 20:13:03 +0000 http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/#comment-32738 Thomas, of course you own your name - but so does any other person with the same name. The trick with any search engine is to push the current results out of the places that they currently occupy. To do this, you need to be actively generating content with your name and associated meta data that will push the current search results on to other pages. This is done most efficiently, by blogging or sharing all sorts of things like videos, podcasts, and pictures. I urge you to think about using many social media tools (the more prominent one's get crawled by Google the most), and participate as often as you can. Answer questions on LinkedIn, update status on Twitter and Facebook, share pictures on Flickr and Facebook, blog on one of the main blogging sites - or your own! Generate new content on a regular basis that Google can find and make it more relevent to who you are and what you do. Eventually your content will replace the search results that currently show up when you search your name. Good luck! Thomas, of course you own your name – but so does any other person with the same name. The trick with any search engine is to push the current results out of the places that they currently occupy.

To do this, you need to be actively generating content with your name and associated meta data that will push the current search results on to other pages.

This is done most efficiently, by blogging or sharing all sorts of things like videos, podcasts, and pictures. I urge you to think about using many social media tools (the more prominent one’s get crawled by Google the most), and participate as often as you can.

Answer questions on LinkedIn, update status on Twitter and Facebook, share pictures on Flickr and Facebook, blog on one of the main blogging sites – or your own!

Generate new content on a regular basis that Google can find and make it more relevent to who you are and what you do. Eventually your content will replace the search results that currently show up when you search your name.

Good luck!

]]> By: Thomas C Trexler http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-32733 Thomas C Trexler Fri, 15 May 2009 14:18:48 +0000 http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/#comment-32733 I have a very good reputation in my line of work. I got an administrative action from a Maryland Regulator. They meta tagged my name such that if anyone gooles my name their Rule to Show Cause pops up. Who owns my name? can anyone destroy my name with false allegations. Suing for Libel against a Government is worthless - any suggestions? I have a very good reputation in my line of work. I got an administrative action from a Maryland Regulator. They meta tagged my name such that if anyone gooles my name their Rule to Show Cause pops up. Who owns my name? can anyone destroy my name with false allegations. Suing for Libel against a Government is worthless – any suggestions?

]]> By: Develop a community to evangelize your brand « Personal Branding Blog http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-26809 Develop a community to evangelize your brand « Personal Branding Blog Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:38:38 +0000 http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/#comment-26809 [...] for their efforts. They are also aiding in the marketing effort by promoting it on their blogs. So not only are they sharing their valuable knowledge through the articles they write, but they [...] [...] for their efforts. They are also aiding in the marketing effort by promoting it on their blogs. So not only are they sharing their valuable knowledge through the articles they write, but they [...]

]]> By: Rick Mahn http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-26799 Rick Mahn Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:00:28 +0000 http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/#comment-26799 Rob, Thanks for the kind words! I'll definitely be working to keep personal branding on the front burner. Hopefully, I'll continue to have something of value to add! :) Regards, Rick Rob,
Thanks for the kind words! I’ll definitely be working to keep personal branding on the front burner. Hopefully, I’ll continue to have something of value to add! :)

Regards,
Rick

]]> By: Rob Cuesta http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-26796 Rob Cuesta Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:48:00 +0000 http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/#comment-26796 Hi Rick. Good work spreading the word on Personal branding. Like your blog and your style. Keep it up :) Hi Rick. Good work spreading the word on Personal branding. Like your blog and your style. Keep it up :)

]]> By: Rick Mahn http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-26720 Rick Mahn Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:31:15 +0000 http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/#comment-26720 Hi Charles, thanks for the comment - if you have any questions on anything I've used/done I'd be happy to answer them. :) Hi Charles, thanks for the comment – if you have any questions on anything I’ve used/done I’d be happy to answer them. :)

]]> By: Charles Lau http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-26716 Charles Lau Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:29:13 +0000 http://rickmahn.com/2007/08/01/personal-branding-magazine/#comment-26716 Hi Rick, you have quite an interesting blog to keep up with and learn from! :) Hi Rick, you have quite an interesting blog to keep up with and learn from! :)

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