Comments for Marketing Strategies at Work http://cmcshelly.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on $$$ and People by Chris Moran http://cmcshelly.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/and-people/#comment-11 Chris Moran Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:59:32 +0000 http://cmcshelly.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-11 Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you. Chris Moran Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.

Chris Moran

]]> Comment on Personal Branding by cmcshelly http://cmcshelly.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/personal-branding/#comment-5 cmcshelly Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:52:14 +0000 http://cmcshelly.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-5 A blog is a great place to share your comments, insights, and descriptions of events or topics that are important to you - or that you just happen to have on your mind one day. Since a blog is essentially a personal Web site, it is indexed within search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. This means your expertise and opinions now have a global audience. As far as blogs you might participate in, that goes back to the question of your expertise. You would want to actively participate in blogs that pertain to that - for purposes of personal branding. So you might want to go online and do a search on "insurance blogs" and see what comes up. Observe conversations for a while and see if you think it is worthwhile to participate in. Of course, there may be other interests you have such as snowboarding or some other hobby and by all means you can participate in those blogs as well. Just remember, all your comments are visible to the world - keep it respectable! Social networks are formed typically by a group of people with similar interests or values. The great thing about participating in social networks is that you can "introduce" yourself to many people in an effort to expand your personal network. This provides great access to individuals that you otherwise may not have the luck to meet. These entries also get indexed by search engines and increase your visability on the Internet. Since you are a business owner, you might consider Linked In (www.linkedin.com), Plaxo (www.plaxo.com), or create a Facebook (www.facebook.com). A blog is a great place to share your comments, insights, and descriptions of events or topics that are important to you – or that you just happen to have on your mind one day. Since a blog is essentially a personal Web site, it is indexed within search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. This means your expertise and opinions now have a global audience.

As far as blogs you might participate in, that goes back to the question of your expertise. You would want to actively participate in blogs that pertain to that – for purposes of personal branding. So you might want to go online and do a search on “insurance blogs” and see what comes up. Observe conversations for a while and see if you think it is worthwhile to participate in. Of course, there may be other interests you have such as snowboarding or some other hobby and by all means you can participate in those blogs as well. Just remember, all your comments are visible to the world – keep it respectable!

Social networks are formed typically by a group of people with similar interests or values. The great thing about participating in social networks is that you can “introduce” yourself to many people in an effort to expand your personal network. This provides great access to individuals that you otherwise may not have the luck to meet. These entries also get indexed by search engines and increase your visability on the Internet.

Since you are a business owner, you might consider Linked In (www.linkedin.com), Plaxo (www.plaxo.com), or create a Facebook (www.facebook.com).

]]> Comment on Personal Branding by Kelly Gregory http://cmcshelly.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/personal-branding/#comment-4 Kelly Gregory Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:22:25 +0000 http://cmcshelly.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-4 You mention blogs and social networks as an avenue for personal branding. Can you expand on that some and also provide a list of some of the blogs and social networks you might suggest participating in? Thank you You mention blogs and social networks as an avenue for personal branding. Can you expand on that some and also provide a list of some of the blogs and social networks you might suggest participating in?

Thank you

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