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Make Search Engines Your B**tch (Part 5): Emergency Tactics For Fixing A Negative Result
Guides
Part 5: Emergency Tactics For Fixing A Negative Result Even if you’ve gotten your Google diagnosis, set up your basic presence for Google and used our advanced SEO techniques to raise them to the top , sometimes it’s just not enough. Sometimes, even if you do everything right, search engines make you their B*tch. This last
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National Study Shows How Much Our Personal Google results Affect our everyday relationships
Brand-Yourself.com
BrandYourself recently conducted a national study with Harris Interactive that looked into the Googling habits of over 2,500 online US adults. It was surprising to see how much a persons Google results influence everything from who we vote for, do business with and even date. You can view the FULL STUDY REPORT here and below we included a
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Job Seekers, You’re Being Googled! Here’s What to do about it
Webinar Wednesdays
The Online Reputation Checklist You have seven seconds to make a first impression, and your time starts the moment your name is typed into a search bar. To put this in perspective, 1 Billion names are searched in Google every day and 77% of job recruiters are required to do a Google pre-screen before hiring you.
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4 Lifestyle Designers That Will Change Your Life
Product Tutorials
Never think about work the same way again after you check out these four lifestyle designers’ blogs.
Posted in Product Tutorials
Tagged lifestyle designers
Job Search Help: The Hidden Job Market
http://blog.brandyourself.com/career/job-search-career/job-search-help-the-hidden-job-market/
Job Search
Over 80% of today’s jobs aren’t advertised. With 5 applicants for every job opening, finding the hidden 80% is essential.
Posted in Job Search
Tagged Brand-Yourself.com, Hidden job, job market, online presence, Personal Branding, Social Media
5 Unconventional Tactics To Build Your Personal Brand and Get An Interview
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How To
There are thousands of resources out there that teach you the “process” of how to get an interview. Sure getting that resume tight, practicing potential questions and doing your research about the position is essential but these days that usually just isn’t enough. I remember sitting down a few months ago after reading 96 resumes
Posted in How To
Tagged How To, Interviews, job search tips, Resume, Social Media
Personal Brand Building on Facebook: The Do’s and Dont’s
http://blog.brandyourself.com/how-tos/personal-brand-building-on-facebook-the-dos-and-donts/
How To
Facebook is growing fast and as their list of users grows so does the list of people getting hired, fired, embarrassed and shunned. Before we jump into some of the classic do’s and dont’s of creating a personal brand via Facebook, lets take a look at the truly staggering growth of the social network juggernaut:
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Tagged brand yourself, facebook, Personal Branding, Social Media, social networking
Build Your Personal Branding Blog. It’s Recession Proof!
http://blog.brandyourself.com/product-tutorials/news/build-your-personal-branding-blog-its-recession-proof/
News
Technorati recently published the 2009 State of the Blogosphere Report and man was it a year for blogging. “Since 2004, our annual study has followed the growth and trends in the blogosphere. For 2009, we took a deeper dive into the entire blogosphere, with a focus on professional bloggers. This year’s topics include: professional blogging
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Tagged blogging revolution, personal branding blogging, state of the blogosphere
Your Personal Branding Blog Is Your Extended Resume
News
Have you ever heard of Matthew Yglesia, Rick Klau or Terrance Heath? Chances are you haven’t but their current employers heard them loud and clear, all because of their blogs. Many bloggers are getting job offers without their employers even taking a peak at their resume because their blog is such a great representation of
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Tagged blog for jobs, blogging for a job, extended resume, persoanl branding blogging
Social Media Mistakes: Fired On Facebook.
News
Facebook! What was once a playground for college kids to connect, complain and discuss the daily buzz is now the worlds largest social network. With over 250 million people now using Facebook, opportunities are abundant for connecting with everyone from long lost high school friends to co-workers and potential employers. With everyone from your grandfather
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Tagged facebook, fired on facebook, Social Media, social networking