Author Archives: Patrick Ambron
Make Search Engines Your B**ch Part I: Diagnose Your Google Ranking
The first post in the Make Search Engines Your B**ch series- this post helps our readers diagnose their online reputation so that they can have a better idea of how they can improve.
BrandYourself Named New York’s Top Emerging Business: Wins $200K New York
Last week, BrandYourself was named the winner of New York’s Creative Core Business competition. With a $200K prize, it is the largest, privately-funded business award in the country. We could not be more honored or proud. We are not only the youngest team ever to win this award, but we are also the first team
How To Show Up At The Top Of Google For Your Name
Most people are not accurately represented online, and that’s okay, because the problem can be fixed.
BrandYourself Teams Wins Young Entrepreneur Award
We are incredibly honored that the Small Business Association has chosen the BrandYourself team to be recepients of their Young Entrepreneur of the year award. This has been a big year for us We launched the new version of our product We signed up over 10K active users We closed some major Universities and partnerships
Facebook Tutorials: An Introduction to Facebook for Beginners
We’ve had an influx of new users completely new to social media. This makes sense. Social Media use is continuing to grow, especially in the older demographic, and as more employers, customers and potential partners use social media to make decisions, these users are hoping to use our system to leverage social media for career
Social Media Basics: LinkedIn for Beginners
We’ve had an influx of new users completely new to social media. This makes sense. Social Media use is continuing to grow, especially in the older demographic, and as more employers, customers and potential partners use social media to make decisions, these users are hoping to use our system to leverage social media for career
MSNBC Completely Misunderstands Twitter Job Search
MSNBC recently published an article entitled “Social Networking seldom gets new grads hired.” The article tries to argue that social media is not an effective way to land a job, but instead, only proves that many students simply aren’t taking advantage of the tools. The article goes on to misunderstand how social media fits into
Brand Yourself Signs Huge University Deal. Covered on Mashable
We were going to wait to announce this, but it was just covered on Mashable, so why wait. We just signed a deal with Syracuse University, who wanted to buy Brand-Yourself accounts for every graduating senior (4,100 of them!) to give them an edge in the job market. Obviously we are pumped about signing such
Young Entrepreneur of the Month: Ankur Jain
This post about Ankur Jain will be the first of a series we run on young entrepreneurs all over the country. We are inspired by young people looking to make a big difference in the world. If you think you know a young person making a big difference or doing something cool, mention it in
Personal Brand Interview: Dave Ursillo
I recently interviewed Dave Ursillo, a GenY writer of self help and alternative leadership. We discuss the merits of personal branding and the role social media will play as Gen Y begins to inherit the world’s problems. Dave founded the “Renegadeism” Movement, which intends to inspire GenYers to defy cynicism and be true to their
