Author Archives: Pete Kistler
Personal Brand Audit: What’s Your LinkedIn Score?
This is the first in a series of Personal Brand Audits, where we’ll make sure you’re keeping the touch points of your personal brand fresh and up to date. LinkedIn is an absolutely vital part of your personal branding efforts online. If you don’t have a LinkedIn account yet, start by reading Dan Schawbel’s How to
Manage Your Online Reputation – Find Out Who is Talking About You Online With Our Tools
Social media lets you easily join conversations related to you, your business, your passions and your interests. To ignore social media is to ignore the passionate people of the world who can help you get where you want to be. The first step to tap social media is understanding who is already talking about you
Use Our Blog Recommendation Engine to Develop Your Personal Brand
To build your personal brand, you should proactively comment on blogs related to your field and interact with bloggers in your industry. To help you get started, we developed a Blog Recommendation Engine that suggests what blogs you should be reading based on your field. It taps into a variety of authoritative blog sources including
Build Your Personal Brand on the Web With Our Site Builder
A strong personal brand online must have a home base. This is a website that at a minimum describes the unique value you provide, states your qualifications, provides your contact information, and links out to the rest of your presence on the web. If you haven’t started your own home base website, it’s easy: start
How Involved is Your Personal Brand Online?
To build your personal brand, you should proactively participate in conversations and blogs related to your field. How involved are you? To answer this, we developed a Hireability Dashboard that breaks down the components of your personal brand online and grades the strength of each. Last week, I talked about our tool that grades the
How Credible is Your Personal Brand Online?
The hallmark of a credible personal brand online is the ability to create content that backs up your qualifications. How credible are you? To answer this, we developed a Hireability Dashboard that breaks down the components of your personal brand online and grades the strength of each. Last week, I talked about our tool that
How Visible is Your Personal Brand Online?
The hallmark of a visible personal brand online is the ability to be found through search engines and social/professional networks. How visible are you? To answer this, we developed a Hireability Dashboard that breaks down the components of your personal brand online and grades the strength of each. The first section we’ll talk about today
Vote for us for Entrepreneur Magazine’s “College Entrepreneur of 2009″
I am proud and humbled to announce that I’ve been selected by Entrepreneur Magazine as a Top 5 Finalist for the most prestigious national award for collegiate entrepreneurs, College Entrepreneur of 2009!
Build Personal Brand: 7 Tips to get your Personal Brand found online
People want to interact with your personal brand on their own terms. That’s why building your brand online is so important. No matter where you are physically, getting Brand You on the web helps you attract unknown opportunities. Today, we’ll focus on becoming visible on the web. Before we dive in, make sure the username
A Personal Brand example – The Fundamentals of Personal Branding
A Personal Brand example – The Fundamentals of Personal Branding

