Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself (2nd Edition) (Que BizTech)

Want a new job or career? Need to demonstrate more value to customers or employers? Use today’s hottest social media platforms to build the powerful personal brand that gets you what you want! In this completely updated book, Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy help you use social media to attract new business and job opportunities you’ll never find any other way. From Facebook to Pinterest to video sharing, this book is packed with new techniques and ideas that are __practical, easy, and effective__. Deckers and Lacy show you how to supercharge all your business and personal relationships...demonstrate that you are the best solution to employers’ or partners’ toughest problems...become a recognized thought leader...and turn your online network into outstanding jobs, great projects, and a fulfilling, profitable career! DISCOVER HOW TO: • Choose today’s best social media tools for your personal goals • Build an authentic storyline and online identity that gets you the right opportunities • Make the most of Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter—and leverage new platforms like Pinterest and Google+ • Build connections and prove expertise by sharing video on YouTube and Vimeo • Find yourself on search engines and then optimize your personal online presence • Promote your events, accomplishments, victories...and even defeats and lessons learned • Integrate online and offline networking to get more from both • Reach people with hiring authority and budgets on LinkedIn • Use Twitter to share the ideas and passions that make you uniquely valuable • Avoid “killer” social networking mistakes • Leverage your online expert status to become a published author or public speaker • Measure the success of your social media branding • Get new projects or jobs through your online friends and followers Learn more with **Branding Yourself** Video Lessons. For additional information go to quepublishing.com/BrandingYourselfVideos.

Use Social Media to Build a Great Personal Brand–and a Great Career!

Need to demonstrate more value to customers or employers? Want a new job or career? Use social media to build the powerful personal brand that gets you what you want! In Branding Yourself, two leading social media consultants show how to use today’s social media platforms to attract new business and job opportunities you’ll never find any other way. Erik Deckers and Kyle Lacy show you how to supercharge all your business and personal relationships...demonstrate that you are the best solution to employers’ or partners’ toughest problems...become a recognized thought leader...and translate your online network into great jobs, great projects, and a great career!

Discover how to:

• Build an authentic storyline and online identity that gets you the right opportunities

• Choose the best social media tools for your personal goals

• Blog your story boldly and effectively

• Promote your events, accomplishments, victories...and even defeats and lessons learned

• Integrate online and offline networking to get more from both

• Reach people with hiring authority and budgets on LinkedIn

• Use Twitter to share the ideas and passions that make you uniquely valuable

• Launch an online branding program that really gets noticed

• Avoid “killer” social networking mistakes

• Leverage your online “expert” status to become a published author or public speaker

• Measure the success of your social media branding

• Get new projects or jobs through your online friends and followers

Want a new job or career? Need to demonstrate more value to customers or employers? Use today's hottest social media platforms to build the powerful personal brand that gets you what you want! In this completely updated book, the authors help you use social media to attract new business and job opportunities you'll never find any other way. From Facebook to Pinterest to video sharing, this book is packed with new techniques and ideas that are practical, easy, and effective. The authors show you how to supercharge all your business and personal relationships, demonstrate that you are the best solution to employers' or partners' toughest problems, become a recognized thought leader, and turn your online network into outstanding jobs, great projects, and a fulfilling, profitable career!--From publisher description