Comments on: How Not to Build a Personal Brand

By: Murugappan@Chaaps

Murugappan@Chaaps — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00:21 +0000

I agree, but from past couple of months all people started using the freshlife theme (clone of mashable) but most of the sites have well-tweaked them.
What do you say about those websites Jake?
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By: Ray@Small Business Advertising

Ray@Small Business Advertising — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:14:05 +0000

Some good points here. I’ve found from observing others that regular quality content takes the prize. I’ve come across MANY doing the opposite of your points also.
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By: Jason Jumat

Jason Jumat — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:15:32 +0000

Naturally Jake, every blogger will start at scratch just promoting himself. I would say that it would be very difficult a task to be able to do that at the beginning. Any person with a brand should also have a lot of knowledge in his field right? So this is why I would think that only more established people will actually get this right: Focusing on not them personally or financial needs but at his/her brand.

By: Genite

Genite — Wed, 12 May 2010 12:02:02 +0000

This is very tough task for any web promoter to promote other stuffs instant of own. But this is reality, i agree with Jake’s first point.

By: Karan

Karan — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:15:17 +0000

I think most importantly you should avoid being overpromotional and not helping at all. (spamming) I am guilty of this a lot and try to stop. For most people, the hardest part of having a strong personal brand is gaining expertise by writing quality content often. .-= NEW from Karan @ Trafficke SEO Services Firm´s last blog ..How To Target Keywords Using Links =-.

By: Kevin M.

Kevin M. — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:45:50 +0000

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By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Nice article Jake. Your points are good reminders on using common sense when building a personal brand. .-= NEW from Colleen´s last blog ..Tri Cities Has Lowest Cost of Living in the State =-.

By: Jorgen Sundberg

Jorgen Sundberg — Wed, 05 May 2010 10:45:47 +0000

As a personal branding consultant I have to agree with you points there Jake. Therea are plenty of wannabees and copycats out there. I don't think they are doing it with malice, they just haven't found their niche yet. .-= NEW from Jorgen Sundberg´s last blog ..Bio: What it is, When it is Used, Why You Need One =-.

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Tue, 04 May 2010 23:20:02 +0000

Excellent tips; couldn’t agree more.

When I recently wrote, “Blog Subscriptions – Methods to my Madness part 2 of 2″, one of the main points follows what you think on “Not Adding Anything New”

Keep it up!
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