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Who can use this eBook? Any one conscious of creating or strengthening his/her personal brand through SOCIAL MEDIA.
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Rajiv Khurana CMC, FIMC International Management Trainer and Consultant, Executive Coach, Venture Mentor, Author, Blogger, Columnist, Social Entrepreneur, Photography Enthusiast
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Elementary, My Dear Watson… Sherlock Holmes, the English detective says this to his amazed companion, Dr. Watson, as he explains his reasoning in solving a crime.
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This eBook presents elementary thoughts normally lost in the maze of jargons and ‘paralysis by analysis’. RAJIV Khurana CMC FIMC
Personal Branding‌ is for anyone who wants to do business online or offline! Figure out what makes you unique and advertise it to the world!! www.thepersonnellab.com
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Aim Right Focus on your strong BRAND: Be Visible Reputation Enhancement Action Communications for Results Nurture Relationships Develop Community
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Build Good Content Your oral and written words matter; your video impacts. If you can’t be original, try to share good trending content in your industry.
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Create Uniqueness Check what others are doing. Copy intelligently. Think what you would like to stand-out for. Follow your gut and your style.
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Desist Excuses Stop excuses that you don’t have time or money to invest in social media. You can no longer thrive on your ignorant resistance. If you’re short on time, then hire some help or outsource your lowest level tasks.
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Evaluate Avoid getting overwhelmed. Keep it simple. Don’t be on every social media network. Choose only where your audience spends lots of time and you can easily learn to be comfortable.
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Focus BUSYness is not Business. Activity is not Effectiveness. Don’t do too much. Focus on doing one thing right before moving on. Avoid meaningless FORWARDS in the name of ‘me-tooactive-on-socialmedia’.
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Get to Know Empathise with your audience. Think: Would people THANK ME for this? Is it meeting their needs or just fulfilling my agenda? What motivates them? Give them a reason to follow you.
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Have a Voice Be selective in saying what you analyse, understand or think. Be assertive. Be seen as an Expert. People will respect you for your occasional ‘words of wisdom’. Ensure ‘what you say benefits the audience!’
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Ignore fads Invest in fundamentals. You are under no compulsion to take ‘ice-bucket-challenges’ or press forward for every chain-message. Ensure that your contribution on social media sticks to the AIM you started with.
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Join Groups While you are evolving in your social media personal branding, spend time to get a sense of conversations in each platform. Understand trends, ask questions, read what people say, track ideas and slowly make your presence felt.
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Keep Sharing Share something, even small, frequently. Make sure it is informative or persuasive. Even when you think it is valuable, don’t expect immediate results or response. Avoid wasting others’ time and energy by sending sense-less forwards.
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Lead Your Way Let your personality shine through your social media presence and sharing. Be a magnet to attract people to be linked with you or be your friend or get into a conversation. Strengthen your thought leadership.
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Make Conversations Focus on conversations that are meaningful to your business and general reputation enhancement. People should look forward to engaging with you and benefit from your expertise. Participate in local, industry specific and targeted conversations.
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Network Through Known Reach out to people known and your best customers first. Engage with them usefully. Their enthusiasm will catapult your success through their network. A good friend opens the gates for more friends for you ;).
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Observe Connect with active people. Observe what they are doing and how they keep changing their social media presence. Evolve your own style. Match some. Create new and different style. Monitor your impact. Keep changing.
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Praise Praise people. Like them, Recommend them, Endorse them, Share their postings, Retweet what they say‌find reasons to make them look good. They may do the same for you too. Mutual admiration society works!
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Quality Beats… Quality trumps Quantity. Refrain from ‘metoo-approach’ of forwards. Avoid overloading recipients. Focus on exclusivity. Something that you can create or research is valued much more.
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Raise Identify the target group and understand the needs to create an exclusive community, e.g., service marketing professionals‌ Retain the focus and edge. Stick to conversations around the needs and objectives.
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Seek Help Technology and trends change rapidly. You may have other priorities too. Use help to manage content and technology. A little investment will pay you many folds in the long run. Hire full time, part time or outsource‌
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Track Competition Start to analyze what they’re doing that you aren’t. Look at: The content they post Who they follow Who’s following them How often they post What kind of headlines they use Their most popular posts This will give you an idea of what’s working well for them. Meet that & BEAT that!
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Use Visuals Visuals are easier to relate than text. Include images in your content that can be shared across. Put your camera phone to good use beyond the selfies. Free stock images can be easily used and modified to your needs.
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Vigorously Follow Social media is all about ME. Everyone’s ME is important. Make them feel important. The more you follow, the more you may have reasons to converse. Others may follow you too. Thrive on reciprocity.
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W Watch Watch you language, grammar and tonality. Etiquettes and courtesy matter. Social media is a platform for winning friends and strengthen relationships. It is not the arena to bully others and beat them in arguments. Assertiveness is good. Aggression is not needed. www.thepersonnellab.com
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eXtra! Social media is not a one time activity. Add POSTING/SHARING to your daily chores of eating, drinking and sleeping. eXtra matters! eXtra effort, eXtra research, eXtra appreciation, eXtra good behaviour and eXtra-ordinary impact!!
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Yearn Yearn to learn. Things don’t remain constant or consistent. Practice teaches you better to define and refine your art of conversations with people in your network. If you want to earn more, learn more and yearn more!
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Zoom Zoom ahead consistently. Experiment. Explore more. Try. Fail. Learn. Un-learn. Relearn. Keep moving. Keep sharing. Keep enjoying. People matter. You matter.
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Share Tips: Lend a helping hand to your audience members. Give them tips they can use to up work performance or better understand their industry. Breaking News: Act a news source, sharing niche- and sector-specific stories. Setting up Google Alerts for keywords is your first step.
Opinion Pieces: Share opinion articles from thought leaders about breaking news, giving your followers a deeper understanding of key issues.
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Industry Research: Dig deep into academic journals and research organizations’ archives to find relevant research. It doesn’t always have to be new – some research doesn’t get the immediate publicity it deserves. Twitter Chats: Run or participate in a Twitter chat. It’ll help show off your knowledge and build relationships with social leaders in your sector. Twitter Debates: Keep them civil, and debates over Twitter can yield the same benefits as chats – building relationships and demonstrating expertise.
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New Blog Posts: Link to a post you’ve just published so your readers can avoid regularly refreshing your blog. To fight low reach numbers, share it a few times. Recycled Blog Posts: Reshare older posts, especially if you think they warrant more attention than they first received. Popular Blog Posts: Send out links to your most popular pieces, further boosting unique page views and engagement metrics.
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Guest Posts: Promote yourself and your connections by sharing guest posts you’ve written for their site, and viceversa. Guest posting on wellknown domains can help establish you as a thoughtleader. Interview-Based Posts: Tag your sources when you post articles based on in-depth interviews you’ve had with them. They’ll likely reshare, driving clicks and engagement. Evergreen Content: Don’t hesitate to share this type of content occasionally. For those who are curious, evergreen content gives data and advice that stays relevant long after publication.
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Podcasts: Link to original podcasts or your favourite industry-related ones. Listening is often a welcomed break from constant reading. Case Studies: Go in-depth with the content you create and share, giving followers detailed examples of best practices and intriguing campaigns. e-Books: Promote e-books if you notice longer pieces of content earn higher engagement numbers. As part of a campaign, they can be behind opt-in forms.
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Educational Article Compilations: Collect informative articles and present them in a single page for your followers’ convenience using paper. Tag and credit the authors. Links to Helpful Articles from Leading Blogs: Post articles from authoritative industry domains, linking or introducing your audience to a dependable content source. Links to Informative Resources: Point people toward helpful resources, such as free online courses.
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Links to Tools: Post about tools, digital or physical, that can help followers improve their workflow or build a greater industry understanding. Links to Services: Post about services, such as software programs, the same way you post about tools. As long as they’re relevant to your audience’s pain points, they should be appreciated.
Reviews of Tools and Services: Go a step beyond linking to tools and services. Write comprehensive reviews to help members of your market make a decision.
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Influencer Conversations: Reach out to influencers for a chat, asking questions your market wants answered. Keep in mind, not all influencers will respond. Links to Google+, LinkedIn and Facebook Groups and Communities: Send followers toward online communities that are helpful and open for discussions. Links to Informative Blog Comments: Highlight comments on your blog that add to your points, tagging and thanking the people who wrote them. Your reach will grow as they share your posts.
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FAQ Answers: Answer questions that bug your audience with a quick comment or link to a detailed explanation. Reach out to specific fans who want help. Post Series: Run a collection of related posts over a set period to keep followers tuned into your major social accounts. You can, for example, do this to promote a new group of content pieces.
Recurring Weekly Posts: Create posts under a common theme to share at the same time each week. Complement them with a catchy hashtag.
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Weekly Round-Ups: Reshare the week’s most successful content each Friday, giving users who didn’t see your best posts another chance to click and engage. Event Posts: Amplify events by tweeting major announcements and sharing insights from panel discussions and informative conversations. Tag those who took part to boost the odds of resharing. Live Tweets: Tweet in real time when you’re at industry gettogethers and conferences, giving those who couldn’t attend virtual front-row seats.
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Tutorials: Explain how to get the most out of a difficult or little-known product.
Industry Predictions: Be bold and predict what the future of your industry entails. Interact with those who respond to keep the conversation going and engagement rising. Email Shares: Highlight informative parts of your latest email blasts, reaching those who aren’t subscribed and potentially growing your contact list.
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Top Lists: Let followers know about your top five blogs, products or resources to build a conversation around them. Myth Busts: Tackle a myth that haunts your niche. Do it in a blog post or appeal to people’s curiosity by writing a bold tweet to trigger a discussion. Data Visualizations: Forget writing copy about data. Instead, make a graph to show statistical breakdowns that’ll make your followers stop scrolling.
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Infographics: Illustrate a set of statistics by creating an infographic. Easy to scan and understand, a good infographic uses relating sets of data and lists sources. Quotes: Bolster a powerful quote by using an easy-toread typeface on an applicable background, catching audience members’ eyes. Comic Strips: Show your appreciation for the work of comic artists in your niche by sharing their art. Credit them when possible to engage with them and build relationships.
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Motivational Images: Demonstrate you understand industry-specific problems by posting images encouraging users to overcome common challenges. But try your best to avoid cliche shots, like a guy standing triumphantly on a mountaintop. Collages: Edit photos together to recap an event or illustrate an industry trend. Collages are usually a mix of original photos and ones from your followers. Pin Boards: Share your Pin Boards to not only engage followers, but encourage them to follow you on Pinterest.
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GIFs: Use a GIF-maker to creating short looping clips, either with the original text intact or original copy that relates closer to your audience. Vintage Shots: Relive some classic industry moments with your followers. In the marketing industry? Share a picture of a marketing conference in the ‘90s. Periscope Feeds: Take livetweeting to a new level by using Periscope – a Twitter app to share live streams.
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YouTube Videos: Embed original or curated YouTube clips in your posts to get your audience talking. According to research from Twitter, tweets with videos earn 2.5 times more replies. SlideShare Presentations: Create a picture-heavy presentation bolstered by interesting facts to share on your social platforms. A SlideShare presentation can act as an alternative – or addition – to a blog post.
Customers Using Your Product: Snap a picture of a customer using your product, tagging them to encourage shares and replies.
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Action Shots of Your Product/Services: Demonstrate ways to use your product through clear pictures or quick tutorial clips. Brand-Themed Images: Share images that encapsulate your brand. Nike sets an example to follow, using pictures of athletes training in the company’s apparel. Polls: Get your followers thinking by posting a poll related to an industry or company issue. Doing so also shows you value their opinions.
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Questions: Ask simple questions about how your products can improve, what to include in upcoming events, and more. Spur conversation by replying to answers. Votes: Encourage users to pick between their favourite products, tools and anything else applicable in your niche. A vote can be set up in a poll or a round-robin tournament if there are more than a handful of choices. This or That Games: Get to know your market. Do they use a Smart Phone or PC? Prefer winter or summer? Use Twitter or Facebook more often?
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Caption This Photos: Post a funny or unique image, asking users to come up with a creative caption. Prediction Games: Have some fun and make a bold prediction. How will your industry change in 5 years? 10?
Fill-in-the-Blank Posts: Hop onto your favourite social platform and get followers to fill in a blank. For example, I open my sales call by ______.
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Quora Threads: Find a discussion about an industry issue and point your audience toward it. Requests for Content Ideas: Add some depth to your blog or website by asking followers for content ideas that address their pain points. Public Responses to Comments: Highlight an interesting comment you received by responding publicly to it. On Twitter, this can be done by putting a period in front of the commenter’s handle.
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Conversation Screenshots: Get permission from the users who were involved, and post screenshots of funny or helpful conversations you had. Contests: Catch your audience’s attention by holding a contest for a sample or extended trial of your product. It can involve sharing pictures, commenting or following you. Q&A Sessions: Engage your fans by holding a question and answer session on Twitter. You’re not only likely to build a greater following, but drive traffic to your website by sharing a few applicable links.
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Webinars/Google Hangouts: Get to know your market by (sort of) meeting them faceto-face. Hold online seminars or discussions to share advice or discuss important issues in your sector. Funny and Relevant Ads: Had a laugh at a commercial involving your industry? Your followers probably would, too. Book Recommendations: Find a book to recommend that can help others perform better at work or understand a new topic.
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TV and Movie Recommendations: Catch a little-known flick or program? Tweet about it. Someone might enjoy it, and the people who do will appreciate your taste. Documentary Recommendations: Mention documentaries to followers, especially if you have a sense of their personal interests. Gift Ideas: Suggest holiday gifts for your follower personas. If your market is partly made up of gamers, list the season’s best titles and their prices.
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Jokes and Puns: Act with tact, and it doesn’t always hurt to crack a joke or make a pun. After all, some of the biggest presence on social media are comedy accounts. Anecdotes: Post brief stories you feel your audience would appreciate. Whether they have a lesson to them or are just for laughs, well-written anecdotes will likely earn engagement. Contributions to Trends and Hashtags: Jump into a trending hashtag with a comment that reflects your brand. Just make sure you understand the hashtag’s context.
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Little-Known Company Facts: Post a piece of company history not many people know about. Share pictures of your team or office when you were in the initial days of your career. A Day in the Life Posts: Speak from the perspective of someone with an integral role in your industry, going over a typical day’s events. These posts are meant to be relatable and have a touch of humor.
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Desk Shares: Snap a picture of your desk – or a team member’s, with their permission – after a busy day. Again, people should relate to the items they see. Workplace Shares: Take shots of your office, giving followers a better idea of your team and environment. Team Activity Shares: Go out for lunch with your team? Share a picture of your meal. Unless you’re already part of the industry, food can tap you into a whole new audience.
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Recruitment Posts: Advertise new positions on social media. Your perfect recruit may already be following you. Plus, your reach will grow as fans share the opening. Posts Welcoming New Employees: Let the social media world know you have a new team member. Include a pic along with a brief welcome message. Employee Profiles: Give followers an occasional snapshot of a colleague, writing a brief profile involving their position and interests.
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Happy Birthday! Posts: Celebrate a team member’s annual milestone by congratulating them through a social post. Feel free to include a cake picture. Posts About What’s on Your Mind: Take a minute to share opinions about industry news or issues, or just about passing thoughts your audience might appreciate. Clips of Your Company Leader: Record and share parts of a speech or meeting, helping put a clear face to the brains behind your operation.
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Company Milestone Celebrations: Notify your followers once you hit a milestone. Get a certain amount of clients? Been in business for a decade? Post away. Social Media Takeovers: Take a brief break as community manager to let another team member – preferably in a role not related to marketing or communication – interact with your audience. They can answer questions, talk about their role and post content that has a different focus. Reviews: Don’t be shy to share glowing customer reviews of your products/services. Social proof is important in the decision-making process and can spark a conversation.
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Testimonials: Ask for testimonials or recommendations from fans and partners, tagging them when you share the content. Unlike reviews, testimonials can focus more on working with your company as a whole rather than your individual products or services. Influencer Posts: Partner with influencers to demonstrate your products’ abilities. Their social clout can go a long way in increasing engagement, website traffic and more.
Company-Specific News: Make social waves when you share an upcoming product or large expansion.
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News Your Brand’s Involved In: Share news articles that mention your brand, as well as stories that include a team member as an expert source. Awards and Accolades: Spread word of your accomplishments and build industry authority by posting about your awards and accolades. Sneak Peeks: Tease an upcoming product or service by sharing clips of it in action, getting your audience talking about its features.
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Deal Promotions: Post about upcoming deals and promotions exclusive to your social media fans. Customer Interviews: Ask questions to dedicated customers and share the responses on social media. For a promotional angle, the answers should cover their long-lasting relationship with your brand. Rival comparisons: Demonstrate how you stack up against a competitor. This works well as an infographic that compares and contrasts features.
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Sponsored Posts: Boost your posts if you can’t hit your target engagement numbers. It’s not out of the ordinary – Twitter and Facebook have engagement rates less than 0.1%, according to Forrester Research. Direct followers toward accounts that share interesting tidbit as a way to acknowledge their hard work. Partner Spotlights: Show your partners you care. Profile them in occasional posts, explaining how they may be of use to audience members.
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Local Business Acknowledgments: Lend a hand to small businesses in your area by giving a social shoutout. Maybe they share office space with you or cater your events. Either way, show them you care. Posts Thanking Your Followers: Thank your fans for engaging and keeping up with you. Not much would be possible without them!
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It takes discipline not to let social media steal your time. -Alexis Ohanian
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Social media is not about the exploitation of technology but service to community. -Simon Mainwaring
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There are a lot of pros and cons about social media; it's just how you choose to handle it and how you have to be prepared for the negatives as well. -Aubrey Peeples
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Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives a voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage. -Amy Jo Martin
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If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media. - Bryan Adams
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It's a dialogue, not a monologue, and some people don't understand that. Social media is more like a telephone than a television. -Amy Jo Martin
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A lot of people use social media to share mundane things or for selfglorification. I try to use it to share interesting things with people. -Ashton Kutcher
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