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Personal branding using blogs

Raj Dash has this follow up graphic on personal branding using blogs, among other tools. The new graphic illustrates some online ‘brands’ you can aspire to.

I would say it is the first draft of a list and the graphic does not give example of people associated with each brand type.

Let me find quick examples for each.

Web guru: 37signals.com, alistapart
Web doofus: The people who went after Kathy Sierra
Net Doofus: Hackers, spammers
Net nerd: Often tribal in nature, moving in packs. Digg members, for example.
Net geek: Lifehacker, DigitalInspiration.com …helping out others with tips and tricks.
Internet ultra Geek: skilled coders like Dave Winer and Doc Searls.

I would add one more ‘brand’ – pompous nerd.

Here’s how people do it:
1. Calling attention to the number of pageviews, rss subscribers, downloads, they have achieved in a given period of time.
It can give you instant recognition, “he’s arrived”.

Make exaggerated claims if you are up to it. S
how a photoshopped image of a $50,000 Google adsense check.

2. Writing deliberate, in-your-face headlines:
“My rules for linking to fellow bloggers.”

3. Spoofing famous acts:
“What would I do if I was News Corp”, “Would you spend the rest of your life selling sugared water?”

Confidence can work.
It is a competitive world out there and people go to any lengths to attract attention.

Examples of this breed: web site owners, blog network owners, blog owners, conference speakers, book writers, etc.

Disclaimer: I haven't tried these out and I can't guarantee if I ever will.
Follow this at your own peril :-)

Labels: blogging

posted by Pramit Singh @ 5:17 PM