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My first Personal Branding speaking gig!

Personal Branding Presentation for HCC View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. The last six month’s have been an absolute whirlwind. I’ve crammed so much Social Media and Personal Branding knowledge into this brain of mine that I’ve been on the verge of bursting for the last month or so. Tonight I will get my chance! I am speaking to the DigiCom Student Association at Houston Community College on Personal Branding and The Art behind the Personal Branding RockStars. I.
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Internet Speak: Part One

When I first started working at Schipul and dallying on the good ol’ interwebs… I felt like everyone was speaking a different language. DNS what?! And what the heck is twitter? Never fear. I’m here to tell you some silly stories about my mistakes so you don’t repeat them! I’m going to start a series of posts on fun words and acronyms that may frighten those new to the internet or to Social Media. Internet Speak: Part One is going
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Personal Branding Cat got your Tongue?

I happens to me too! More often than I care to admit. Let’s put the brakes on this post so I can quickly explain what personal branding is. Personal branding is a concept that says you YOURSELF are just as marketable and brand-able as say… Target. The example I like to use is George Foreman. Ever heard of the George Foreman Grill? I bet you have. The man slapped his name on a grill originally marketed using middle of the
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On Social Media and Friends

I’ve heard a lot of noise about how Social Networking Sites are going to be the downfall of civilization because everyone will be too busy updating their second life profiles to go out into the real world… and I wonder where these critiques are coming from??  Maybe I’m on oddball… but some of my most meaningful and amazing relationships have become what they are today BECAUSE of internet tools like twitter and Facebook. My “big sister” CosmoPolitician has been the
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Why I am Voting NO for Twitter during the Republican National Convention

I want to warn you before you read this post… It’s written by one confused little American 24 year old.  I was born and raised in Texas and at since I am a Texan, I suppose that means I am a  Republican (even though my mother was from the east coast and Democrat through and through).  I am also an Army Reservist, and in my unit, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who wasn’t a hard core Bush fan. 
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