COMM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Linkedin, Personal Branding
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Who are you: we have a startling amount of control over our online identities, harnessing this control requires actively considering how we present ourselves online. Personal branding: is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands. Personal branding: update your privacy settings, do not over hash tag, be careful what you share, know your social media platform what to share on twitter compared to facebook, your likes are your endorsements, watch your grammar. Emails: professors have email policies because students don"t email professionally, keep emails professional, keep grammar in mind and be respectful, communicate professionally. Being professional: avoid bad photos, don"t post embarrassing things, approve all tags your in, think twice, photograph once. Some more key advice: post about the field your in, share opinions you can stand behind, create a linkedin profile, describe yourself accurately, purchase yourname. com- or something close to it.
