Comments on: Personal Branding — comment challenge 27 http://kamccollum.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/personal-branding-comment-challenge-27/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:58:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sarah Stewart http://kamccollum.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/personal-branding-comment-challenge-27/#comment-197 Sarah Stewart Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:41:21 +0000 http://kamccollum.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-197 Branding is a funny thing. When I google my name I get one mention on the first page. When I put 'midwife' with my name, I rule the waves. Its all relative really. Branding is a funny thing. When I google my name I get one mention on the first page. When I put ‘midwife’ with my name, I rule the waves. Its all relative really.

]]> By: Luke Harvey-Palmer http://kamccollum.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/personal-branding-comment-challenge-27/#comment-167 Luke Harvey-Palmer Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:20:49 +0000 http://kamccollum.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-167 Great little challenge this one..effectively there are two ways to go about this. 1. Generate enough buzz about yourself (and have other people help also) so that you drive yourself to #1 on Google. 2. Consider a company, business or online name that says who you are, but is 'more' unique i.e. KimberleyMac or KMac etc etc I would give 1 a go (linkedIn, facebook, Digg, technorati etc are great places to generate some activity) and register your own name as a domain - if this fails...consider 2. Have fun and good luck (remember though Google ain't as important as getting out there and getting some real face time!) Great little challenge this one..effectively there are two ways to go about this. 1. Generate enough buzz about yourself (and have other people help also) so that you drive yourself to #1 on Google. 2. Consider a company, business or online name that says who you are, but is ‘more’ unique i.e. KimberleyMac or KMac etc etc I would give 1 a go (linkedIn, facebook, Digg, technorati etc are great places to generate some activity) and register your own name as a domain – if this fails…consider 2. Have fun and good luck (remember though Google ain’t as important as getting out there and getting some real face time!)

]]> By: Sue Waters http://kamccollum.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/personal-branding-comment-challenge-27/#comment-166 Sue Waters Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:06:50 +0000 http://kamccollum.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-166 Funny aspect of Googling is you get different results depending on where you are googling from. In my case you were #1 when I did a google check -- to your Diigo account then #6 was your Linkedin account. I don't think it is your Facebook account. My thoughts are stick with Kimberly McCollums and try to be consistent i.e. use it when commenting and setting up accounts. If possible I would change your display name on your posts to Kimberly McCollums so that people immediately identify with who you are so you don't get Kam confusion that you have had (You should be able to alter in your user options under nickname). Doing this over time should help the issue e.g. Sue Waters is a really common name but I've managed to make it work. Funny aspect of Googling is you get different results depending on where you are googling from. In my case you were #1 when I did a google check — to your Diigo account then #6 was your Linkedin account. I don’t think it is your Facebook account.

My thoughts are stick with Kimberly McCollums and try to be consistent i.e. use it when commenting and setting up accounts.

If possible I would change your display name on your posts to Kimberly McCollums so that people immediately identify with who you are so you don’t get Kam confusion that you have had (You should be able to alter in your user options under nickname). Doing this over time should help the issue e.g. Sue Waters is a really common name but I’ve managed to make it work.

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