{"id":1173,"date":"2012-04-24T22:03:13","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T22:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.startupremarkable.com\/?p=558"},"modified":"2012-04-24T22:03:13","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T22:03:13","slug":"personal-branding-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howardkingston.com\/personal-branding-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Branding Secrets &#8211; How to Get Noticed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About a year ago &#8211; I had 20 followers on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/howardvk\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, no presence online and was no more a thought leader in startup circles than <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/WALIARHHLII\" target=\"_blank\">your typical Miss America beauty contestant is about geography<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I decided to take <strong>personal branding<\/strong> a little more seriously. And given that I now\u00a0receive\u00a0job offers regularly through <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/howardkingston\" target=\"_blank\">my Linkedin profile<\/a>, I guess something worked.<\/p>\n<p>Recently a good friend of mine Marc, founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graduatejobtips.com\/how-to-build-a-personal-brand-online-interview-with-howard-kingston\/\" target=\"_blank\">Graduate Job Tip<\/a>s blog, interviewed me about <strong>Personal Branding<\/strong> &#8211; and we spoke about what&#8217;s required to grow a <strong>personal brand<\/strong> and get noticed by the right people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In this interview we discuss:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The best platforms to use to grow a <strong>personal brand\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>How to make LinkedIn really work for you<\/li>\n<li>How to get recommendations on Linkedin, without asking for them!<\/li>\n<li>The importance of creating an opinion based blog when <strong>branding yourself<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>How to integrate a multitude of platforms and create one interconnect <strong>online resume<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L_N9v504C-A\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Your Turn: Got any personal brand secrets ? Share them in the comments below<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Check out Marc&#8217;s awesome site\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.graduatejobtips.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Graduate Job Tips<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About a year ago &#8211; I had 20 followers on Twitter, no presence online and was no more a thought leader in startup circles than your typical Miss America beauty contestant is about geography So I decided to take personal branding a little more seriously. 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