Descriptive Qualities Worksheet

Now here is a descriptive qualities worksheet which I pulled out from a great book by Tim O'Brian titled "The Power of Personal Branding". This worksheet will support you when creating your personal brand. Dig out some good qualities about yourself, also write down your evidence, such as what you have accomplished so far.

I would like for you to write down your qualities and evidence. Here is an example:

Once you've done that. Think about how you can apply these qualities and evidence to your Personal Brand. Start promoting it. (Here is an example on how to use it)

      QUALITY               EVIDENCE

Social Media skills	Created online marketing for my company
Innovative	Founded my own company
Hungry to learn and be successful	Continuous improvement in my field, never stop learning something new. Spend a good amount of income on studying.
Great motivator	Motivated a team to follow my ideas
Charismatic	Always leave a good impression
Good people's skills	understanding, great listener, interactive
Educated	Graduated with Masters
Great networker	Made great contacts online and off line
Dreamer	Never give up on my dreams, continue creating new adventurous ideas
Risk Taker	Not afraid to contribute to anything I believe in
Tenacious	Had an idea to start my company and stuck with it until achievement
Compassionate	Treat people with respect, always help when needed.
Great team player	Friendly, get along with all my teammates, motivate each other

The Power of Personal Branding

What comes to mind when I mention these names?

-Louis Vuitton

-McDonalds

-Abrecrombie and Fitch

-Donald Trump

Immediately you picture and associate the Brand Identity with the person or a company with these names.

You can picture Louis Vuitton's LV logos.

You can see McDonald's logo and burgers

Abercrombie and Fitch shows you that they are all about sexy and good looking people and that's what you picture when you hear the name.

When hearing Donald Trump's name you automatically associate his name with real estate and wealth

Now ask yourself – what do people associate my name with? Find out what you're good at. If you are a a painter and have a specific style, try to use a small but recognizable element that people will recognize every time they see your paintings. When they hear your name, they will think about your signature style. Use the latest social media to promote yourself, donate 10% or more of the sales to  charity to have people buy your work at the same time do something kind. When using social media, make sure you use the same colors and picture ( or logo ) on every platform. It's important to have a consistent brand which you go by and represents you.

Build your personal brand on social media platforms. Do not be afraid to be different, do something exciting and special.

Behind every brand identity there is a strategy. Figure out your own strategy for your Personal Brand identity.

Consistency is crucial. Once you've defined your brand, keep it in the public eye as much as possible, be in the center of attention, interact with people that follow you on twitter and facebook etc.

You will continue to stand out, be successful and powerful.  Make sure you always fill out all the necessary information . If your pages are incomplete or empty, you will not be able to achieve a successful  Personal Brand Reputation.

On Oxendo you have the chance to start building your Personal Brand from the start, or refresh what you have created before by using the latest tools and color schemes to fit your Personal Brand, Your Identity, You. 

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10 Social Media 2010 Highlights

 By: Heidi Cohen

The year 2010 was a tipping point for social media. Interestingly, with one exception, 2010's social media highlights gained traction because something happening in the world resonated with social media users, generally news or entertainment related.
Let's review the top 10 social media highlights of 2010:
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German Article on Businessvalue24: Personalentwicklung 2.0: Zur Marke werden beim Karrierenetzwerk Oxendo

Der perfekt ausgebildete Arbeitnehmer ist der Traum vieler Unternehmen. Das neue Karrierenetzwerk Oxendo verspricht genau diesen Traum zu erfüllen. Es verbindet die Vorteile traditioneller Recruiting-Plattformen mit Social-Media-Elementen: Studenten, Auszubildende und Berufstätige können sich bei Oxendo ein persönliches Profil anlegen und ihre Fähigkeiten vorstellen.

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The ultimate CV template for your personal brand

Do you hate working on your CV? Keeping all rules and standards can be complicated and time consuming.

Most of you already created multiple CV’s just by joining networks such as LinkedIn or Xing. So why do it all over again?

In addition most CV-standards are not up-to-date anymore. Nowadays a good CV should include  links to your social media profiles and published work on the web.

Since a CV is an important part of your personal brand you should be able to decide which colors and structure fits your brand best.

While working on our new Personal Branding/Employer Branding network Oxendo.com we asked ourselves how we could solve these problems when creating a CV online.

Our answer is a CV – automatically generated with the information you provide on Oxendo. On Oxendo you can select relevant (for your personal brand) modules and structure of your CV. Additionally you are able to choose design, layout and colors in order to create a visual identity for your brand! 

Make sure to check out http://www.oxendo.com 

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