3 Personal Branding Lessons from Ellen DeGeneres Oscars Selfie
A couple of hours ago, Ellen DeGeneres posted a selfie of her and Jennifer Lawrence, Angelina Jolie, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Jared Leto, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Lupita Nyong’o and Brad Pitt on Twitter that captured more attention than President Barack Obama picture after being re-elected to the White House in 2012. Ok and when […]
Social Recruitment – The War for Talent
The War for Talent is fiercer than ever. If all you have in your arsenal is your CV, then your chances of survival are very slim. According to the 2012 Jobvite Social Recruitment survey results, 92% of companies plan to use social media for recruiting. Hiring managers and recruitment professionals are becoming […]
Personal Branding – How-to Avoid Brand Name Confusion
Personal Branding is all about earning your brand the attention it deserves; but what if your brand shares the spotlight with someone else? In other words, what if you have a common name? If the next employer, or client, or contact googles your name up to learn more about you after that […]
KLOUT – Measuring Your Personal Branding Influence & Style
There are thousands of Social Media monitoring tools out there that should certainly be used to measure the effectiveness of your branding activities. This here is the first in a series of posts that will be introducing how to make the best use of these tools. In today’s post, I’ll be talking about […]
The Social Media Revolution – Spotlight on Egypt
I’m not sure where or how to start this post, but I will suffice by saying “YOU CAN’T SILENCE FREEDOM”. This post might lead to banning me from Egypt or worse, but this is my contribution to a country I love dearly. I dedicate this post to Egypt. Censorship is not new […]
New to Twitter?
I first joined Twitter on Saturday, Nov 14, 2009 at 14:33. Exactly one year ago, on November 19, 2009, I had a total of 13 tweets out, and 3 replies, and 0 re-tweets. One year later, I have over 5,840 updates, with well over 1,300 people I follow and who follow me! So […]
My Answer to Social Media Skeptics
On Sunday, October 10, 2010, I was invited by Lilly to attend the Global Work Party to Help Lebanon Go Solar organized by Young Leader Social Media Café (#ymlsc). It is a grassroot campaign that was led by 350.org. On this day, more than 6631 Events in 188 Countries celebrated climate solutions […]
Social Media Responsibility (SMR)
If this sounds familiar, it’s probably because you’re confusing it with CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). However, the subjects might not be that far apart after all. Businesses that get on board the social media bus must understand the level of responsibility that comes with it. In what seems to be an ancient […]
Twitter Re-Tweet Etiquette
The fourth Twitter commandments states, “Thou shalt not re-tweet without reading content”. In a recent poll, my dear friend Lilly asked, “Do you re-tweet someone without checking the link they provided in their tweet?”- only 53% said a definitive no! The other votes were divided between Yes (8%), Sometimes (13%), and Depends on […]
The Fall of CVs & The Rise of Personal Branding
The title of this post was inspired from an old book I read by Ries & Ries entitled “The Fall of Advertising & The Rise of PR“. This book was published in 2002, I think with Social Media in full throttle today, this book makes more sense than ever! I highly recommend […]
A Guide to Following People on Twitter
I know I should be writing my DMC project, but I just couldn’t help myself , I had to share this with you. In a previous post about Twitter, I laid down the 10 Commandments of Twitter, which serve as a guide to Twitter conduct. Three of these commandments address the subject […]
Social Media – The NEW Customer Comment Card
“Excuse me, but do you mind filling our customer comment card”, said the waiter as he handed me the check. “Certainly”, I replied but what I should have said was, “Are you kidding? I already Foursqaured it, tweeted about it, and Facebooked it …” Why should I fill out a customer comment […]