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D.J Collier on Godfather Social Media

Today, I’m super excited to welcome the musings of a guest to nateriggs.com. D.J Collier makes his home up in Deleware, Ohio.  He’s is a musician, a poet and a fellow dad who loves to listen to (and tell) stories. You can find him bloggin regularly over at Ragamuffin’s Rants Without further ado, here’s DJ. Social Media, or whatever the new buzz words of the week are, is a conversation. I feel silly saying this, because it is something that should have been learned in kindergarten, but a conversation is a two way thing. I speak, you listen and when you speak, I listen. We exchange ideas and, hopefully, walk away the better for it. Heck my kids age 3 and 4 know this. Relationships are built on conversations. So it isn’t a huge leap to say Social Media is another form of relationship only because you can eavesdrop on the conversations other people have you can feel like you have a relationship with that person. Just because we follow each other on twitter or you put me in a circle on Google+ doesn’t mean that you know me or that I would be inclined to help promote something. In the past week I have received 24 messages asking me to help promote a band, recommend a service, ask for donations, and to push this all onto my friends/followers. I want to say “We’ve known each other many years, but this is the first time you ever came to me for counsel or for help. I can’t remember the last time that you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, even though my wife is godmother to your only child. But let’s be frank here. You never wanted my friendship”. <read as Brando ala Vito Corleone> I will gladly broadcast/advocate [...]

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Personal Brand Wins: Checking In With Hannah DeMilta

If you’ve ever seen me do my talk on dead resumes and Building Brand YOU, you may have heard about my friend Hannah DeMilta already. She used Twitter and her own personal brand work to land a job in Sydney, Australia right after college Working to build your personal gets a bad wrap sometimes. Lots of people call it ego-centric, ‘salesy’ and even a waste of time. I disagree. Very much. I think Hannah’s story is a testament as to why college students should be spending as much time socializing socializing on the Interwebz as they do at college parties. Students should be using college years to start a blog and develop the discipline it takes to maintain a blogging practice. Hannah is already reaping some of the rewards from the efforts she’s made. Not to shabby… I was super excited when a Skype message poped up on my desktop saying that she’d be state side for a few weeks. During our lunch, I had the chance to check in with her as to what experience has been like living in Sydney, and working with in a high-growth agency like Switched on Media. How much work do you put into building your brand? What do you do? nateriggsI advise mid-sized & large organizations on how to adopt and use social media to market through organizational culture and better serve their clients. I’m also a blended family dad who enjoys music, photography and distance racing. When I’m not writing here, you can find me writing over at the Content Marketing Institute. Like what you’ve read so far? Then why not subscribe HERE?Website – Twitter – Facebook – More Posts

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