Over time I’ve tried over 100 different personal branding tools. Here are my favorite TOP9 of online applications that successful personal branders are using. As Google offers quite good suite of its own applications, I’ve listed all of them, and good alternatives Google’s applications.
| Tool | Google__ | Alternative |
| Website / Blog | Blogger | WordPress |
| Professional network | … | |
| Images | Picasa | Flickr |
| Videos | Youtube | Vimeo |
| Social network | … | |
| Status updates | Buzz | |
| Location updates | Latitude | Foursquare |
| Questions and Answers | … | Quora or LinkedIn |
| Presentations and Files | … | Slideshare |
I’ve highlighted in bold the ones that serve the purpose most well. Indeed the popularity depends on the country as well. E.g. see the social media site comparison 2009-2010.
By creating your account to all these networks, you will:
- increase the visibility of your personal brand
- increase your position in Google and other search engines
- assure that no-one else grabs your name and identity
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