5 Steps to Take Control of Your Personal Brand

I’m about to start writing about being a freelancer. One part of being successful as a freelancer is being visible to the audience you’re trying to reach. Mashable does a great job with ideas for increasing your social media profile each and every day. 5 Ways to Take Control of Your Personal Brand is especially timely.

In addition to suggesting you have a social media strategy, the article includes:

• Google’s new profile feature;
• Nombray.com where you can create a personal hub for all of your social media activities;
• Namechk.com or Knowem.com – sites that allow you to check the availability of your company or personal name on multiple search engines;
• TwtJobs , where you can post a 140 character resume

This is a great place to get started if you’re just now starting to brand yourself online, or a couple of tools that you might not yet know about.