Friday 1 July 2011

Thing 3: Consider your personal brand

Sad to say, but I have googled my name before.  This time I got far more results than previous, then I remembered that the last time I googled my name was before I got married.  This got me to thinking that everything I have participated in professionally, before I became a Mrs, would only come up under my maiden name.   I guess I really need to update my online presence and contact Cilip to change my details.  Before participating in this activity I never really thought about how my change of name would affect me professionally.

So let’s get back to my google search, the first few results that came up were face book pages, one of which was my own,   I share my name with a photographer but other than that nothing really interesting came up.
I have never really thought about my online presence before and completing this activity has made me consider how I am perceived by others online and how I can improve this and put myself out there so to speak.  Like many others, I prefer to keep my personal and professional identity separate so the challenge now is to find a balance between the two.

Also  for those of you that know me, does my Blog reflect me professionally, for those that don't what does my blog say about me - all comments most welcome.