Make Yourself Memorable

03-22-2009 20:28:03

In these challenging times the people who make themselves positively memorable are the ones most often kept, treasured, valued, and positioned for opportunity.

As you look to keep your job, regain employment, or move from one career to another, ask yourself what you are doing to make yourself memorable. Your personal brand is your ticket to standing out from a crowded field and to being considered an asset. How memorable is your brand?

Personal Branding: 10 Methods to Make Yourself Memorable

In these challenging times the people who make themselves positively memorable are the ones most often kept, treasured, valued, and positioned for opportunity.

As you look to keep your job, regain employment, or move from one career to another, ask yourself what you are doing to make yourself memorable. Your personal brand is your ticket to standing out from a crowded field and to being considered an asset. How memorable is your brand?

Personal Branding: 10 Methods to Make Yourself Memorable

1. Have a strategy for your facebook page and begin to use your wall as a living testimonial of your value
2. Create an innovative approach to solving a problem and post it as an ezines.com article so it is captured as a listing when others search your name in Google
3. Revise your resume to list your most significant transferable skills first before listing your work experience
4. Update your profile on twitter to reveal what others would say about you outside of your title or occupation
5. Inspire others with a welcome greeting each morning that is positive and deflects any gloom and doom
6. Wear an article of clothing in your personal appearance that is a conversation starter
7. Volunteer to help a charity that allows you to demonstrate your unique skills and capabilities
8. Create a business card for yourself that just lists your name and the contributions you have made to help turn something around
9. Create a blog on wordpress.com and begin sharing your insights with others to build your network
10. Attend a networking event or gala dinner and email each of the speakers comments about their message