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Top 10 Ways To Improve Your Personal Image Online – Tip #6 – Launch (Or Clean Up) Your Facebook Page
Filed Under Image & Brand, Relationships & Networking, Technology
What do people find when they Google your name? With more and more of our lives being online I thought I would share some tips over the next few weeks from the Social Media Today article “Top 10 Ways To Improve Your Personal Brand Image Online” by Brandon Uttley.
Tip #6 – Launch (Or Clean Up) Your Facebook Page
“It’s not just for the college kids anymore. Last year was the year Facebook really took off, hitting 350 million users in December 2009. So if you’ve been sitting on the fence, get off it!
If you’re starting with a blank slate, treat it with respect and build your profile carefully using your professional quality photos and bio. Listen and learn before you start posting a whole lot of nothing. Remember this crucial point: anything you post there can help you or hurt you. Several public school teachers in my hometown of Charlotte were fired or reprimanded this year for inappropriate posts on Facebook. Take this and other social networking channels very seriously, unless you don’t care about the possible consequences.
If you’re already on Facebook and have embarrassing information, get rid of it. Lose any bad language, drunken or half-naked photos, rambling diatribes and anything else that paints you in a negative light. The same goes for information on any other social networks you actively use, like LinkedIn or MySpace.”
