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Ready to testify the First Blogger Party 2007 in Indonesia?

Mark your date and set to register now, it first 100 registrant will be invited for free, and another registrant will be charge for IDR.200.000,- IDR.100.000,- (updated price)

Join Blogger Party 2007

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date: 27th October 2007
place: Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonesian bloggers are gathering on their first big event,
Indonesian First Blogger Party 2007

It is our chance to meet the man behind great well-kown Indonesian blog such as "Blog Internet Marketing Indonesia", "PecasNdahe Blog", "Perspective by Wimar Witoelar" "Enda Nasution", "Priyadi", "Budi Putra", and many senior blogger that already stand out of crowd and makes their personal branding stronger.

It is limited invitation for 200 bloggers only who will invited to entrance the event freely, and another blogger who want to attend the event beside that special 200 blogger will be charge for IDR 200.000.

See details of the event at their official blog "PestaBlogger.Com"

Photo’s credit by Satya Witoelar

List of Indonesian First Blogger Party 2007 Speakers:
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Online marketing dan sales
Nukman Lutfie - Blog Internet Marketing Indonesia

Current issues
Wimar Witoelar - Perspektif Online

Women’s issues
Lita Mariana - Lita Mariana’s Weblog
Ratna Ariyanti (Atta) - negeri-senja.com

Technology
Priyadi Nurcahyo - Priyadi’s Place
Budi Putra - Budiputra.com

Personal Blog
Nila Tanzil - Life is Beautiful
Wicaksono - Ndorokakung.com
Enda Nasution - Enda Nasution Weblog

Celebrity Blog
Maylaffayza - I Play My Violin Like I Make Love
Angelina Sondakh - Angelina Sondakh’s diary

Bridge blogging
Ong Hock Chuan - Unspun
Fatih Syuhud - Blogger Indonesia A. Fatih Syuhud Weblog

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Have you watch Mel Gibson movie "What Woman Want" , when Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) suddenly has the power to hear everything women are saying just because he zapped by electricity.

Can you imagine that? He suddenly know what woman think about himself.
The Bad mostly .. About how woman hate him when he insults women, tells offensive chauvinistic jokes, and generally goes out of his way to offend woman.

Very shocking when other people got negative image from you, am I rite! .

But he got positive insight about his personal branding directly from reliable source, so in next he can fix it.
As result, now Nick become most understandable caring person, and woman love him a lot, event he can turning competitor into great friend.

In real world, that such miracle doesn’t happen so easily like that. To have a good customer insight, we need to conduct a full FGD research or Ethnographic research and  Netnographic research for internet user.

Here by this article I want to share with you about finding a good insight from blogosphere.

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If you want to create a great progress on your goals no matter it short time or long time goals, you must push it near the limit, do your best on it, and when one goal achieve, start creating another’s goals as the next step of your previous goals.

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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.  ~e.e. cummings

Be outstanding, create a bold personality and style that differ you from others.
Be "The Man" among others man, make easy other people to identify who you really are.

Create your own brand image for the world, be consistent  and honest about your self.
No need to over promised, just try to become who you really are.

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Dan Schawbel made his fantastic works on personal branding magazine, he gather author from whole World Wide, to create Personal Branding Magazine.

This magazine is about you, your brand and your professional career development.
Arrange from most expert authors from their specialist expertise, that will give us most values on your personal branding development.

Catch It Premier Edition! Now on www.personalbrandingmag.com

Have take a look on my special interview with Dan Schawbel about Personal Branding

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Imagine that some stranger Say “hi Scott!”,”How are you Scott”, “How do you do, Scott”. And then they starting to make a Little or more conversation with Scott.

It was Scott Ginsberg that wears name tag for a friendlier society. 24/7 a day, never put it off, event he got a name tag tattoo on his chest! And after that decision, the world change for Scott. there’s a friendlier ambiance around him.

Scott wore name tag since November 2, 2000, at the first 6 month his friend avoiding him because they think Scott is going insane, but after a year passing, they realize that is Cool.

Something unusual happens around Scott, that might not predicted before by Scott himself. That people are become curious to know more about him after they read the name tag that he wear.

I think this is most brilliant idea to put on. By origin, people doesn’t start to get into conversation, because they don’t know about the opposite people for talking. By knowing the name of the people, it can eager us to start a new conversation as simple as “Hi Scott!”

That is a good start of personal brand building!

Good work Scott! And Hello… My Name is Catur! Please to meet you all my blog readers

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Scott website hellomynameisscott.com

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As a personal brand you need to tell everyone about youself, about your services dan about your expertise. It is a basic need to build your brand image.

You need to communicate with your audience, by communicate with others, you will gain good impact as: people will understand about you. People will notice your expertise. People will get the message of your brand image.

Here some ways to communicate your personal brand:

1. by Name Card
Makes sure that your brand can be well presented from these small printed media. You need to choose the best content to introduce your self. Name, Title, Your Services, Address, and phone number must be bold explained. Choose your design that re-present your character, it’s help other to receive your personal.

2. by Website
A website are your brand ambassador, it should be feel unique and highlighted your uniqeness. A website should communicate what you are all about, and give visitors a sense of your key values and expertise.

3. by Blog
A Blog can be a great way for you to position yourself in the eyes of your customer or prospecting-customers. To be a succesfull communication tools, through blog you can you consistently communicate your personal message about its value. The blog is developed to build trust and it must be personal. Great articles about what to do on starting a blog to sell yourself “How to Build Your Personal Brand Through Your Blog” by Darren Rowse (problogger.net)

4. by Published Articles
Your thought and ideas published on magazine, newspaper or others printed medias can deliver people to well-known your brand. Just makes sure when you create a published articles, you put your pointed address to explain who you are. It can be title, a blog site address or a website address. Publised articles can be trhough online media too such as a professional blog and expert rich-content website.

5. by Social Network
Todays social network are rule the web, it is the user interactivity phase, a niche social networks can be used to build up your presence in a larger communities. A lot of smaller sites offer tools that will let you incorporate additional content that’s important for branding purposes, as well as ways to manage your overall web presence, offering compatible tie-ins with larger networks ~ Building a Brand Through Social Networks

6. by Traditional Networking
Interact with your community offline. Update with newest knowledge on the community. Get wider friend and relation network.

7. by Public Speaking
Sepak Out Now! “A great way to enhance your visibility and communicate your Brand is through public speaking. Presentations are most effective when they are authentic, delivered with your true voice, your true personal Brand. Volunteer for speaking opportunities at your office or with professional organizations.” Speak For Yourself: 10 Ways To Communicate Your Personal Brand William Arruda

Start building your personal brand right now,
Start to communicate with your target audience!

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How to build my personal branding?

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Main Purpose of personal branding is to marketing and selling yourself as a brand. To gain your ultimate success in life. It is continual process to recognize who you really are.

When i read Jesse Randall Warden article in web2journal.com it makes me think more. And more day i finish more i realize that branding myself is can not be avoided. It;s extremely important base on fact that globalization are in the house. I must be able to compete with others during my professionalism expertise on online branding.

Here are the personal branding checklist that must be done by all of us as a Personal Brand!

1. Know what you want: Identify what you want, and start walking toward it.
2. Be able to articulate what you do: When someone asks what you do, answer them immediately with a clear, concise, and confident response.
3. Elevator pitch: Be able to describe who you are and what you do in the time it takes to ride an elevator.
4. Be positive: Be positive.
5. Business card: A 3×5 piece of paper or mini-CD that has your personal contact information clearly printed on it.
6. Have a blog / Website / MySpace, or other online presence: Get your brand online.
7. Multiple e-mail addresses: Get more than one e-mail address.
8. Phone: Get a phone.
9. Signature: Your signature is who you are, your title, and your contact information. You should put this on everything you touch.
10. Logo: A visual image that positively identifies your brand.
11. Personal goals: Set goals for yourself that help you reach what you want.
12. More than one resume: Customize your resume to the potential employer or client.
13. Mentor: Find a guru and have them teach you.
14. Networking outlets / contacts: Continually develop your network by attending industry meetings and conferences.
15. Wardrobe style: When you are going to be near people who you wish to sell your brand to, dress to impress.
16. Multiple IM accounts: Get more than one IM account.
17. Alias: Obtain a positive nickname.
18. Mantra: Collect sayings that enforce your brand.
19. Speaking and PowerPoint template: Speak about what you do and have a hot-looking PowerPoint template to show.
20. Passion: Love what you do.

Thorough Definitions
You can get more thorough in our definitions, by reading Web 2.0 – Personal Branding Checklist

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Personal Branding is about the form of self-awareness, it’s about knowing yourself more. It is needed to stand yourself among crowd. To shows your most expertises from others. To maintain trust from your clients.

There is thousands of your kind expertise in this world wide. They are the same or event more experienced than you are. Their business networks are bigger than mounth everest.

So,
How will you survive on this competitions?

and…, One of My favorite way to build your personal branding is “Creating a blog”.

It is the simple most effective one to build your personal branding online. You can share others about your thoughs, experiences, and knowledge.

A Blog is your promotions media online. Your personal Public Relation 24/7 working hours. They can be viewed anytime, anywhere and by anybody that online.

With blog you can build trust for your clients and and event more your future client.

• Confince them more about your expertise.
• Blog makes closer your business networks, it is make relations more personal.
• It can establish a good niche relationships on your expertise area
• And devinitly the blog can create a lot of business beneficials.

To get more insight about building your brand with blog, you might want to read this great article How to Build Your Personal Brand Through Your Blog.

Just Remember…

In order to communicate your brand message to your audience, you need to believe in yourself and the brand you’ve established.
~ Dan Schawbel (personalbrandingblog.wordpress.com)

Good Luck on your Personal Brand Building!

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