Personal branding concept includes all about our life milestones. But it’s not discipline, social science or doctrine. It’s only suggestions interest with our inner life and social presence. Actually we are walking at two different path in our life. Career path and private path. Sometimes different lanes, sometimes spiral complex lines. I try to tell this ways and our needed and necessary milestones for personal branding process.

We are standing at the central point. There is seven box that we have to do for private and business life. These boxes are basic references for us and very important. We can questioning for daily, weekly and monthly etc.

Some practice application samples;
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1- They give every information about themself  as clearly. But these specials are not in the forms and behind the fences. Their images look like compatible, clearly, open and ready  for communication. You can see also their cv.

2- They have passions for all life. These passions for personal life, business life, social life, family life etc. Especially they’ve goals for social assistance and solidarity. They are opening new scopes for environment with their attitudes.

3- Their ambitions are a lot and very highly. But they are controling and extending over a period of time. They are planing and examinating goals, always.
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1- User friendly

When I work internet banking analyse and design in 1999, I’ve learned this rule, first time. Nowadays, we are looking for this rule on web based application, especially for social media platforms. But, we can not see completely true process for users on also best web based applications. Facebook, Google, Linkedin, Twitter, Friendfeed etc. I know, developments are going on and they are listening to users feedback. I’m using too, but not useful all milestones. Sorry!
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This question is always being asked me. Is “personal branding” trend, or fashion, or temporary imaging, or “be icon” for people? Actually, secret answer is in this question. If it’s temporary, a person has not been a personal brand. Please don’t confuse, personal branding is not only being celebrity, rich or influence people. When your name is talking, thinking anywhere, if people don’t think affirmative and positive things, it doesn’t work your fame.
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Set goal/target: The “brand” word is not necessary for only firm/company/product, it’s necessary for all people. He emphasised branding process that can be applied for our private and business life. He called out to these people, different, creative, innovative and self-aware people.

He said, “you are potantial brand, be brand, stay brand and die brand”

Order/directive: Actually he adviced but his messages were order for us. If you want to be happy and successful, you must be “brand”

Respect: Human is the creature that has been best equipped in the universe. Therefore, first of all, respect is a “must” for all people. Naturally, this consideration/reputation will increase more and more with personal branding efforts

Show method: Our attitudes take form with our thoughts. Starting point is again, the person himself.

Be helpful: He emphasised, a person will be useful by branding for both himself and his environment.

Marketing power: He said: “Don’t withdraw into your shell, be on the stage, always present yourself by discovering your strong and weak features and advertise yourself.
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Let’s say that you have a lot of registrations on many social webs. You have a blog or a web page, too. You communicate with so many people on the internet. So it is quite possible to say that your personal brand is very popular on social media. Very cool but I have somethings on my mind… I wonder a few things… Let me give an example:

You are aged between 25-40, you have one or two kids, you are working so hard, you are a manager but you still have your superiors up there, you have a very times to spend with your family at night. If we assume that you are an entrepreneur, after working so hard on new business connections, network connections, financial sources you come home consumed by business at the end of the day.
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“It makes no sense to discuss why… It’s like an obstinate disease like you never get well but it has a very deep sense of satisfaction.”

If you agree with this line it means that you are an entrepreneur. Fine…but you are a human being first….rich or poor… million dollar investor or leading a crowded staff, it doesn’t matter. “How am I perceived as a personal brand?”, this is the first thing you should ask to yourself. If you have a regular sense to ask this question to yourself then you have a great chance to be successfull. Let’s see the reasons why…
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