Creating an online identity

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Creating an online identity

"Brand" yourself by creating an online identity

Edit date: 3/25/2009 (added "Narration" from CIT 499 podcast)

Build YOUR online identity 

Create YOUR personal brand

1. Is it easy to "find" you online?
2. Aggregate your online content in one place

Link List 

Links to help you

my online identity at http://DrThomasHo.info
Here is my online identity consisting of:

* my i-name

* my lifestream

* my Learning & Discovery tools
1. social bookmarks
2. RSS feed readers

* my Teaching
1. courses
2. projects & events that I'm working on
3. forums & wikis where I participate
4. media services for content delivery

* Social Media
1. my social networks
2. my blogs and microblogs

* Vocation
1. my ministry activities
2. my professional profile

* Personal interests
my personal brand
very much a "work in progress"
narration (skip first 20 minutes)
to explain how to create an online identity
Wikipedia on "personal branding"
you know that it's "important" if it's in Wikipedia :-)
Establishing reputation online
courtesy of Chris Brogan who really "gets it"
Personal Branding Blog by Dan Schawbel
Dan Schawbel "walks the talk"
Seth Godin asks: Why bother having a resume?
I've been wondering the same thing myself...
Manage Your Online Reputation (courtesy of Lifehacker.com)
somebody ELSE who "gets it" :-)
claimID
use claimID to "host" your online identity
GoDaddy.com
where to register your domain name
Linksafe
where to register your i-name
how to create your lifestream
keep up-to-date on lifestreaming
Technorati on "Social Reputation"
Much has already been written about social reputation and personal branding
Rationalise your online identity with Profilactic and ClaimID
from Stef Lewandowski's blog:

"Identity" is a hard-to-pin-down concept, especially when it comes to your 'online identity' in a world of Facebook profiles, Twitter and what seems to be becoming 'multiple online identity disorder'.
Twitosphere
building community via Twitter in Indiana
Gary Vaynerchuck at Strategic Profits Live 08
Gary Vaynerchuck REALLY "gets it"
Kelly Sutton at HackCollege.com
Kelly "gets it" too
FriendFeed And Your Personal Brand
Build your online reputation through social media

Technorati on "Social Reputation" 

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THOMAS I. M. HO is Professor of Computer and Information Technology at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). (more)

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