Social Media Ninja Status?

Not so much.

Though my ambitions for this semester long project were high, I feel as though I had to put my aspirations of becoming a social media ninja on the backburner. As the push for the real world took hold, it became harder and harder to keep up with my social media ninja practices. Though I did much better the second half of the semester as far as blog updates, I wasn’t able to keep up with Twitter as I previously had.

Overall, I feel that even though the follow-through was a little light on my end, I learned quite a bit from watching my classmates and taking in all the research I did on personal branding. I definitely feel that in the future I will be able to successfully apply and execute these concepts for a client or another personal venture. Building a personal brand isn’t something that comes over night. It isn’t just one blog post or Tweet that makes your name into a brand. It is a series of actions and carefully planned tactics that lead people to you as a brand. It is the personality that you create for yourself not only in an online space but outside of that space. A personal brand reflects not only your interests, hobbies, and career path, but it represents YOU as a person.

I am hopeful in the future that I will be able to set aside more time on my own to contribute to my personal branding experience. Though I am employed, I would like to keep my name out there in the industry - as a resource and a go-to person for different web-related knowledge. I want to make sure that my personal brand doesn’t evolve into just the place that I work for. Though that will play a big part in shaping my brand, I need to keep in mind that I still have the knowledge that I do with or without the place I work.