marketing yourself via social media
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KDChi Collegiate Track session entitled "Marketing Yourself Via Social Media" - Conference 2012TRANSCRIPT
Marketing yourself via social mediaKDChi National Leadership Conference 2012
Estee Hernández@esteehernandez#KDChiSoMe
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Learning Objectives
Mastering the do’s and don’t’s of social media
Understanding why and how social media can be valuable
Motivation to contemplate and develop one’s social media brand
Why social media?
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Your turn to play the employer!Pair and share activity
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Discussion questions
Did you and your partner agree on an evaluation of the individual?
What were some of the positives and negatives of the individuals you evaluated?
What issues arise when you evaluate someone based off their social media personality?
Do you think companies should utilize social media when looking at prospective employees?
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Do’s
Google yourself.
Check your Facebook privacy settings. What information from your profile is public? Who can see what your friends tag you in?
Create a blog. Make it unique, and showcase your talents!
Create a LinkedIn profile. Ask for recommendations.
Connect with businesses and recruiters. And be nice to everyone. You never know who your future
supervisor will be.
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Don’t’s
Use profanity, inappropriate images/content, etc.
Overdramatize situations. Stay positive.
Overpost everyday activities. e.g. Facebook games, check-ins at every place you visit,
retweet celebrity tweets
Use bad grammar or overlook typos. If your a grammar expert please show off you’re skill’s by
highlighting the ampel amount of errors in this sentence.
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You have the power to choose who you want to be.
Eric Stoller Full-time consultant in
higher education and student affairs.
Pete Pereira Student affairs professional
at Texas State who was invited to speak at a regional conference in the Midwest.
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Final thoughts:Assess yourself.
Clean it up.
Create a brand.
Go rock social media!
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Resources
10 ways to be "socially excellent" online
50 social networking rules for college students
How to build a professional student LinkedIn profile
Lessons in Facebook stalking
What employers are thinking when they look at your Facebook page
25 Twitter hashtags that will help you get a job
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Contact information
Estee HernándezVice President of Alumnae Affairs@[email protected]
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