Are you a professional who works exclusively from home? When
you work from home, most of the impression you make with business contacts is
online. Whether it is through email or telephone communication or exchanges via
social media or messages to your website. Most of the way you get your paycheck
is online, too, unless you make something to sell at a market somewhere. But
even in that case, how are your potential customers finding your booth at the
market? Do your customers ask if you are on Etsy or a similar online format?
If you honestly evaluate your work-from-home plans, they are
going to include your online brand. Online branding is the catch-phrase for
"everything anybody can find about you on the internet and the way it
makes you look to the world." This includes everything from your website
to your social media profiles. It is another way of saying everything that your
potential customers see when they look for and find you online.
People who work from home, particularly if they are
freelancers, need to pay attention to their online brand because it affects
their business. People who work from home for a company need to pay attention
to their online brand because it affects the way they are seen by their
employer. The bottom line is, it doesn't matter if you work for yourself or
someone else, your online brand is worth investing in because it means money.
Our premium LinkedIn Profile Development services include
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In a way, everyone that works from home is involved with
marketing themselves because people don't have an accurate picture of what you
do. Your online brand should be one way to show them that accurate picture and
get the respect you deserve. This means that you need to pay special attention
to the way you are branded everywhere online. It is something that you need to
stay updated on at all times to ensure that you are putting your best face
forward.
Erin Kennedy, CPRW, CERW, BS/HR, is a Certified Professional
Resume Writer/Career Consultant, and the President of Professional Resume
Services http://exclusive-executive-resumes.com.
She is a nationally published writer and contributor of 8 best-selling career
books and has achieved international recognition following yearly nominations
of the prestigious T.O.R.I. (Toast of the Resume Industry) Award.
Erin has written thousands of resumes for professionals in
every industry and every career level. Read more at Erins blog: http://exclusive-executive-resumes.com/blog
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