It’s that time again, another month and another little round-up email from yours truly. This month I’ve been busy migrating a few sites from Drupal to WordPress and they are all up and working now (touch wood). So there’s a new blog layout, please let me know what you think of it.

From the homefront:

• How NOT to Pitch Bloggers Your Products – my little video rant
• Social Media & Personal Branding Presentation [Slides & Video] - from a JCI London event
• The 4 Keys to Successful Blogging [Tips & Video] - the most recent Social Media London meetup

Some great blog posts I read:

• 5 Lessons from Mike Wallace’s Life for All of Us - by Eric Jackson
• Your Biggest Career Decision is Who You Marry - by Penelope Trunk
• Crazy Talk: The Do-What-You-Love-Guide - by Leo Babauta
• 5 Reasons LinkedIn is Boring in a Good Way - by Anthony Juliano
• What are Spies Really Like? - by the BBC
• How London 2012 will be the First Social Media Olympics - by Alex Hout
• How Pinterest Can Help Your Job Search [Resume Examples] - by Jobsgopublic

Upcoming events in May:

• Personal Branding from the Inside Out, May 9, Leicester Sq, London
• LinkedIn Masterclass Workshop, May 15 at Covent Garden, London
• LinkedIn for Recruiters Masterclass, May 25, Covent Garden, London

My top tweet of last month:

If you don’t wake up in the morning excited to pick up where you left your work yesterday, you haven’t found your calling yet. – Mike Wallace

Any questions or ideas for me? Do leave a comment on the blog or just tweet me. Until next month!

Hope you had a good March? Mine was very busy; managed to speak at a few events, be featured in a magazine and read some great books. And enjoyed the early spring sunshine! And now finally got round to writing a monthly recap.

Here are the most popular posts from the home front:

• How To Use SlideShare for Your Content Marketing [10 Tips] a hidden gem for marketers
• LinkedIn and Personal Branding Presentation [Slides & Video] my talk at the Nordic Career forum in London
• The Start-Up of You by Reid Hoffman [Book Review] LinkedIn founder’s new book
• 10 Ways to Make Social Media Work for Your Personal Brand my article in Shortlist Magazine
• LinkedIn? Yes Please, We’re British [UK Facts and Stats] interesting new LinkedIn stats for the Greatest Britain of them all

Some other cool links:

• I Blog for Content, Not Comments. Surprised? at Windmill Networking
• What if an Employer Requests my Facebook Password? at The Undercover Recruiter
• 15 Presentation and Speaking Tips that Rock at Junta 42
• Russian Empire pictures from 1909 to 1912 at the BBC News site
• How To Use Pinterest for Social Recruiting at The Undercover Recruiter

Upcoming events in April:

• Advanced LinkedIn Training for Recruiters, 11th of April, Covent Garden, London
• LinkedIn Masterclass Workshop, 17th of April at Covent Garden, London
• Personal Branding from the Inside Out, 9th of May, Leicester Sq, London

This is what Patrick Powers had to say after attending Personal Branding from the Inside Out:

My most retweeted joke last month:

If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.

Best quote I read in March:

“The goal is not to be good at social media. The goal is to be good at business because of social media. Never forget that.” – Jay Baer

That’s it for this month, any questions or suggestions please get in touch!

Happy leap day to you! Hope you have had a good month and stayed warm. Here is a wrap-up of February’s most popular posts and upcoming events in March.

February blog posts

Do You Need Personal Branding When Working for a Large Corporation?

Whenver we run a branding workshop, a great question like this comes up.

Tasty Social Media Marketing for Gluten Free Delices

My advice for an entrepreneur trying to use social media to sell gluten free cakes.

How Being ‘Creative’ on LinkedIn Ain’t Going to Help You

The number one buzzword on LinkedIn profiles is ‘creative’ – not very creative in other words.

How Pinterest, Twylah, Quora Won’t Help Your Marketing Efforts

Another week, another tool in the world of social media – it’s easy to forget the basics.

Do You Have Multiple Personal Brands?

Lots of people have portfolio careers, this makes it hard to brand yourself effectively.

How Sodexo Does Social Media in Recruitment [Case Study]

A case study about Sodexo’s social recruiting strategy at the Link Humans blog.

How Recruiters are Using LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook [Infographic]

Guess what? LinkedIn is still king for recruitment, see more over at The Undercover Recruiter.

The Value of Being Humanistic in Business

Malcolm Levene’s post about human values and personal branding.

Upcoming events in March

Using Social Media in Recruitment & HR, 6th-8th of March in Krakow & Warsaw, Poland

Nordic Career Forum, 15th of March in London

LinkedIn Training Workshop, 20th of March at Covent Garden, London

Personal Branding from the Inside Out, 28th of March at St John Hotel in London.

Your turn

Any feedback or questions, just let me know by leaving a comment on this post or tweet me at @JorgenSundberg.

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