I am compiling a magazine on Personal Branding, with the top articles and authors on the subject worldwide. I would like to include this article. Proceeds from the magazine will go directly to The American Cancer Society. I will give you full credit for the article and your efforts. If your interested please send a bio and picture, as it will go in the authors section.

Please email me if you’re interested.

Thanks,

Dan

I admit it, I’ve been more into branding than into search engine optimization. When you’re raised on the other side of the pond, in a country that is itself a great brand, you become a connoisseur of positioning and the attributes that make a product…

You could say that I am trying to relearn and expand on my and your knowledge about sociological systems theory while trying to apply it to the blogging itself. At the moment there is however a discrepancy between what I do and what I want to be doing in as so far as I concentrate far to much on the blogging part.

Currently do my blog probably look like another blog about blogging, which it really wasn’t supposed to be. Still is how I post and what I write strongly influenced by how I think about communication. Only have I not yet been able to integrate the conceptualization in the process.

As for the story of me am I still not sure if I think that is relevant to what I write about. Actually do I still think that while personal branding is a great thing it is not for me at this point. I see myself getting more transparent with time, but hesitate simply stating everything up front.

I would certainly not mind having someone with your background and skills take a look at the draft I have for the about page as it surely would help me get it finished.

Let me know how I can be of service. The about page is a service you provide to readers and visitors. It’s your personal exhibit where you can choose to integrate the story of you for your blog’s audience.

I’m glad you are working on rescuing the word “circular” with communication — your intent if I understand correctly is to build on many voices and move forward. I look forward to welcoming you at Conversation Agent.

Writing a decent about page is definitely not an easy task when you cannot figure out how much of yourself you want to lay out where everyone can read it. I do have a draft, but judging how good it is can be particularly difficult when it, in part at least, is about yourself.

Actually I shouldn’t have made the buzz word comment because I know how you write on Conversation Agent, which I have subscribed to for a while. A couple of your articles will be part of future link posts of mine in fact.

Indeed you can think of my blog as a loop that feeds itself. Actually it is not a bad picture at all. Only can it not feed itself in isolation, which may sound like a contradiction, but really isn’t. Hence do I thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment and thus helping feed the loop.

Thank you for stopping by.

I do not think they are the same, actually. Reputation is something of an outcome of your activities. You build character, you have a reputation — it is given to you by others. A brand is something you come to own at a very deep and personal level. It is the sum total of what it feels like to be with you, what you look like, what you say, etc. I stay away from buzz words as much as I can. I’m a linguist, to me words have meaning.

The name of your blog — circular communication — is intriguing. My first reaction, before I read what it means to you, was to think of a loop that feeds itself, with follow-through and ticklers on the way. And I couldn’t find anything on you, the host.

Welcome to the conversation and thank you for taking the time to reach out with your comment. A while back I read a very interesting take on personal branding by Stedman Graham called “Build your Own Life Brand” that might be of interest to you given the focus of your blog. I see you are an active member of the Boston Chapter of the AMA. I am for Philadelphia.