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About the Course

Though the concept of personal branding isn't new, questions remain about how to create one and, more importantly, what it means to maintain and inhabit that brand. Learners will: o Understand both what personal branding means and what it means to inhabit their brand o Establish themselves on at least three social media platforms o Create a mission statement for their personal brand o Build a board of directors for their brand o Become familiar with the basics of digital security and reputation management o Create a system for on-going brand maintenance Join instructor Kimberley R. Barker as she provides a warm, supportive atmosphere in which learners are encouraged to intensively explore themselves in order to create a personal brand that authentically and effectively communicates their values and professional gifts. Together we will build a strong community in which to provide encouragement and feedback, and support each other as learners pursue their goal of successful brand creation....

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excellent teaching , Short and to the point lectures . The reading material shared was fantastic! Ms Barker herself was very elegant. Learnt a lot! THANK YOU FOR THIS. Its the need of the hour.

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Hi Coursera team, Thank you for offering such a unique topic. Thanks a lot to Kimberly R. She is just amazing person with lots of information and her course delivery is fantastic. God bless you.

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By Alex G B

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Jun 10, 2020

Kim is an incredibly enthusiastic and positive instructor! However, the content itself is very basic and rudimentary.

By San F

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May 13, 2020

Buenas tardes

El curso puede ser un poco mas profundo y actualizarlo con nuevas plataformas que hay en la actualidad.

By Stephen P

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Apr 9, 2021

I found this course to be very informative. I only gave it 4 stars because many of the videos had a very low volume.

By Duncan R

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Oct 29, 2020

I have resisted gaining much online presence and I feel that this course will now help me do so in an effective way.

By Frandy

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Jun 4, 2020

Good to learn all these to maintain personal branding especially if you are an IT person, which lack business skill.

By Mahek A

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Feb 10, 2020

A very good course and a much recommended course to all my friends who are going to step into the competitive world.

By CMiller

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Mar 16, 2017

Great course, lot's of eye opening ideas on how to brand yourself and create your digital footprint on the Internet.

By Ana

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Jan 14, 2016

Great communicator! Just it needs more content. I already knew most of the things! However I have enjoyed. Congrats!

By Julio J R

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Sep 11, 2020

Important basic concepts about personal branding that can start you up on how to manage your personal brand better.

By Anshul G

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May 20, 2020

The instructor did a lot of unnecessary talking while starting every tutorial. Other than that, a lot to take away.

By Mahmood S G

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Apr 14, 2020

the course need to get updated, need to include new tactics, its kind of old version courses

though its still useful

By Iara A

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Apr 3, 2020

O curso é muito bom, mas poderia ter algumas atualizações para o momento, pois o material foi feito há alguns anos.

By Amr M A A A G

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Jun 2, 2018

Pretty good topic and a very friendly lecturer.

However,I was hoping to get a more thorough details about the topic.

By Kai M H

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Dec 1, 2016

Useful for starting to create personal branding from scratch and have a general idea for how to maintain the brand.

By Ann O

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Aug 5, 2022

Some really useful exercises to get me thinking about how I want to present my 'brand' to the professional world.

By Babu

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Sep 15, 2020

It helped in understanding the importance of Personal branding, Self promotion, Reputation Management and Privacy.

By Lorenzo M

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Jun 15, 2020

The Course is good, unfortunately the social media section is a bit outdated but if refreshed it would be a 5stars

By Niks L

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Aug 13, 2024

Should be better video and audio quality. Overall great content, easy to grasp. Could be more practical approach.

By Mehul A

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May 30, 2020

The course was really helpful, but the instructor should look forward to including some more interesting quizzes.

By Jan L

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Oct 1, 2020

Nice course with a very coherent path on how to align tools use with your own personality for branding purposes.

By Susi V

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Oct 8, 2020

I learn many things, and I appreciate every tips that you teach in the course, I like the timing, not too long.

By Raymond L C

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Apr 26, 2020

The content was good but the only problem is that most of the videos have low volumes. But overall, I loved it.

By thaís f d s

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Jan 8, 2016

Great instructor! Very good content and reference readings. I only wish the course wouldn't be so introductory.

By liky l

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Jun 8, 2021

THIS WAS GOOD BUT I THINK YOU MUST UPDATE COURSE CONTENT .

THERE CAN BE INCLUSION ABOUT MANY MORE PLATFORMS.^_^

By Edilson A B B

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May 18, 2017

O assunto abordado no curso foi muito útil e usarei o que aprendi no desenvolvimento do meu Personal Branding.