Friday 5 – Top 5 Blog Posts Of Week Ending On 03/13/09

This Week’s Top 5 Blog Posts

1. How Bloggers Can Make The Most Of Twitter by: Jamie Harrop on Blogging Zest
Jamie brings forth a GREAT compilation to help bloggers everywhere make the best of Twitter. From simple branding, twitter awareness, and ways to encourage your posts being mentioned on Twitter itself. It’s a great read and has a slew of suggestions to gently encourage readers in ways to retweet posts. A lot of these have been discussed in various forms around the net but as a compilation it’s gold.

2. Top 10 Social Networks for Entrepreneurs by: Dan Schawbel on Mashable
Dan goes through a list of the top 10 social networks for entrepreneurs. Anyone who is looking to start off on their own or already and could use a bit more on the networking side (and let’s face it, who can’t?) these should be a must to sign up to. He goes over what each of these 10′s purposes, strengths, and who will most likely benefit from each network. From fellow business in your industry to investors you’ll get a good lead on just about anything using this list.

3. Time for a Brand Stimulus Package: Invest Now in Building Brand by: Kevin Randall on MarketingProfs
As someone who has a slight interest in branding I couldn’t pass up this article and neither should you! Kevin goes through the various reasons why this is the perfect time to push or establish your brand- from cheaper costs to an easier market to establishing your brand this covers the full range. It’s full of reasons and advice on why now is the time to move forward with building your brand.

4. How I Got My Job Through Twitter by: Kevin Smith on MarketingProfs
Kevin Smith (not the director) took the time out from his busy new job to write a feel good article about something great that happened to him due to Twitter- FINDING his job. While it is not something that will happen to everyone on a daily basis the article reinforces the ever important notion of networking and the use of Twitter as a practical application. Twitter has gained so much ground in our current online lives yet is still hard for many to see how useful it is. Stories like Kevin’s that brings a practical use to Twitter for those who don’t have vision will help continue to integrate the service into our lives.

5. Me And My Brand by: Evan Watson on: Brand Yourself
A feel good branding story that helps reinforce why people believe in personal branding. It’s been something more and more people are coming to realize is important in so many ways when networking and growing their business and ideas. He pushes the idea that you need to make people remember you by making them interested IN you. Short read but again reinforces why personal branding is important- from the social to the professional scale.