360 GID Use Reputation Management, Even on Social Media

Modern Mentor

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Careers, Business, Management

4.3 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2015

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In the 21st century, first impressions come through social media, so reputation management has to begin with how you present yourself in text and through words. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1Q09eDw

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0:00.0	This is Stevea Robbins.
0:04.8	Welcome to the get it done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.
0:09.3	Intern M.G. has been hired full time, not by us, by the local newspaper.
0:14.1	They said something about never having met such a professional young man.
0:18.0	MG, really?
0:19.8	The intern? The 20-year-old intern? I had to ask. So, M.G. Really? The intern? The 20-year-old intern?
0:22.6	I had to ask.
0:24.2	So, M.G., how did you land such a cushy job?
0:27.6	His reply?
0:28.8	Punctuation.
0:30.4	And with that word, M.G. has revealed one of the most subtle secrets of reputation management
0:35.2	in the online world.
0:37.0	On TV, orange is the new black, but online, punctuation is the new orange, or something like
0:44.4	that.
0:45.0	You see, people form their impression of you in the first few seconds.
0:49.3	In person, your first impression is your clothes and your demeanor, but online on social
0:54.0	media sites and resumes and cover letters, your first impression is non-verbal.
0:58.6	It's punctuation, grammar, and writing skill, which I guess is sort of verbal, but it's not the content, it's the form.
1:04.6	And for better or worse, those are now how we make a first impression.
1:09.2	Now, you might think that these details don't matter. After all,
1:12.2	everyone texts with spelling and grammar errors, and perhaps if you're texting someone you know,
1:17.0	coming across that way is fine. But if you're texting, emailing, and posting on social media
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