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    How to Create Your Personal Social Media Brand

    by Michael Stelzner / January 28, 2011

    social media expert interviewIn this video I interview Mari Smith, author of Facebook Marketing: An Hour a Day. Mari talks about the Brand of You and how to monetize your personality on social media.

    You'll discover the steps needed to build your own brand equity with social media, along with some great tips for both the self-employed and people who work for large companies.

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    Connect with Mari on Twitter @MariSmith, on her Facebook page and check out her blog.

    What do you do to build your brand equity?  How has your branding helped you? Please leave your comments below.

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    About the authorMichael Stelzner

    Michael Stelzner is the founder of Social Media Examiner and Social Media Marketing World—the industry's largest conference. He's also the founder of the AI Business Society and the AI Business World conference. Michael hosts the Social Media Marketing Podcast and the AI Explored podcast, and is the author of the books Launch and Writing White Papers.
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