[Steven Wagenheim]

Whatever.

Selling products is one thing. But what about selling yourself?

If you're a freelancer of services (copywriting, article writing, programming, etc.) or just a marketer who wants to get his name out there, how do you go about making a name for yourself?

Well, you can do what I do and just be as controversial as possible, or you can be smart and do some of the following things.

Online Radio Show

Blog Talk Radio is big. Many big name marketers like Willie Crawford have their own shows. I was even interviewed by Willie on his. This is a great way to get yourself known. Make the show informative and interesting (in other words, don't be a drip) and you'll develop quite a following.

Blog

Start a blog. Post to it regularly. Give people content that can help them but also keep it interesting. This is where you DO want to talk about yourself. Let people get to see who you are. Let your personality shine through. You DO have a personality, right? Good...use it!

Forums

This is where you don't want to follow my example unless you want to be known as the egotistical maniac from hell. When you join a forum and participate, respect the rules and respect the members. Contribute to the conversation with relevant discussion. Don't make it about YOU. (Again, see my note on being an egotistical maniac from hell) Make it about how you can help the members.

List Building

Build your list. There are plenty of ways to do this and I'm not going to get into them here. That's for another thread. Point is, don't make your list emails only about pitching products. Offer good information but also let the members get to know who YOU are. Let them see a side of you that most people don't get to see. Sprinkle this in with the info stuff and you've got a killer combination. My list loves me. (That's the egotistical maniac from hell talking...[get back in your cage...back, back!])

All kidding aside. If you're a drip online, nobody is going to know who you are. Now, if you want to fly under the radar, that's fine. But if you want people to know you, the above tips should help.

[aryaman2008]

Thanks for this article.Yes you are absolutely right and it's sure that whoever follows this will be immensely benefitted.Atleast i am very fond of list building and that i had learnt in a network marketing program.It is very useful and gives immediate results.Blogs are helpful but then it trakes sometime to grow.Still for reaping rewards it's worthwhile.

[buffalo]

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Forums

This is where you don't want to follow my example unless you want to be known as the egotistical maniac from hell. When you join a forum and participate, respect the rules and respect the members. Contribute to the conversation with relevant discussion. Don't make it about YOU. (Again, see my note on being an egotistical maniac from hell) Make it about how you can help the members.

Great post, but I think I am going to have to disagree with you on this forum one... I am a self-proclaimed forum junkie and have been in various webmaster and general "make money online" forums for 4 years or so.

If done correctly. and in the right threads, forum posting can be all about you. In many forums I do most of my posting in the General Chat areas. It's not because I have nothing of value to add to the more serious threads (okay, maybe that is the reason) but useless non-sense seems to be my specialty. I can really establish myself as a fun loving goofball. That earns me a reputation and a bit of a following.

Then when I do say something profound or useful in one of the more serious areas of the fourm, people actually notice. And they probably think something like "Whoa, Buffy really does have a brain!"

And even egotistical maniacs can be well accepted in a forum setting as long as you can prove that you have every right to have that chip on your shoulder.

[aakay4u]

Thanks for the useful tips.Many people falter as they don't follow the golden rules and simply jump at the opportunity and start pushing.Your way of working is great and the cool way to approach which is more than likely to work.

[piya84]

hi steven.Thanks a lot for all those tips.Branding of anything is highly important thing be it product sale or book writing.You can get fame by being controversial also.But somehow this path is not for everyone i guess.One need to tuff mentality to achieve fame and bransd by controversies.Its definitely not my way to do things.:P

[Mercuryman3a]

i used to be an avid blogger in a social networking site to start with, but it was not remunerative and it was more of a hobby than a means of establishing aname or earning some money. As i grew more comfortable with the internet, i moved on and started doing work which paid me. Now i have no time for blogging as i have my hands full with work most of the time. yes i have to start working smart and look for high paying sites rathr than slogging for pittance. As for making a name, that will follow once you are very active.