Flunking Personal Branding, Scribe Archetype

July 5, 2013 — 8 Comments

I have been advised by Vizify that I am failing personal branding by not using my key words. I could not be more thrilled to hear this news. If there is one thing I want to avoid it is personal branding. This word counting cousin of Klout wants to publish yet another profile and share it all over the place.  I have had other analytics of my public content which arrived at the conclusion that I was an expert in mangos.  I am an expert in swimming and aquatic exercise, but am not intending to make all of my content prove that point.

I wanted to be a travel writer long ago when one had to actually get published by someone else.  Now that I can say and do what I like when I like, I prefer to take up more than one subject.  Travel still interests me, but I stay home more than I did when I was an agent in the good old days. I am a scribe, an historian, a reporter with my own beat.  I sometimes write political opinions, but think it would be boring to do that regularly.  I feature my ancestors, one at a time, to show my direct relationship to history.  Botany is a passion, so I often photograph plants to share in this blog.  I try not to create a diary of my life, but to share what I think others want to know. I am scribe at large.

I appreciate the chance to meet others and exchange thoughts and information.  I have been very lucky to make the acquaintance of other family members here who have offered data about our common ancestors.  That has been a happy unintended consequence of writing in public.  Triberr has introduced me to a world of bloggers I enjoy reading as well as posting in my twitter stream.  Our system allows us to syndicate each other through Triberr.  It facilitates the flow of ideas, art, and information.  I am pleased to live in a time that gives us this access to the previously closed world of publishing.  I appreciate every gentle reader who reads, shares, and comments here.  Thank you all  for helping me fail personal branding.