| Personal e-Branding is the next wave of personal and professional development online. A personal brand is how you market yourself to others, whereas an e-Brand is a digital representation of yourself online. Your brand is who you are and what you stand for, including values, competencies, attitudes, vision, mission, personality and appearance. The combined sum of everything you are and how you project it to others, whether online or offline, is your brand. Therefore, if your name is only attached to a single blog, that blog becomes your personal e-Brand. If you have commented on ten blogs, and have three social network profiles, then the sum of that participation and creation is your brand—it is how people perceive you. Any single individual can and should develop an e-Brand. There are no barriers to entry anymore, as the cost of building an e-Brand has been reduced to nothing. |