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Personal Branding and the Challenges of the Information Revolution

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This chapter characterizes the process of shaping a personal brand with an overview of the challenges posed by the information revolution. This chapter includes a comparison of traditional methods of shaping a personal brand and e-branding. It presents the characteristic traits of each strategy and places them into the broader context of generational differences among message recipients. It illustrates the marketing potential of the Internet with examples of effective e-branding campaigns.

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    Interesting research results regarding the behavior of Polish e-consumers compared to that of e-consumers in other countries can be found in Jaciow and Wolny (2011), and Jaciow, Solecka-Makowska, and Wolny (2013).

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    Research conducted by Palmieri and Lee (2015) shows that in 2010–2014 the number of viewers of the four main television networks dropped by 21% among those 18–49 years of age.

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    This is known as viral marketing.

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Grzesiak, M. (2018). Personal Branding and the Challenges of the Information Revolution. In: Personal Brand Creation in the Digital Age. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69697-3_3

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