Take Your Personal Brand beyond the Web
Building a personal brand is a marketing process. The hallmarks of a well-constructed brand include consistency, authenticity, specificity and all the brand parameters we discussed last week. Following on that lesson, let’s remember the first law of marketing: perception is reality. What this means in the context of branding yourself is that success is more about how others perceive you than what you say about yourself.
Your Personal Brand Assessment and Brand You
Last week, we approached brand-building from a humorous perspective. Hopefully, you had a few chuckles. Today, let’s spend a few minutes thinking about your personal brand in businesslike way.
With the combination of these two powerful tools–one for the virtual world, the other for the real world of work–you can take your brand assessment and begin building a stronger, more effective Brand You!
A Behind the Scenes Look at Personal Brand Building
As you have been working hard to brand yourself, you’ve likely done some research into the art of brand-building. In my daytime job, as co-owner of the marketing firm Maple Creative, I spend quite a bit of time building brands for companies, products, places and organizations. I thought it might be fun and helpful to take you behind the scenes of how it’s done in our shop.
Personal Brand Management – Are You Undermining Your Personal Brand Equity?
To maximize your personal brand equity, you must be 100% intentional about the image you project. Granted, it’s totally natural to become frustrated, and everyone feels the need to vent from time to time. When you’re in that spot, reach out to a friend or family member and talk (or IM, DM or SMS) through your complaints on a one-to-one basis–not a one-to-many basis. If you want to accelerate your success, focus on being consistent across all forums… from real world interactions to virtual world posts. In today’s connected world, the boundaries between work and personal are blurred to a greater extent than ever before.
Job Search Tips: Find a Mentor and Unlock Your Career Potential
In the workplace, we’re surrounded by many types of people, from co-workers and team leaders to supervisors and managers. Some of them have an interest in your success, and others…not so much. After all, they have their own self-interests, problems, challenges and priorities too. A mentor, on the other hand, is someone who has taken a direct, unselfish interest in your success.