How to build your personal brand - Part 1

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I was reading a post by a fellow author, tvlachak, and discovered that LinkedIn is offering their 20 Most Popular LinkedIn Learning Courses of the Year for free until October 1, 2020.

The one that caught my eye was created by LinkedIn Learning Instructor, Chelsea Krost. She is a Marketing & Branding Strategist/Coach, global speaker, and an author. Her Learning Personal Branding course is the #12 most popular course for this year.

If you are blogging, or reading this because you would like to start, her course has great content, and should springboard you to higher heights if you follow her recommendations. Here is Part 1 of what I have learned to date.

Introduction

Krost explains that often you are your own best marketing tool, and that if used correctly, your own personal brand can be more effective than public relations departments, email marketing, influence marketing or Google ads. If you are an entrepreneur, you are often the best person to promote your own:

  • business

  • skillset

  • service

On the other hand, if you are just starting your career as an employee, investing in your personal brand can help your career by creating opportunities that you didn't think were possible.

The power of personal branding

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Personal branding can become your most powerful marketing tool. In an increasingly digital world, individuals often look for a personal connection, according to Krost. Customers are likely to flock to companies with a face behind the brand. The social media shift can be observed by the increase in the prevalence and the impact of influencer marketing. She explains what makes it more effective in today's society.

(influencers) make an advertisement more personal through personal through storytelling from a real person, experiencing real life. These influencers have developed strong personal brands, with loyal followers, - Chelsea Krost

She also points out that smart business owners are encouraging their employees to invest in their own personal brands. The reason for this is because a company's employees are in the best position to discuss and share its product, and consumers are more likely to trust their recommendation than a big corporation. It's about peer approval.

Brand messages are reshared 24 times more frequenly when posted by employees versus the brand.

Leads developed through employee social marketing convert 7 times more frequently than other leads, - Chelsea Krost

What's interesting is that she suggests that better results are possible when personal brands are used in tandem with business brands.

Creating a good foundation for your personal brand

Creating a personal brand will take time, so don't expect immediate results. Remember that your personal brand is the complete extension of who you are, and what you stand for. It should also be used to differentiate you from your competition. To assist with the process of how to further develop your personal brand, she suggested that you look within yourself, and think about how to answer the following 4 questions:

1. What am I passionate about?

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This will include things about you both personally, and professionally passionate about.

Krost recommends that a personal brand should be a blend of your current expertise, infused with personal stories and lessons learned from real-life experiences.

Being passionate will help you stay motivated, since it will be a long journey.

2. What am I good at?

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Define the areas that you are strong at, but it's very important that you don't try to be something that you're not.

Authenticity is key in personal branding. This leads perfectly into the next question.

3. What gives me credibility?

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Krost shares a quote with the audience. Brand yourself before others do. What skills or knowledge have you acquired throughout your life experiences?

  • training/certifications/credentials

  • specialty skills

  • proven success stories

  • awards

You may not have documented credibility when you first start. This means that if there's something you want to be known for, you will need to do some work to obtain credibility. You will need to do the following on a topic to become a recognized authority:

  • be actively engaged

  • write

  • trend in discussions

  • attend conferences or summits on that topic

Clear credibility will create trust, an online following, more leads, and opportunities with more clients.

4. What are my personal brand goals?

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Knowing this will help your personal brand mission and strategy be formed.

Krost lists the following as the most popular goals when creating a personal brand:

  • increase business brand awareness

  • generate leads

  • grow your professional network

  • leverage more media, press, or industry collaborations

  • find more opportunities, like public speaking or publishing deals

  • monetize your digital presence (isn't that what everyone is doing on read.cash?)😂

Be patient, and take the needed time to study and answer these 4 questions to help craft your personal brand.

Please stay tuned for Part 2 in a future post!

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That's a very interesting quality content. It made me question myself about the branding as I think I'm only floating by with no direction. Have to talk with myself and figure it out 😆 cheers!

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thanks for visiting and for your kind words...i'm glad you enjoyed it! i'm trying to adapt my own content and also implement the course teachings. It will take time, as the instructor warns...Lol.

i hope you can be patient...part 2 will take a while to create...i'm pretty busy these days.

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Great article. Brand yourself before others do. Scary but that's the truth! Looking forward to Part 2.

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The course had good content. that part is scary for me too! thanks for visiting!

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Thank you for taking your time to share about personal branding. I think I still have to figure myself out in that aspect. This is helpful.

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thanks for visiting. u have the benefit of being young. but being young means that you have so much to learn about yourself, and it's good to see that you recognize this too.

it's normal for your passions to change, so i wouldn't let a lack of clear direction hold you back. my suggestion would be to go through the process regularly, as your progress through your young adult life.

let's face it, you are building your personal brand already by blogging on read.cash...the question is how far do you want to take it? =)

I keep telling myself that doing 1% is better than doing 0%. try to get started, and see where it goes from there.

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Exceptional content as always and a topic which is very interesting to me as an aspiring fitness YouTuber who created a blog in order to promote his own YouTube channel, but turned out to be more successful in promoting other YouTube channels. 😅

I am already looking forward to part 2. Keep the good content coming, the money will follow. 👍

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thank you for your kind words and for your encouragement!

your awareness of your own situation is always entertaining! i have to thank our friend tvlachak for showing me the original link.

this topic was very interesting for me, and i'm very curious about how well it would be received on P0x. feel free to check out the link to the online course. it may be a while before part 2 comes out...Lol.

hopefully the course can help you build your own channel.

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I will do that. Unfortunately, I do have a ton of paperwork to fight through. Therefore, I am not sure how much time I can spend on it, but I will definitely try. 😅

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one step at a time my friend, but if you are genuine, you will make time. we are all here for each other as we progress on this journey! =)

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Such a great post! I follow a quote by Gordon Ramsey in everything I do... Never take the foot of the gas cause you are as good as your last plate!

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thank you, and yes, great advice from an interesting personality...Lol

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Wow! indeed, i really like it friend. Even the Bot upvoted it. WELL DONE!

"Creating a personal brand will take time, so don't expect immediate results. Remember that your personal brand is the complete extension of who you are, and what you stand for."

I'll never forget that. Thank you so much @pusher. Keep up the good work!

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thanks for our kind words friend! I'm happy you got something out of it.

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Thankes for giving inprotant articile

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you are very welcome...thanks for visiting! =)

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