background preloader

How to Build Your Personal Brand: Step-by-Step Instructions

How to Build Your Personal Brand: Step-by-Step Instructions
Edit Article Changing Your ImageCommunicating with PeopleSucceeding Long-Term Edited by Skelliewag.org, Teresa, Krystle, Jack Herrick and 18 others A ‘personal brand’ is in many ways synonymous with your reputation. When you have a personal brand, people recognize and care about your name, what you’re working on, what you offer, and what you’re about. Ad Steps Part 1 of 3: Changing Your Image 1Stop reaching for any and every bit of publicity. 4Market your personality. Part 2 of 3: Communicating with People 1Communicate with people openly and constantly. 5Let people see you. Part 3 of 3: Succeeding Long-Term 1Create your content. 5Play the long game. Video Great Tips You don’t need to be big to be big. Warnings Never be hypocritical. Sources and Citations Skelliewag.org - Original source, shared with permission. Related:  Personal Branding

How to Inject Creativity into Your Personal Brand [Top 7 Tips] With personal branding becoming mainstream, it is really important to think of more ways to inject creativity in your personal brand. In the past simply securing yourname.com or starting a blog was a sure fire way to stand out, however, nowadays such actions are no longer the exception but the norm. A recent example of an incredibly brilliant way to creatively brand oneself is what Philippe Dubost did to sell himself with an online resume made to look like an Amazon page. His approach led to over 200,000 hits a day, close to 30,000 Facebook likes, and more importantly numerous job offers! To help inject some creativity into your personal branding efforts, consider one of the follow 7 ways to package your personal brand: 1) Infographics: Have you heard of Piktochart? 2) Pinterest Create a board on Pinterest that communicates your brand – pin images that show the story of you maybe even pin a video bio. RELATED: How to Optimise Your Pinterest Page [INFOGRAPHIC] 3) Wordle 4) Paper.li 5) PowToons

Milyen vagy? - Personal Branding A hiteles énmárka alapja az önismeret. Ez azt jelenti, hogy mielőtt eldöntenéd milyen eszközöket használsz, milyen legyen a személyes arculatod vagy kampányolni kezdesz, néhány kérdést fel kell tenned magadnak. Mi a célod? Ezek a kérdések nem a mélyebb lélektani ismeretek megszerzését szolgálják, hanem praktikus céljuk van. Egy jól körülhatárolt énmárka nem csak a megkülönböztetés miatt fontos, hanem egyfajta vezérfonalként is szolgál a szakmai életedet érintő döntésekben. Ha tetszett a poszt, csatlakozz a Personal branding közösséghez. Képek: innen és innen. Personal Branding 101: How to Discover and Create Your Brand Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog. In the past few years personal branding has been discussed exhaustively throughout the Net. The difference between today and over ten years ago when it was first mentioned by Tom Peters, is the rise of social technologies that have made branding not only more personal, but within reach. From the corporate brand (BMW), to the product brand (BMW M3 Coupe) and down to the personal brand (car salesman), branding is a critical component to a customer’s purchasing decision. These days, customer complaints and opinions are online and viewable through a simple search, on either Google or through social networks. There is no hiding anymore and transparency and authenticity are the only means to survive and thrive in this new digital kingdom. We can also have just as much presence as most startups and mid-size companies and products. 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

How to hack your body language for better interviews Research interviews go best when participants feel comfortable and confident — they’re more verbal, more willing to explore, and more willing to play along. So when an interview isn’t going well, I check for signs of low status in the person I’m interviewing and adjust my body language to make them feel more in charge. (These techniques come from improv theater classes I took many years ago in San Francisco. In addition to learning about “yes and,” listening, and teamwork, I was introduced to the important concept of status — and how body language communicates high and low status.) How to spot signs of low status If you’re interviewing someone (for research purposes or otherwise) and see these symptoms, the other person is probably feeling low status and not giving you their best possible participation. Some techniques to boost status and confidence Lower your own status If you come across as a confident expert, some people are less willing to offer up their opinions. Smile! Be grateful

FUCK YEAH HUNGARY, You know you're Hungarian when... Twenty-something Perspective: 5 Keys to Building a Personal Network In the past, the only real way to network with folks outside your daily circle was to attend formal networking events and meet people in person. Now, while formal networking events still have importance, they are supplemented with the Internet and social media. On a daily basis, from my desk, I can interact and “network” with people anywhere in the world; people whom I probably never would have come across otherwise. No doubt: the Internet and social media has fundamentally changed the way we communicate and network. On the other hand, networking has become almost too casual online. For example, anyone can “endorse” your skills on LinkedIn. From my perspective, here are five lessons to keep in mind when first building your network: 1. Just because you can find someone’s email address, Twitter handle, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube channel, blog comment card, etc. does not mean you should contact them on every channel. 2. 3. I hate the lines “please respond” and “please get back to me.” 4. 5.

Expert Enough | Just enough to be dangerous. Twenty-something Perspective: 5 Keys to Building a Personal Network - Ben Heyman If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I also encourage you to follow me on Twitter The Internet and social media has fundamentally changed the way we communicate and network. Networking has almost gotten too casual online. [ideabox]“Social media is a helpful way to enhance serendipity, but there’s no replacement for face-to-face.” Here are some lessons to keep in mind: 1. Just because you can find someone’s email address, Twitter handle, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube channel, blog comment card, etc. does not mean you should be contacting them on every channel. 2. Do not send a long email or social media message explaining why you want to connect. 3. I hate the lines “please respond” and “please get back to me.” 4. This point is related to the one above; if you do not get a response immediately, do not continue to send messages. 5. I wouldn’t ask someone to marry me on the first date, would I? How are you building your personal network?

Related: