About Personal Branding
The process of personal branding is first to understand what makes you unique. What do you provide that is different from others? Do you deliver your services or products in ways that are distinct from your competitors and colleagues? Is it the ways that you make your clients feel when working with you that make you distinct?
You also need to know who your audience is. You must be specific when it comes to defining whom the audience is that you want to reach. It helps to understand their age, where they are located, how they like to work with people in your industry, what their concerns and desires are, and what part you play in making their life better through your work.
The second part of the personal branding process is to find the tools and resources to communicate your brand. This can include where and how you communicate with the public online, in print, and in person. You will also want to determine what the content themes are that you will express to your audience to provide them with valuable information as well as build your thought-leadership as a professional in your field.
The final part of the personal branding process is to ensure that you are expressing your brand in everything that surrounds you. This can include your office environment, the way that you dress, the business tools that you use, and even the briefcase or purse that you carry. Everything contributes to communicating your brand.
The tools that you use to communicate can include the graphic design and verbal expression of your brand. You always want what you say to match the visual expression of what you stand for in your business. For example, you may not want to choose the color Hot Pink as part of your brand color palette if your brand is described as serious and conservative, even if it happens to be one of your favorite colors. This is an obvious example, but I use it to make a point about consistency of your brand expression and how deep it can go.
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