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Personal Branding- Promote The Brand "YOU"

 

How will you define yourself without giving basic facts like your name?
Think of yourself as a Brand; How are you going to promote yourself in the competitive world? All you need is your Personal Branding to set yourself stand out from the crowd!
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What is Personal Brand?

Your Personal Brand is YOU and it is about how you promote yourself to others so that your target audience, e.g. employers, take interest in working with you. The unique combination of your skills, experience, and personality makes you stand out from the crowd of competitors.
Your Personal Brand can be vital to you professionally, giving you a chance to demonstrate your knowledge and skills in your areas of expertise.

How to identify Personal Brand

Here are a few important questions to ponder over, while building your Personal Brand:

Who is your target audience?

Identify which companies or organizations will allow you to work with your passion focusing on what employers in that field are looking for in candidates.

What are your vision and purpose?

Think of the most needed or important area of life that you want to see transformed or improved. This is your vision. What role might you play in making your vision happen? This is your purpose.

What are your values?

Your values are your guiding principles – things like motivation, teamwork, agility, calmness, persistence, decisiveness, perseverance, optimism, honesty, integrity, etc. Knowing your top values helps you choose employers whose values match yours.

What is your passion?

What do you most enjoy doing – in your personal and professional life? Think about the activities, interests, or conversational topics that energize you. Think about how your passions unite with what you do best.

What are your top Personal Brand attributes?

Think about how you define your personality? What words do others (at work and elsewhere) use to describe you? Which personality traits define how you work personally and professionally? Here are a few examples of brand attributes: Collaborative, resilient, risk-taking, visionary, diplomatic, intuitive, precise, ethical, genuine, etc.

Answering the above questions will help you find your true self and goal, which eventually helps build your personal brand to stand out from the crowd.

Always remember, authenticity is the key!

Example

Here's how I would like to promote my personality:

I am highly motivated to positively impact all I encounter daily while learning the best from every experience.

The above line can be very effective as it concisely shows the positive characteristics I associate with my mission. The line indicates that my Personal Brand offers my self-motivation, kindness, positivity, and reliability for the mission of constant learning and effort toward being productive and growing.

I encourage the readers to share similar ideas in the comment section on how they plan to promote themselves by incorporating skills, mission, and vision.

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • What is your Personal Branding?
Personal Branding is your own unique identity which helps you to have a well-defined and consistent appearance and message for your target audiences like employers, business clients, customers, etc. It helps you to promote skills and values to have personal or professional advantages.
  • How do I start Personal Branding?
First, realize your mission and vision, then identify your target audiences who can help you to fulfill your mission and vision. Next, list out the skills and values that help you to remain true to your passions. Finally, try to define yourself in the best possible way, highlighting your vision of life along with the most effective skills and values as the guiding factors to fulfill the vision. Also, identify the Personal Brand color that represents your skills and values in the best way and use the color visual identity for all of your digital presence, like LinkedIn, Email signature, etc.
  • What are 5 tips for building your own personal brand?
1. Know yourself (passion, mission, vision, skills, values) 2. Know your target audiences 3. Think in a realistic way 4. Build your definition of YOU and start communicating the same 5. Be consistent with continuous self-evaluation and improvement.
  • What are the benefits of personal branding?
The major benefits of personal branding are the following: You develop your personality with confidence and smartness; You are steps ahead in your career choice; You sell your skills or expertise professionally; You stand out from the crowd; Eventually, you achieve your goal.
  • What is the power of personal branding?
Personal Branding helps one represent themselves in the best possible way, highlighting their unique skills, expertise, traits, etc. It helps one to influence the perception of their target audience by their expertise, story, or credibility, which helps them stand out from the crowd, giving professional advantages.

Related

It is all about marketing the Brand which is YOU and one of the effective ways is to associate your Personal Brand with color. Check the post: Personal Branding- Identify Your Brand Color. Also check, Effective Communication Skills- To Impress & Influence and Interview Tips & Preparation.

In the comment section, you are welcome to share suggestions that you may have for me to discuss or share.
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