Hello. I want to tell you about one of the shifts we’ve seen in recent years that’s really gaining momentum — and becoming an essential for business owners in 2017 is the concept of growing your personal brand.
It’s not enough as a business owner for you to focus on your company brand, you now also need to be building your own personal brand as an AUTHORITY in your industry — it’s what your clients, strategic partners and key stakeholders are taking MORE and MORE notice of… and how YOU manage your personal brand can make a HUGE difference to the number of sales you make and the number of opportunities that open up for you.
This is ESPECIALLY important for you to think about if you’re not currently getting the level of new business you really want or need… if you’re NOT standing out from the crowd, chances are YOU ideal clients are heading to one of your competitors who are.
The same can be said of joint ventures — or other strategic partnerships.
If your profile is NOT as visible as it needs to be, THOSE opportunities could be currently slipping you by.
Of course, putting yourself out there in the limelight CAN be confronting — and time consuming.
So you really do need to have a strategic plan to get results.
One person who knows a lot about stepping into the spotlight is PR and Social Media expert, Catriona Pollard.
She’s generated millions of dollars of media exposure for her clients and, recently, she made the decision to step out from behind the scenes and grow her OWN personal brand with DRAMATIC results —
including winning new multi-national clients, publishing her first book, being asked to speak all over the world (including a coveted speaking spot at TEDx) and creating new revenue streams.
A little while back Catriona presented a training for us and she shared some gems about how you can use PR and Social Media to really boost your personal brand AND stand out from the crowd.
And here are the top tips she shared with me for anyone getting started building their personal brand:
1. Start DEFINING your personal brand before you do ANY profile building work using PR or social media.
How do you want to be POSITIONED, what do you stand for, what’s your style of voice – this is your “one thing” – the voice across all the platforms .
For example, Apple’s “one thing” is INNOVATION and Richard Branson is “entrepreneurship” – Distill YOU positioning to one word.
2. “OWN” your title and role as “the expert” (acknowledge this and recognise this for yourself – be prepared to tell people you are an expert – back yourself).
3. KNOW YOUR MOTIVATION – why do you want to build your personal brand? What is your fundamental “why” (need to connect to that why)?
What is your platform? Don’t dilute your platform.
4. DETERMINE YOUR NICHE and stay true to that.
5. Write your BRAND STATEMENT – This brings your “one thing” and your platform together.
Catriona shared a range of really valuable tips for building and managing your personal brand with PR and Social Media and you can check out her Stand Out From The Crowd training in the Online Learning Centre.
There are also a number of other trainings and in the Learning Centre that cover a range of topics related to successful growing your personal brand and authority, including:
REFLECT YOUR SUCCESS – in which we look at how to build your personal brand with international expert Marny Lifshen.
In the training SPEAK UP AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE we focus on presentation skills for business owners. It’s really important to have the skills to present your message effectively.
In the training HOW TO BE A POWER CONNECTOR – we arm you with tips to build your brand through networking and connecting with the right people.
All of these trainings are priced at $59… or you can get access to the entire library of over 170 trainings — valued at $10,030 as part of our special Summer School promotion for just one small payment of $147.
If you’ve been meaning to get some traction with your personal brand, this Summer is the ideal time to dig into these trainings and get the support you need.
Learning is one of the most valuable things you can do for your business and I know it’s hard to find the time – that’s why we’ve put Summer School together.
You get full access for 30 days.
You have flexibility about when, where and how you dip into the content and you can watch or listen to it as many times as you like.
But we’re only keeping this open for a limited time. (Time is quickly running out and we only offer this once a year. Offer ends 20 January 2016.)
Simply go here to access Catriona Pollard’s Stand Out from the Crowd — PLUS all the other trainings mentioned in this video AND our entire catalogue of more than 170 programs for just $147.
