Ways to Improve Your Personal Brand
Your personal brand is what people think of you. It’s how you want to be perceived, and it can be very powerful in determining your success.
For example, if you have a strong personal brand, you will build trust with employers who are looking to hire someone like you. If your personal brand is weak or not well-defined yet, then no one will know what kind of person they’re hiring when they bring you into the fold at their company. And that means that neither of us wins.
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Post consistently on social media
Posting regularly on social media is a surefire way to build your audience, your brand, and everything else. The more you post, the more of a presence you’ll have online. The better that presence is, the more interesting and engaging it is, the better off you’ll be as far as building your brand goes.
You might think that posting “regularly” means something different for everyone: some people post every day (or even multiple times per day), while others only post once per week or less frequently than that.
It doesn’t matter how much or how little you post; what matters is that each individual post promotes and builds on the other ones in such a way that it helps build up your overall reputation within the community of people who follow or interact with your personal brand online.
This includes things like commenting on other people’s posts (and vice versa), sharing relevant articles/blogs/articles from reputable sources which relate back to whatever it was that inspired this particular article’s creation in the first place (this one for example).
Personalize your brand
- Personalize your brand. Don’t be afraid to put a little personality into your personal brand. It’s a good thing. Make sure it’s consistent across all platforms, but feel free to make it fun and exciting. Who you are as an individual will shine through in the way you use social media and blog posts, so be sure that these projects have some element of connection with who you are on a personal level. This will help others connect with you more easily and build trust in what they see from your page.
- Build credibility through consistency and community building: Your audience needs to know what to expect when they arrive at any given place where they might find content from you, whether it be on social media or in another online space like your website or blog, and consistency is key for this reason (along with many other reasons.).
Be authentic
The best way to improve your personal brand is by being yourself.
The most successful people don’t try to be something they’re not, and they certainly don’t pretend they’re perfect. You shouldn’t either.
You need to be true to yourself and honest about your strengths and weaknesses, values, goals, past, present, and future so that you can build a strong personal brand that is consistent with who you really are.
Update your online presence
Updating your online presence is a great way to get your name out there, and it’s also a great way to keep yourself current. Make sure that all of your social media profiles are up-to-date and consistent with one another, as well as with any other websites you have on the web.
It’s also important that you update your website regularly – when was the last time you updated its design? Did you last update an article on it?
A good rule of thumb is once per month for all of these things: email signature (this should include links to all of your social media accounts), LinkedIn profile (make sure it has current information), resume, and cover letter (the content should be updated as often as possible), portfolio/links offsite (if applicable), business card design/content
Be active in the community (online and offline)
There are many ways you can get involved in your industry, whether that means joining a group or group chat on Slack, organizing meetups for your niche (or even just attending them), being active on social media, or creating content for blogs.