Sunday, March 30, 2008

Three Key Ingredients In Branding

Personal Branding can be the most influential tool for success in your self-marketing toolkit. You can identify, package and sell who you are to build a personal brand that results in business growth, influence, and income. Here are three key things you need to develop a strong personal brand: 1. Get clear on your personal strengths, talents, values, and core area of expertise. Understand how you connect best with people. Consider what your target audience needs and wants, and then identify the value and the experience that you can deliver to meet those needs and wants. Communicate in ways that reach into the hearts and minds of your target audience and connect with their core values and deepest desires. 2. The personal branding process is about having self-awareness of your strengths and talents, and then letting everyone know about your gifts, talents, and experience. It's about giving a clear impression of who you are, what you value, what you're committed to, and how you can be counted upon to act. Your branding statement must provide a clear, concise view of your unique set of strengths and tell why you can do it better than anyone else. You need to be able to state clearly and unequivocally why you are different than everyone else, and what services you offer that make you unique and set you ahead of your competition.3.Consistency is one of the keys to building a strong personal brand. Be aware of being consistent in every interaction you have, both in what you say and how you respond.Establishing a Professional Brand is absolutely critical to long term, sustainable business growth. In an overcrowded marketplace, if you're not standing out, then you're invisible. Branding your products and services will give you an edge over your competition and enhance your value to your target market.

12 comments:

John Raines said...

wow thanks for even more great information on branding - no one in business can afford to be invisible - John Raines Google Me

Gary(coop)Cooper said...

Great new infromtion on branding it really helps me

DigitalDon said...

With so many business people competing for the same customers with the same products and services, you have to differentiate yourself from the others somehow, and you're absolutely right - your brand will make the difference.

People prefer to do business with someone they feel they can trust to provide them with value. Properly establishing your brand goes a long way towards building the bridge of trust that must exist between you and your customer before they will ever commit to buying anything from you.

Very thought-provoking and an excellent topic!

Ask Carole Percifield said...

I really never gave branding a thought before starting my classes with FWU. Now it is showing up everywhere. Great information.

rhonda olin said...

I was familiar with branding but didn't understand how easy it could be. Great info.

Rhonda Olin - Google Me

michael curry said...

Branding is most definitely very important to long term success...
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Debra Perrine - Google Me said...

Great information Ken, thank you!

Cool Beans said...

Brilliant and very Cool Beans!

Kann Do Girl said...

Definitely 3 great keys to branding. Thanks Ken

Ask Dwayne petersen said...

Branding your name or pin name is way more important to do than trying to brand the copmany you deal with or the Product.

BRAND YOUR SELF

Dwayne Petersen
Google Me

mike jackson said...

Hey Ken
Thanks for the great info branding yourself is the way to go.

Bob Caine said...

John, great post. I always look forward to your posts. They always give me new information.