Some of you may have noticed that there’s been quite a bit of talk about branding on ABOH lately. This is because, on Thursday I've got my first public speaking gig about – you guessed it – branding! I'm going to be speaking to journalism students about building a personal brand.
You’re probably fed up of people telling you how important branding is, so don’t fret. I'm not going to repeat what they say. But some people think once they've branded up their website, they’re sorted.
The truth is, you’re not even close.
Building a personal brand online doesn't start and end with your website. Sure, your site might be the core of your brand. But what about the other aspects that help to bring your brand together?
And what I mean by that is – social media.
Social media is so important for your brand. It helps to bring everything together.
It helps you to develop more of a personal identity, establish your expertise and stand out.
You want to be everywhere.
But when someone comes across you on social media, how will they know they've found who they’re looking for? How will they know they've found you?
By branding.
So today, I wanted to take you through in a really simple way how you can brand yourself using social media. Let’s go!
Step 1: Google Yourself
It just got real, guys. Now, I'm not one for Googling myself. But this will show you how interlinked the platforms for your personal brand are.
So what you need to do is use the name of your blog. Now, if your blog name is something different to your full name you can do a search for both of them. But for me, I’d just do a search for “a branch of holly.”
Here's what my search results look like:
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