Personal/Professional Branding
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What is a personal professional brand?
How can it help your career and the
industry?
What’s my brand?
Which digital communication tools can help
me build my brand?
What are we doing today?
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JUST YOU
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You’re a brand too.
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A brand is a person’s perceptions of their
experiences with a product or service.
Your personal brand should represent the
value you are able to consistently deliver to
those whom you are serving.
- Glenn Llopis
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IF I HAD A NICKEL FOR
EVERY TIME I GOT
DISTRACTED,
I WANT A PUPPY.
PIE Chart
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Performance = Your day-
to-day work and results
Image = What other people
think of you and your work
Exposure = Who knows
who you are and what you
do
- Harvey Coleman “Empowering Yourself, The
Organizational Game Revealed” Then Now
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PERFORMANCE:
Can you say that you
know what you are doing
and you can answer
questions about it?
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IMAGE:
Do you feel like others
trust you with what you
say you do?
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EXPOSURE:
Do others come to you
instinctively when they
need something related
to your field?
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EXPOSURE:
More importantly, do you feel
that management knows
what you do, is excited about
what you do and would
come to you if they needed
help?
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HOW TO BUILDABRAND
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WRITEABRAND
STATEMENT
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What are you known for? What do you want
people to think when they think of you?
Write a brand statement for yourself.
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Image & Performance
To (target audience), (your name) is the (blank)
provider/service of (blank) delivered through (blank).
To the dairy industry, Don Schindler is a thought leader
for creative integrated marketing and communications
solutions delivered by digital communications and
educational training.
140 characters:
@donschindler is a creative marketing professional who
teaches you how to use social media and digital
communication tools.
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Brand Statement
I can give your communication staff the skills to tell a
story to your audience that will get them to act the way
you want. Even if you think all your staff knows how to do
is send out a press release.
Guarantee to work. If not, you'll get your money back.
Did I mention that my training is free?
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Brand Position
With every interaction (whether a question or
conversation), I promise to give you the best possible
return for your time taken with me.
In other words, I want your TRUST.
You can trust me to be honest, to have your best
interest in mind, to give you a reason, to focus on you
and what you are trying to accomplish, etc…
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Trust
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How long does it take to earn trust?
Trust is earned by consistent performance. This doesn’t
mean it’s only 10% of your time. It’s 100% of your time
and it can easily be lost or broken.
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YOUAREA
STORYTELLER
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HOW TO TELL YOUR
STORY:
- Just be you
- Just talk to people like
friends
- Just use your experiences
- Just practice
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Exposure = Sharing
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With digital communications tools
you can shape your professional
brand to make it look the way you
want it to.
It can be a huge asset.
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Blog or
Website
Business
Cards
Attending
Events
Join Peer
Groups
Social
Media
Sites
Corporate
Blog
Email
Signature
Email Database/CRM
Capture all contacts
to start relationships.
Exposure
BLOGGING
• My home on the web
• Can be done for free
• Search engines love blogs
• Easy to do and gives you personality
• Comments/Feedback
• Inbound links
• No one can change the rules on your
death star
Blog Power
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SOCIAL MEDIA
• It’s the easiest to maintain
• More connections gives you a
bigger network
• Your online resume and portfolio
• Public recommendations
• Groups to help networking
• Connected to Twitter and
Facebook with a third party
application
LinkedIn Power
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• Connections are everything – connect with
everyone you meet in business.
• Correct people’s profiles and summaries for
advanced search.
• Groups can be strong but difficult to maintain.
• Tag others in updates to get their attention.
• Understand there is more reading/stalking then
interaction.
• Use LinkedIn Pulse and share relevant content to
your networks.
LinkedIn Tips
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• 1.25 billion people
• Professional and personal life blend the most
• Share, Comment, Like, Friend
• Positive messages are shared more
• The use of lists is a must to control the algorithm
• Your digital diary
Facebook
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Facebook Power
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• Try and use graphics or videos with links to drive
back to website.
• Funny stuff drives a lot of engagement along with
questions.
• Worry more about engagement and not numbers
(straight from Facebook).
• Pay for play on Facebook.
• Use employee advocates to engage in company
posts.
Facebook Tips
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• Fastest way to meet people you don’t know
• News and rumors travel fast
• Lots of noise and marketing garbage
• Use lists to control
• Follow advocates and monitor detractors
• Able to track conversations and trends
Facebook
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Twitter Power
RT = Retweet
MT = Modified Tweet – if you altered the tweet, shortened, etc. it’s
common courtesy to use MT
TY, THX or TKS = Thank you
DM = Direct Message use d @username You use this to talk
directly to someone similar to email. ONLY the receiver will see this
@agnesk = only @agnesk will see this tweet OR people who follow
both you and the tweet sender
.@agnesk = everyone who follows you sees this tweet
Hey @agnesk = everyone who follows you sees this tweet
#FF = Follow Friday
Facebook
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Twitter Language
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• Use common hashtags (creating your own is hard)
• Use tools like ManageFlitter, Tweepi, or TweetAdder to add people
• Use favorites to get people to follow
• Do NOT auto-reply
• Tweets with links in the middle
• Use third party apps to control like Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, Tweetcaster.
• Use search to answer questions
Twitter Tips
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• Visual search (much better than traditional)
• Recipes, clothes, decorations, crafts, infographics, and more…
• Heavy use by women
• 70 million users and growing
• Can drive extreme traffic to websites
• Still a new network
Pinterest
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• Instagram
• YouTube
• Snapchat
• Yelp
• Flickr
• Vine
• Jelly
Other Networks
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Secrets of Personal Branding Success
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Help others first. Highlight
them, encourage them and
in return they will be there
for you.
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Secrets of Personal Branding Success
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Don’t rant or be a Debbie
Downer. Negative posts
garner initial attention but
it fades quickly.
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Secrets of Personal Branding Success
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Don’t try and do all
networks at once. Pick one
and dig deeper.
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Secrets of Personal Branding Success
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Schedule some
time for it. 20
minutes a day
if you can.
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MEASURE:
Ask people who they think
you are – adjust as
necessary.
Google yourself – what does
it say you are?
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CONNECT:
donschindler.com
don.schindler@rosedmi.com
@donschindler
What is a personal professional brand?
How can it help your career and the
industry?
What’s my brand?
Which digital communication tools can help
me build my brand?
Did you learn something?
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Just Google Me.
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How Do You Create Personal and Professional Brand