Creating a personal brand

Robin Good gives 10 steps to creating a personal brand. Great stuff.

Think like a free agent.
Discover what sets you apart and market it shamelessly.
Get visible.
Stop networking, and build a network.
Add value - and then some.
Accelerate your brand power by getting in sync with a major trend in your field and moving to the head of it.
Marry an important, ethical cause as a complement to what you like to do
Share before looking for profit.
Help others become as successful as you.
Question yourself and your approach systematically - get forever curious.

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Comments

[Baile]

Of course those are great ideas however the one that hit home for me was also "stop networking and build a network." It seems like this would be a hard concept but I have found a great website for just this www.personavita.com it helps you build a network of you. Through personal and professional experiences. I have found it a great jumpstart to my personal brand.

[anon]

What a crock. More marketing business bull shit that doesn't actually mean anything. "Get forever curious" - come on. Buzz words like this are what really annoys me about people like you. You add absolutely no value to anything, and you have no worth as a person. Let's throw around words and make things more complicated than they need to be so I can validate my six figure income. You'd be more useful to business as a cashier in McDonalds.

[Kevin Salwen]

I love her concept of "stop networking and build a network." Finding the team that can be the sounding board for your vision and then share in the joys and struggles of bringing it to life brings a new definition to the concept of work. Now it's personal, it's your life.