If you have had a few jobs by now, you do realize how important your resume becomes whenever you are looking for the next opportunity. If you are an entrepreneur, you know how important it is that your prospect takes you seriously.

Important Elements Of A Powerful Personal Brand Online And Offline

Over the years, I’ve helped many people in building their personal brand online. Yet, I’ve also met those who don’t believe in personal branding online though they do work very hard to build and maintain their brand value in traditional ways.

Working with people from various walks of life and helping them leverage the power of the internet and social media, has been a tremendous experience. The process of personal branding is a lot of fun and also challenging at times. It is fun because it is not just very engaging but also very rewarding when you do it right. But, it becomes a challenge when the process is broken.

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The goal of a brand name is to attract more business, more customers towards it. The goal of  branding is to influence the marketplace positively to drive more revenues.

Rules Personal Branding Every Entrepreneur Should Know

Whether you are just starting out as an entrepreneur, or you have some business background, you know that we all are a brand name. Depending on how small or big our circle of influence is, we all have a brand value. We all influence people around us.

For a brand to be truly magnetic, to attract more people towards it, here are 9 most important rules of branding engagement. The more you are aware of these rules and the more you practice being sincere about your branding activities, the more magnetic your brand value is going to be with time. So, here you go:

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With the rise of social media and online marketing, social media consulting has become a flourishing industry in itself. Many business owners outsource the task of social media marketing to somebody who can handle it well.

Hiring Social Media Consultant For Branding And Online Marketing

It is such an important area and there are so many self-proclaimed internet and online marketing experts out there. As a business owner, if you plan to hire a social media expert, you must select the person you choose to work with very carefully.

You need someone who can understand your value system, raise your brand awareness in the marketplace and help your brand name gain popularity in social media. Here are 12 key checkpoints you can use to evaluate your prospective social media consultant:

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Personal Branding, I really believe, is the most important aspect of your marketing. It is particularly important to book authors, life coaches, entrepreneurs and public speakers because success in these professions depends on your credibility in the marketplace. The more the credibility, the better your chances are of success.

Personal Branding Is Extremely Important For Public Speakers-Book Authors-Writers and Life Coaches

What Is Personal Branding?

Wikipedia says : “Personal branding, self-positioning and all individual branding by whatever name, was first introduced in 1937 in the book 'Think and Grow Rich' by Napoleon Hill.”

Personal branding, by definition, is the process by which we market ourselves to others. As a brand, we have the ability to leverage the same strategies that make these celebrities or corporate brands apply. We can build brand equity and our online presence just like the celebrities and corporations.

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The rewards of blogging are awesome. However, your blogging challenge begins as soon as you get engaged in choosing the best suited platform for your blogging needs. It is an important point to think about if you are just starting out on the journey and it also confuses many aspiring bloggers, naturally.

How To Choose The Best Blogging Platform For Personal Branding, Internet Marketing Or Blogging For Business

We discussed earlier, why blogging is important for your personal branding, and now, having established the need for blogging, let’s discuss what is the best platform for your blogging needs.

Today, there are several blogging platforms to choose from as you get ready to start. However, the best thing is, you aren’t stuck for life with the platform you choose today. If you get started with one platform and later decide that you want to switch to another, it’s very easy to do that as well. Therefore, it should make your decision much easier. 

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Personal Branding GPS eBook by Kumar Gauraw with Krishna World Wide TeamThe subject of Personal Branding is no more a new phenomena. Everybody knows and everybody is doing it. It is more critical today than ever to your success as the world is getting much more competitive and noisy today than ever.  But the question is, Are you doing it for you?

Whether you are in school looking out to grab your dream job or you are employed already the personal branding is of absolute importance to your career. And… If you are an entrepreneur, you need branding like nobody else.

Here is a very well presented 2.46 minute video that talks about the importance of personal branding for job. I believe this video will challenge you to think even if you aren't looking for job. It is worth giving your 3 minutes!

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