One of the most common goals that many have when wanting to build a personal brand is to assist them in finding a new job. Your personal brand is simply you sharing your story and who you are. Therefore, the goal of leveraging your personal brand for a new job is to be able to strategically communicate what you want and what you are looking for in a position.
Many feel that a personal website is only for creatives to present a portfolio—a personal website can be for anyone! Here are 5 ideas of what you should be including on your personal brand website — which includes resources, template ideas, and more. This post will provide you the inspiration you need to build your website today.
Building a personal brand can be intimidating and overwhelming. Where should I start? What should I focus on? Which platforms should I prioritize? I created a simple and fun quiz to help provide clarity on the next steps you should take to build your personal brand. The quiz topic is, “What is your personal brand missing?”
With a New Year and a new decade, you might already be overwhelmed with the idea of setting goals for the year. Many times we focus on setting our personal resolutions, but don’t always focus on setting actionable resolutions for our careers. Our career goals usually center around moving on to a new position–which is a great goal to have–but you should also be focusing on other ways that you can create growth goals in your current position.
Many feel that building a personal brand is simply about figuring out what to post on social media. The most important element of building your personal brand is actually about knowing where you want to be in a year. I love working with clients and empowering them to identify their goals, who they want to be, and where they want to go.
Visual assets are extremely important when telling your story and building your personal brand. It might feel scary or unnatural to be planning a photoshoot for yourself, but it is essential for any female executive building their personal brand. We compiled tips on how to prep for your photoshoot so you can feel confident about the day and the final images!
Some choose true crime shows to listen to, my podcast of choice tends to be personal and professional development. Here are a few podcasts I highly recommend for my fellow women in business. And if you have recommendations, leave them in the comments!
This is not about growing your following to 1M, or you taking perfect photos on your vacation, or pretending to be someone you are not. I want you to be more INTENTIONAL about how you are using social media in order to position yourself for your ideal opportunities.
My inspiration for creating Be Digable is to help female executives elevate their presence online in order to be seen as the thought leaders they are within their companies. Here is our list of female executives making their mark on social media.
Creating a calendar and planning ahead is going to be the key to build your personal brand. One of the biggest requests I have received from YOU is a content planning calendar. Therefore, I have created a 3-page worksheet that you can print our or save to assist you with your content planning.
Stacy is a thought leader in female empowerment and entrepreneurship. In 2015, she opened her second company, RISE Collaborative Workspace. RISE Collaborative is both a workspace for professional women to conduct business and a curated community for women focused on growing professionally and personally. They launched their first location in St. Louis, MO and are about to launch their second space in Denver, CO.
We are launching our brand new series, Women Who Lead, with Kristy Wallace, the CEO of Ellevate Network. Women Who Lead aims to highlight female leaders and their unique perspectives on how they got to where they are today. Kristy is responsible for executing Ellevate Network’s mission to close the gender achievement gap in business by providing professional women with a global community to lean on and learn from.
When I talk to clients about personal branding, they admit they don’t have the time to keep up with it. However, we should make it a priority because it is important. And if you dedicated ONE hour on a Sunday to plan things out for the week—you would be set!
The environment around you plays a big part in contributing to your everyday success and motivation. It is important that you surround yourself with an inspired space that fuels your creativity, motivation and happiness. It is the little things that you add to your office or space, that can make a big difference.
A personal brand is about so much more than influence. A personal brand IS who you are. Therefore, in order to set your personal brand strategy, you must first clarify your goals. What do you want? What are you trying to communicate? Who is it that you want to be?