Building A Personal Brand

So let's take a look at how you can go about the task of building a personal brand for yourself.

To start with take a look at your own skills, talents, knowledge and any other personal attributes.  What strengths do you possess and can provide for an employer or client?  What is it about you that makes you different from those you know well such as colleagues, your friends or members of your family.  What unique qualities do you have that have helped you to achieve so far in your career or field of activity?

One of the things that people often do is to start to define themselves by their current job title or something else that describes what they do to earn a living.  Put that to one side for now and focus on the underpinning skills, qualities and talents that you have.

Build on those strengths that you have identified as part of building your personal brand.  If you are a superb organizer then you should promote yourself as such. 

It may be that you are a very good communicator or you are someone who is very focused. These are all skills that you can empasize.  Whatever skills set you have that set you apart from others are the ones that you should be emphasizing.

Once you have determined what makes up your “personal brand” then you need to sell that brand to improve your career or to promote your own business.

If you are employed then why not try asking for more work!  Not so that you become over burdened but if you offer your services on extra projects they will help you to show off your best skills.If you work for yourself then look for opportunities to show off your talents by adding extra value to the work you do for clients.

Many people dream of being able to work for themselves but are not sure that they have the knowledge or skills to do so.  By sitting down and working through an analysis of your skills and talents you may be able to identify areas that you could develop into a new career.

Let's say that you would like to earn an income from writing!  You may not feel that you could do it simply by giving up your current role and started a new career.  However, using sites such as Wizzley you could start to building a personal brand as a writer in your spare time. 

If there’s a skill that you have which you would love to be able to teach, why not offer a course at your local community college or a workshop at a local business? Don't sit back and wait for the opportunity to come knocking at your door.  Having defined your skills and talents you can start Using your personal brand to create opportunities for success.

Building a personal brand will take time and you will adjust as you go along and as you as an individual develop