Communication is key to building your personal brand
Rasheed Palliyalil, Media Visibility Expert - PR, Personal Branding, Communications, Leadership
PR Account Director helping leaders & organizations maximize their visibility in the marketplace with the right mix of strategies, plans & messages. Writer I Thought Leadership Strategist | Media Trainer
Personal branding is not a new concept. Leaders and celebrities have been practicing this for years. That is why they became leaders and celebrities. So, why do we see personal branding as something new and very critical in these times? Because social media platforms have democratized the idea of a personal brand.
Like never before in the history of humankind and in the world of business, community and organizational leaders, have realized how important is social media to increase their visibility in society.
Small and medium-sized businesses are highly engaging with their target customers on social media marketing. Businesses can build a substantial following on social media with the right marketing.
Why personal branding is important now for leaders of corporate companies? Because consumers are tired of the corporate-selling attitude. They are looking for a more genuine experience with their brands.
Let’s check how business owners can attract many followers as individual brands by using social media platforms. Let’s see how to establish long-lasting personal relationships with their clients and target market.
Here are a few tips for leaders to grow their personal brands:
Personalize
Personal branding is all about bringing a personal element to your message. Share your experience by leveraging personal interaction with them. Get your clients to feel as though you are caring about them specifically. This feeling will create an emotional response making the buyer loyal to the brands.
Influence
Influence your target market and clients by building good relationships with them. Engage with your followers in each of your social media posts even if you have fewer followers. In many cases, micro-influencers can make a bigger impact than smaller social media personalities.
Communication
For all brands, the key to influence is communication. Take it as the most vital function to establish a strong relationship with their customers. Communication helps to forge stronger relationships and build customer credibility and loyalty.
Connection
Cultivate connections with clients. Because connection generates credibility. Building connections with customers and clients will breed loyalty and brand evangelism – to spread an intentional positive message. Fans and followers can be your best ambassadors when it comes to marketing.
How connection works better? It works better when you offer your clients an idea from your life that can help them change their lives as well.
Heal the pain in the market
When you compete in the market, ensure that you offer something that others don't offer. Crush the competition by meeting the needs of customers. See a need in the market and fill that need. Heal the pain of the marketplace.
Sales
Create a value proposition to deal with what your client can afford. Never try to sell a consumer something they cannot afford. The process of sales is all about settling for something your customers can afford. The simple strategy that works trying to build a rapport with customers and understand their needs and then fulfill those needs with something thy client can pay for.
Personal brands need to deal with the challenges of competition by creating brand awareness in the marketplace. And the best thing to do about it is to learn from those who have already overcome those hurdles and become successful personal brands.