17 November 2008 12 Comments

Personal branding basics

Author: yinkaolaito

Yinka Olaito is happy,excited and passionate Brand Communication, Social Media expert, Trainer and speaker. Yinka Olaito helps brands(Profits and Non-profits)with effective communication and positioning for premium service delivery and returns.Yinka Olaito also has special interest in Development Communication and has consulted for noted UN Agencies. Yinka Olaito is the CCO of Michael Sage consulting and African Child Right Inc.Lagos Nigeria


Like a corporate organization, personal branding is also essential. Personal branding is the ladder an individual uses to escape the average, a device one uses to help potential buyers or readers perceive one as the person they have been looking for. The need to differentiate today is becoming an unavoidable route.

 

We live in a world where you either niche or itch. Without a niche, an individual has no future so to say. An individual with hard skill in whatever profession may discover that he/she may not attract the right opportunity without a strong personal brand.

 

The bottom-line is that personal brand gives a person the ability to stand out in the sea of similar products. To be memorable, individual personal brand must work on achieving congruence in all his life management.

 

I am aware that the level of awareness for the need for personal branding among our professionals here is still low, I have decided to start a series on the need for personal branding for different professionals. I have identified twenty professions that need to take urgent action in improving their needs for personal branding.

 

I will begin the series tomorrow and it is just a preview of a free ebook on personal branding that I will release to my community soon. But remember the way you position your personal brand will determine the premium that can be accruable to you.

 

Strong personal brand attracts greater dividends and I believe yours will stand out. Personal brand helps individual to establish a credibility that your market will be seeking after.

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