What My Rebranding Means For You

What My Rebranding Means For You The last few weeks weve spent quite a bit of time on my re-branding I hope to wrap this up and bring a message back to you. Its no secret that Im big on personal branding. I love personal branding. Why? Because with a strong, or appropriate, personal brand you can create pull-marketing, rather than push-marketing. When I was in my job search I was a nobody. I was cliche, a commodity, a dime-a-dozen. No one had heard of me, and I was a perceived expert in nothing. I knew that I had expertise, and could bring value to the equation, but nobody knew that, nor did they know me. My job search was a lot of push-marketing, and it was painful. The power of a personal brand changes all of that. Create your personal brand, be on-brand, let your brand permeate your market, and youll see pull-marketing. People will call you and want to get to know you better. Your job search will be completely different (be aware, this doesnt happen overnight!). In my JibberJobber re-branding exercise Ive been amazed at the feedback. Not only have the votes and comments been powerful, Ive received a lot of advice outside of the Survey Monkey poll (hey, one more day to vote go do it now!). How would YOU do the same thing for YOUR brand? A lot of times, in order to figure out what our brand is or could or should be its helpful to understand how we are perceived. This has been huge for me, and it could be huge for you. Its actually quite easy. Theres a company called Reach Communications Consulting, which helps professionals like you develop and execute your own personal branding strategy. One of the tools they offer is a 360 Personal Branding Assessment. For less than $30 you sign up and get started. The idea is many of your professional contacts get a survey about YOU, and they anonymously enter their thoughts on who you are helping you understand how you are perceived. Maybe you think you are a hotshot, CEO-type that excels in strategic planning and motivating the worker-bees. And then you get your Reach 360 feedback and learn that most people think you are more reserved, very logical and detail oriented perhaps you are better suited for a Project Management role right now. Just knowing that empowers you to make a better decision for your career path, or can encourage you to get better training and mentoring to become that motivating CEO. Theres power in knowing how you are perceived. If this is interesting to you, I encourage you to check out the Reach 360 program. Again, its less than $30. If you need help there are over 200 certified personal branding strategists in 21 countries who can help you. My JibberJobber partners who are certified can be found on my career expert partner page. The partners who are sponsoring this contest who are also Reach Personal Branding Strategists are: Deb Dib Walter Akana Megan Fitzgerald If you do it, let me know how it goes! I think its a great investment! What My Rebranding Means For You The last few weeks weve spent quite a bit of time on my re-branding I hope to wrap this up and bring a message back to you. Its no secret that Im big on personal branding. I love personal branding. Why? Because with a strong, or appropriate, personal brand you can create pull-marketing, rather than push-marketing. When I was in my job search I was a nobody. I was cliche, a commodity, a dime-a-dozen. No one had heard of me, and I was a perceived expert in nothing. I knew that I had expertise, and could bring value to the equation, but nobody knew that, nor did they know me. My job search was a lot of push-marketing, and it was painful. The power of a personal brand changes all of that. Create your personal brand, be on-brand, let your brand permeate your market, and youll see pull-marketing. People will call you and want to get to know you better. Your job search will be completely different (be aware, this doesnt happen overnight!). In my JibberJobber re-branding exercise Ive been amazed at the feedback. Not only have the votes and comments been powerful, Ive received a lot of advice outside of the Survey Monkey poll (hey, one more day to vote go do it now!). How would YOU do the same thing for YOUR brand? A lot of times, in order to figure out what our brand is or could or should be its helpful to understand how we are perceived. This has been huge for me, and it could be huge for you. Its actually quite easy. Theres a company called Reach Communications Consulting, which helps professionals like you develop and execute your own personal branding strategy. One of the tools they offer is a 360 Personal Branding Assessment. For less than $30 you sign up and get started. The idea is many of your professional contacts get a survey about YOU, and they anonymously enter their thoughts on who you are helping you understand how you are perceived. Maybe you think you are a hotshot, CEO-type that excels in strategic planning and motivating the worker-bees. And then you get your Reach 360 feedback and learn that most people think you are more reserved, very logical and detail oriented perhaps you are better suited for a Project Management role right now. Just knowing that empowers you to make a better decision for your career path, or can encourage you to get better training and mentoring to become that motivating CEO. Theres power in knowing how you are perceived. If this is interesting to you, I encourage you to check out the Reach 360 program. Again, its less than $30. If you need help there are over 200 certified personal branding strategists in 21 countries who can help you. My JibberJobber partners who are certified can be found on my career expert partner page. The partners who are sponsoring this contest who are also Reach Personal Branding Strategists are: Deb Dib Walter Akana Megan Fitzgerald If you do it, let me know how it goes! I think its a great investment!