Maximize Your Brand with Markeith Braden

Over the past couple of weeks meeting with my clients, there has been a common theme that keeps coming up. That theme is the idea of worthiness, or what we would call many times is Imposter Syndrome.

Most of us experience feelings of doubt and unworthiness at some point in our lives, but when our accomplishments are result of our own knowledge, hard work and preparation and we still feel inadequate or unworthy we're probably suffering from imposter syndrome.

In this episode, I have a heart-to-heart conversation with a new friend, Shawn Doc Boyd all about the Imposter syndrome, as well as, we give you 9 tips that will help you to overcome the Imposter syndrome and starve your self doubt.

What is authority? What is influence? Is Authority and influence the same thing?

My guest today is going to explain to the power of authority and how authority is the most valuable currency you can create for your business & brand.

As I was doing some research for this episode, on this idea of authority & influence, I came across this quote on medium.com that said "The essence of authority is that people willingly follow your lead. People choose to adhere to your words and advice. They want your wisdom."

Reading that, I can definitely tell that authority is important to growing a business and a brand. In today's society, there is a great need for true figures of authority — with an elevated perspective, a high attunement to providing value to people they lead.

In this episode I interview, Josh Elledge. Josh Elledge is U.S. Navy veteran who became a serial entrepreneur who builds the companies he needs most in the world.

In 2014, He launched UpMyInfluence to help entrepreneurs like himself attract the perfect audiences and grow their authority and influence.

However, while growing their better-than-PR agency, UpMyInfluence discovered that building 7-figure B2B Sales Systems (with zero paid advertising) is actually what what they do better than anyone else on the planet.

This weeks episode is a reach back episode to a time I interviewed one of my own coaches, when I first began. I was just really getting started creating my brand & business.

In a lot of ways I was still stuck in certain areas of my business, & the best way I knew to get answers was to interview individuals who I knew had persevered through and create highly profitable coaching businesses.

So, what better opportunity than to interview one of my former business coaches, to talk about getting unstuck, getting clear, & getting on purpose.

Aprille Franks, is a Master Business Coach, Strategic Profit Catalyst, and Author Aprille is the brainchild of several highly engaged brands.

Coach, Speak and Serve, a next-level consulting firm that helps modern-day authors, speakers and coaches to create profitable brands that impact the world. Women Recharged, a motivational movement that amplifies women's voices and triumphant stories of truth, and Coach, Speak and Serve, a next-level consulting company that helps modern-day authors, speakers and coaches to maximize and monetize their messages.

To date, Aprille's brands have a reach of over 1M with transformational training, coaching and support, establishing her as the go-to expert for purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to do business on a higher plane and, in turn, reap higher profits.

Aprille Shares:

• Why knowing your purpose is important to the entrepreneur.
• Why clarity is key to a profitable business.
• Tips on how to get unstuck & create a purposeful & profitable business you love.

And so much more. You're going to love Aprille's story of how to truly create the life & business you crave.

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Recently the world lost a tremendous gift, in the person of Chadwick Boseman. Boseman inspired countless with his dignified performances—especially when it came to embodying real-life historical figures, like Jackie Robinson and James Brown.

Possible his most recognized role playing King T'Challa in the groundbreaking Marvel film Black Panther.

In this episode, I share my perspective on Boseman's life & legacy. Inspired by a quote from Boseman, I expound on the importance of knowing & fulfilling ones purpose.

Peak performance is a state when you are at your best, delivering results, feeling in the flow. While there are challenges, you're able to overcome them and you feel that life and work are filled with ease. This week I interview Dominique "Dom" Brightmon, DTM. Dominique, is an award-winning speaker and certified member with the John Maxwell Team. Dominique is the bestselling author of "Going North!: Tips & Techniques to Advance Yourself", "Stay the Course: The Elite Performer's 7 Secret Keys to Sustainable Success" and contributing author for the upcoming book, "Crappy to Happy: Sacred Stories of Transformational Joy" in October 2020.

I've been in this Personal Branding game for about 4 years now, and I have made a lot of mistakes. I have made mistake after mistake after mistake.

However, I have learned from my mistakes & this week I shared via Facebook my Live podcast episode. During this FB Live, I share with you an article I read on Entreprenuer.com, which was written by Ryan Erskine.

Ryan shares in this article the 10 biggest mistakes in personal branding to help the reader to stop sabotaging our personal brands. I hope you're able to glean something from this week's live episode of the podcast. Listen, learn and implement, so that you can build a powerful purposeful, & profitable personal brand online.

What do you first think of when you hear SEO?

Well I'll tell you what I immediately think of. I think of Search Engine Optimization. In this episode we're going to be talking about The Power of SEO, & how it can help you create a profitable personal brand online.

People now days invest more time and money into proper SEO tactics to get more organic traffic to their website. Hands-down the most powerful tool to get organic exposure and more organic traffic within search engines is through using SEO.

Using SEO tactics websites can enhance your visibility online while growing sales exponentially. Today I'm interviewing Jason Berkowitz, Digital Marketing Consultant, of Break The Web, Inc.

Jason will share with us How To Leverage SEO for our personal brands, so that we drive organic traffic to our websites & get the engagement we truly want with our potential clients & customers.

When you're busy running your business & building your brand, it's impossible to find time to be active on every social media outlet out there.

Narrowing down your choice to just a select few platforms will allow you to focus your efforts and get the best return on your time investment.

So how do you choose the best social media platform? Today, I am sharing with you a recent FB Live I created on How To Pick the Right Social Media Platform for Your Brand & Business.

Overthinking doesn't sound so bad on the surface--thinking is good, right?

But overthinking can cause problems. Thoughts are powerful. Your thoughts become your reality.

When you overthink, your judgments get cloudy and your stress gets elevated. You spend way too much time in the negative. It can become difficult to act.

If this feels like familiar territory to you, then this is the podcast episode for you. Today, I share 7 Strategies To Stop Overthinking. This is a review of an article I read by Tony Robbins.

You need to create a strong personal brand if you want to be considered influential. Your personal brand helps you stand out from everybody else. You can use your personal brand to demonstrate your knowledge and skills about your areas of expertise.

In many ways, your personal brand is what makes you memorable. It is your personal brand that helps you stand out from the thousands of other people like you.