The STRATEGY/AUDACITY® Podcast: Personal Branding for Entrepreneurs

Prioritizing your brand credibility is a crucial part of developing brand authority - because even if people see you as knowledgeable, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll trust you.

Luckily, for expert entrepreneurs like you, staying credible is really as long as you’re showing up with integrity and authenticity!

That being said, it’s still worth talking about a few personal branding mistakes that can have a big negative impact on the personal brand you’ve worked so hard to build and maintain.

So let’s go through them, one by one, so you know what to avoid as you continue growing your brand authority, building trust with your ideal clients, and positioning yourself as an expert!

Cool stuff you’ll learn in this episode:

• Which personal branding mistakes to avoid as you focus on brand positioning

• The role visual branding plays in brand authority and credibility

• Why trusting yourself is just as important as your audience trusting you

• The one learned skill that will boost your brand like nothing else

• The reason having thick skin will only get you so far in the age of cancel culture

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Today we’re getting into an often overlooked part of personal branding: your unique energy.

While brand strategy is typically focused on external factors, your energy does have a huge impact on how you’re perceived and remembered by others. So learning how to harness your unique energy is a big part of building a powerful personal brand.

HOWEVER! If you’re strictly relying on your energy in order to develop your personal brand, we have a problem.

Because at the end of the day, in order to build brand authority and position yourself as an expert, you need to make sure your expertise is obvious to other people.

Cool stuff you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why being able to explain what you do isn’t just a luxury, it’s completely necessary

• How to balance your energy with messaging precision so you can become irresistible to your ideal clients

• The reason why effective branding requires you showing up as yourself but also as an expert and leader

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Are you aware of how A.I. is affecting your personal brand? I’m willing to guess that, in some way or another, your business has already been impacted by A.I.

Industries are being disrupted (and not necessarily for the better), the chatbots are inescapable, the software companies are adding it as a feature we don’t want or need, and the tech bros are telling us to either start using it or get left behind.

There are a LOT of conversations that need to happen about A.I., including the ethics and consequences of using it to build a personal brand, create marketing content, and even get outside feedback.

But this episode is centered around the conversation we need to have specifically regarding you, an expert entrepreneur, who’s focused on brand positioning and brand authority.

Cool stuff you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why we need to stop getting frustrated with A.I. itself

• The biggest way A.I. is negatively impacting your brand and business

• The way to leverage your unique expertise in order to stand out to ideal clients

• Actionable tips for demonstrating your value instead of trying to be a content machine

• How to scale your business to 8 figures using A.I. (just kidding - if I ever start saying shit like that for real, please call the FBI because I have been kidnapped and someone assumed my identity)

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It’s one of the most obnoxious feelings in the world: you get inspired with a thought, it evolves into an incredible content idea, you spend time and energy perfecting and publishing, and then later, while scrolling, you see that exact piece of content on someone else’s website.

What the fuck, right?!

Unfortunately this is the price we pay for visibility. It’s also the price we pay for being really brilliant and articulate and audacious enough to put our original ideas on the internet.

But that doesn’t mean someone stealing from you is a compliment, and today I’m sharing how I think you should handle it as an expert with a strong personal brand.

Cool stuff you’ll learn in this episode:

• My hilariously true stories of people plagiarizing from me (I still can’t believe it)

• Why getting pissed off is actually an important part of the process

• How to confront the offender in a way that actually strengthens your brand authority

• The one thing that will make you feel safer when you publish your original ideas

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As an extension of the previous episode, today we’re getting deep into how to build confidence as an entrepreneur. “Brand authority” is most often talked about as an external concept, but there’s an internal identity evolution that needs to happen first.

When it comes to brand positioning, you can’t expect others to see you as an expert if you don’t see yourself as one first!

If you haven’t been feeling super confident in your brand or yourself lately, this conversation will help you move through that internal brand authority journey faster and more efficiently.

Cool stuff you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why branding yourself does NOT mean controlling the narrative about yourself

• My honest thoughts on how brand strategy can be used as a tool to manipulate OR to serve

• What positioning yourself as an authority really means

• My best mindset hack for imposter syndrome (no meditations required)

• How erring on the side of modesty and humility is actually hurting your potential clients

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Today we’re talking about one of my favorite topics ever: brand positioning! But instead of getting into the how-to of positioning your brand, we need to talk about a perspective shift that’s absolutely crucial when it comes to branding yourself as an expert.

It’s easy to get stuck in the notion that we’re all just winging it, that nobody really knows what they’re doing, that we’re just out here doing our best… but actually, as an expert, you AREN’T just winging it. You aren’t just getting lucky with your success.

You’re showing up in your business with strategy and audacity and ambition and integrity and that deserves acknowledgement.

Cool stuff you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why, as an expert entrepreneur, you deserve respect and recognition (not just from your audience, but also from yourself!)

• The actual logic behind why you’re so deserving

• How your commitment to your business, your craft, and your clients can help you with developing a strong brand position

• Five ways you might be giving up your power as an expert

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You can build brand authority in a lot of different ways (and you should!), but one place you should be prioritizing is your marketing content.

Today we’re having an important branding conversation about “authority content” - what that means, why it’s critical for brand positioning, and how to start embedding authority content into your overall content strategy.

There’s a chance you feel weird about showing up as an authority and don’t want to come across as egotistical when you’re really not, so we’re going to talk about that too.

Cool stuff you’ll learn in this episode:

• How educational content can be used to build brand authority, beyond just sharing tips + tricks

• Why having a signature method (and talking about) is your #1 authority booster

• A new way to look at storytelling in your marketing

• Actionable ideas on how to expand your authority with different types of content

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Brand messaging can be REALLY confusing when you’re transitioning, pivoting, or specializing within your industry. How do you share a consistent message when you’re both a service provider and a thought leader? Will attracting ideal clients become harder?

There’s actually a really simple brand strategy trick for this exact problem, and that’s what we’re talking about today. If you’re ready to establish thought leadership and continue building brand authority with a consistent brand message, this one is for you!

Cool stuff you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why the balance of service + thought leadership is important for entrepreneurs

• The two brand strategy elements you need to balance your brand message

• Practical and actionable guidance for utilizing those brand elements in your content

• How to balance your personality with professionalism in your personal brand messaging

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I talk a lot about the importance of actively branding yourself as an expert, but what’s even the point of brand positioning? Isn’t it enough to have a polished online presence and just be really good at what you do?

Nope! And here’s why: There comes a point in the entrepreneurship journey when you realize there’s more value in what you do than just providing a service. You have knowledge, experience, skills, and wisdom that can amplify the impact of your work exponentially, but unless you’re recognized for those things, potential clients are just going to want the service, and nothing more.

But it’s time for your personal brand evolution, baby! Which means it’s time to embody your new role as a thought leader. And regardless of how you feel about that term, the point is that if you want to be sought after for your ideas and perspectives just as much as the service you provide, you need to embody your thought leadership and actively brand yourself as an expert.

Cool stuff you’ll learn in this episode:

• What “leveling up” really means in the context of branding strategy

• Why expert entrepreneurs need to become thought leaders

• How you embodying your thought leadership benefits your ideal clients

• Tips for making the weird transition from service provider to thought leader easier

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If your goal is to build brand authority and have decided “I want everyone to think of me FIRST when they think of my industry” then I’m about to blow your mind with this episode.

There’s a lot of language floating around about being the “go-to expert in your niche,” (honestly, I used to use this phrase, too!) but today I’m making a case for why, when it comes to your personal brand, you actually shouldn’t want that at all.

You can still build brand authority, credibility, and trust with your audience without being the King or Queen of your industry. You can still position your brand in a way that demonstrates you’re an expert and incredible at what you do without having to prove you’re the best.

If you’re frustrated that you can’t stand out in your market because you’re constantly comparing yourself to the competition, this conversation about brand authority will change everything!

Cool stuff you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why the goal of becoming the go-to expert in your niche will hurt your branding

• The difference between brand positioning vs. business niching

• A real-life example of how two brands remain distinct, despite offering the same service

• What you should be focusing on to build brand authority instead of being the go-to

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