Guide To Blazin’ Branding

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One of the key elements to success is to build your own brand and make sure that it gets out into the world. People need to know about you, talk about you, and invest in what you are selling. The image that you and your company portray plays an important role in attracting the specific type of target market that you want to identify with. There are many ways in which you can build a brand and it can get extremely intricate, so here are some of the easiest and most fool proof ways that you can implement in order to build a successful brand.

Decide who you want to be

The great thing about branding is that you are able to start on a clean sheet and introduce your company or yourself to the world in a fresh image. This is also a very fragile aspect of brand-building, because first impressions last. You need to get it right the first time around. You need to decide who you want to be or who you already are, and how you want people to look at you. Do you want to sell the image of wealth and status? Do you want to sell a more philanthropic side of you? You need to send the message of your company or your brand out into the world. What exactly is it that you want the world to know or to learn from your brand? It has to be extremely influential in whichever way you decide to go. You should also decide on whom you want this message and this image to reach. This will give you a better idea on how to do it and which methods to implement to make sure it is received in the fastest and most credible way possible.

Use a variety of tools

Once you have decided the purpose and the message that you want your brand to send out into the world, you need to implement it by means of different tools. The best way to go is via blogs, social media, and vlogs. These have the potential to reach a massive audience and a wide variety of different age, race, and gender groups. Almost everyone has access to the internet and with online social media marketing tools you definitely will not have a problem getting your brand out into the open.

Be patient

Building a brand does not happen overnight; it is a process and it takes a while for it to become popular. You need to be consistent in your online presence and keep on with aggressive social media posting. Share you message on a daily basis and come into contact with your clients on a regular occurrence. Even if you do not yet have the following that you want, the only way you are going to increase that number is by learning good social media marketing habits. You will soon achieve your goals and promote your brand to the position it deserves. 

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Dr. Liz Musil

I'm a shadow ally to creatives, entrepreneurs, coaches, and teachers. I create actionable content to help anyone interested in growing a sustainable, profitable virtual enterprise. My videos, articles, eBooks and courses are about business, design, entrepreneurship, and technology. What is super-satisfying to me is achieving (and helping others achieve) self-reliance and financial independence.

An online entrepreneur since 2002, I work as a coach, consultant, designer, web developer, author, and professor. I teach entrepreneurship, leadership, and design at the university level and have completed research studies on virtual leadership.

I work out of my seaside villa located on a peninsula outside of Los Angeles, with my rescue dog, Zoe.