Sell Yourself How To Create Live And Sell A Powerful Personal Brand

Learn how to create, live, and sell your own personal brand—even if you hate sales!—with step-by-step help from the First Lady of Sales No matter what your role or title is at work, selling is an important part of what you do—whether you're selling a product, an idea, or a new way of doing things. But, before you can sell any of those things you have to sell yourself. Creating your own personal brand—and promoting it in all you do—is essential to achieving your professional goals and getting ahead in life. In Sell Yourself, renowned sales and leadership expert and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Dr. Cindy McGovern guides you through the process of intentionally creating, living, and selling your own personal brand. Even those who don't view themselves as being "in sales" will quickly agree that everyone has a personal brand—whether they know it or not. Throughout this book, Dr. Cindy reveals the secrets to selling yourself—your vision and ideas—in a way that's thoughtful, active and deliberate. You'll learn about how to apply the most effective selling strategies to your personal brand, and how these strategies can help you create and live a personal brand that will be easy to sell. Full of time-tested strategies and real-world anecdotes to help you visualize how to put these powerful ideas into practice, Sell Yourself goes far beyond showing you why it's so important to create your personal brand. It helps you embrace the notion that that everyone sells, and anyone can sell better; especially when the idea you're selling is you. And once you believe in you, the rest of the world will, too.

Branding is the hottest, most talked about phenomenon in the business world today. For in the ultracompetitive twenty-first century, you need more than talent and hard work to get ahead. How do you brand yourself? By forging an identity that will help you make a dazzling impression and become a star in the career of your dreams. Marketing experts David Andrusia and Rick Haskins have consulted on brands for such diverse companies as Disney, Swatch Watch USA, and Revlon. Now they show you step-by-step how to develop, refine, and communicate your own unique brand. Inside you'll learn how to - Pinpoint your skills, your passions, and the "selling" parts of your personality with the exclusive Brand Assessment Test - Determine the needs of your target market - Create a Personal Branding Statement (P.B.S.) that says to your boss or potential employer: "You'd be crazy to go with anyone else." - Tailor your P.B.S. to the requirements of a specific job, industry, or client - Incorporate your brand in your resume, during job interviews, and in cultivating new employers or clients - Broadcast your brand--and receive the visibility to put you on top!

How do people like Oprah Winfrey and the Dalai Lama create massive audiences and globally recognizable brands? The key is authenticity – presenting a genuine version of yourself in person, on the stage, and across your entire online presence. But while that’s easy to say, it’s much harder to actually do. Written by Maggie Eyre, an internationally recognized expert in personal presence and leadership motivation, Being You will teach you everything you need to know about personal branding. Whether you are the leader of an organization or team, engaged in creative work, searching for a new career, giving an important speech or presentation, wanting to network more effectively, or lobbying for a public position, this book provides you with a complete toolkit to developing a confident personal brand – both face-to-face and online. Illustrated with stories and case studies from some of the world’s biggest personal brands, Being You is practical, authoritative and inspirational. It’s your definitive guide to personal branding in the 21st century.

Make the most of Twitter as a tool for creating a personal brand Twitter boasts more than 100 million active users with 50 million of them actively tweeting every day, making Twitter an indisputably powerful marketing platform. With this insightful book, author and Twitter guru Sarah-Jayne Gratton offers real-world examples and proven techniques for capturing a Twitter audience and using that audience to spread the word about you to build a personal brand. Details ways in which you can use Twitter to build a personal brand Shows you how to maximize Twitter?s potential as a powerful marketing tool for your own benefit Encourages you to take advantage of Twitter?s vast audience Follow Me! Creating a Personal Brand with Twitter escorts you through using Twitter to create and execute a surefire personal marketing campaign that spans the globe.

A brand has the tremendous power to create a positive experience that will resonate with your customers. So why do you-and most other salespeople- focus on selling your product or service, but not on selling your brand? Sell the Brand First reveals a fresh, highly effective way to close the sale: by selling to your customers from brand strength. Corporate trainer and brand selling specialist Dan Stiff shares his proven Brand Staircase Method-a four-step process that shows you how to hone in on your customers' mind-sets, create sales pitches based on how your brand fits into your consumers' lifestyles, and fully satisfy the trade buyers' needs and expectations. Even the most experienced salespeople tend to simply adopt their marketing department's version of their brand. Stiff helps you become a “Brand Ambassador” by making your brand your own, finding the emotional connection between your customer and your brand, and speaking “Brand Language” to serve buyers' needs. The Brand Staircase gives you the tools you need to Discover the inherent value in your brand and sell from it Avoid “hollow brand promises” and break through the “glass ceiling of price” Build on marketing efforts to leverage your brand's identity and positioning in the marketplace Stiff illustrates key points through practical selling experience at NCR, DeWALT, and Black & Decker. He combines that knowledge with engaging real-life case studies and proven examples from Fortune 500 companies within multiple industries. His sample dialogues and common brand examples in the marketplace make selling the brand come alive. Whether you're selling B2B or B2C, or you're a sales manager leading the charge, Sell the Brand First will change the way you look at selling and the way you sell for the better-and for good!

One of America’s leading brand strategists shares her step-by-step program for creating an unforgettable identity in today’s marketplace. For any woman who has ever gone to work in the morning and thought "there must be more," branding expert Robin Fisher Roffer reveals the eight surefire steps for developing a unique, personal brand strategy for success by identifying your extraordinary attributes, thinking about your values and passions, and learning how to use them to build a successful and fulfilling professional life. Whether you’re starting out in the workforce, beginning your own business, changing careers, or tying to make it in the corporate world, Roffer will help you to uncover a focused direction for your career that celebrates you.

Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about personal branding with this practical guide. Personal branding is a relatively new concept but it can be adopted and applied by almost anybody, in any industry. Whether you are searching for a new job or simply want to build a strong professional network, it is essential that you get your branding right. This guide will take you through all the steps, from choosing the social media that best suits you to avoiding embarrassing moments online. In 50 minutes you will be able to: - Understand the importance of personal branding and the benefits it can bring - Build a strong online presence by building a good reputation for yourself and your service - Avoid making mistakes when developing your brand, such as committing a social media faux-pas ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM COACHING The Coaching series from the 50Minutes collection is aimed at all those who, at any stage in their careers, are looking to acquire personal or professional skills, adapt to new situations or simply re-evaluate their work-life balance. The concise and effective style of our guides enables you to gain an in-depth understanding of a broad range of concepts, combining theory, constructive examples and practical exercises to enhance your learning.

Personal branding is going to be one of North American businesses most critical strategic initiatives in the next 3-5 years. Information is more accessible on individuals than ever before. Social media is making details about people more accessible and creating a ton of data to help people form opinions about individuals. "Brand Damage - It's Personal!" deals with the ever-growing importance of personal branding. This book is a practical guide for everyone from teenagers to seasoned professionals. It provides information on how to create and proactively manage your brand, items that can damage a brand, and entertaining stories and illustrations.