How I am growing my personal brand as a graphic designer

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I am continuing the summer series of solo episodes and on today's episode I share with you my tips and experience of growing a personal brand.

I go over what a personal brand actually is, the buzz words around it and why it might be really significant for you to think about growing your own personal brand too.

I give a six step breakdown of lessons I've learned along the way

I hope you really enjoy this episode and find it useful.

I would love to hear what you think of this episode, so please do let me know on Instagram where I'm @‌lizmmosley or @‌buildingyourbrandpodcast and I hope you enjoy the episode!

 

Key Takeaways:

• If you’re going to have a personal brand, you need to be strategic about it
• If you want other opportunities outside of your core offering, personal branding can help with that - people buy from people
• A fun way to raise your profile is by borrowing someone else’s audience: guest appear on other people’s podcast
• Having a personal brand helps people to talk about you when you’re not in the room
• Ask for what you want; don’t wait for people to notice you
• Know your values and get comfortable with saying No

  Episode Highlights:

• 0:55: What is a personal brand?
• 2:20: Do you need a personal brand?
• 5:36: How I have grown my personal brand
• 11:12: Six lessons I've learned about building a personal brand

  Mentioned in the episode:

• Astute Graphics (Aff link)

 

This episode was written, recorded and edited by me.

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