Build Your Personal Brand with these 5 Tips

9 May 2016 · 1 min

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This content was created by Alan Akina. This content was uploaded by Alan Akina. This is a YouTube video titled "Build Your Personal Brand with these 5 Tips" (uploaded 2016-05-09) featuring Alan Akina delivering a short Wake Up Today segment in English. The speaker presents five steps to build a personal brand—think of yourself as a brand, be authentic, get a personal website (mentions alanakina.com), clean up social media, and strive to be the best in your industry—emphasizing adding value to increase income.

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Good morning, gang! Whether you know it or not, we all have a personal brand. Your personal brand is the image or impressions others have of you. So if you're looking to grow your business or looking to get a promotion at work, applying these 5 steps to building your personal brand will go a long way to improve your situation. Number 1, start thinking of yourself as a brand. Here are a few examples: Donald Trump, Prince, Jordan, and Oprah. You must see yourself in a positive light before others will. Number 2, be your authentic self. It's too hard to fake it. Instead, be your best self and honest with everyone and your brand will shine. Number 3, get a personal website. Now, if it's still available, get your name with a .com and build a personal website. It's not going to cost you much for the domain name and website. I bought alanakina.com a while back and it's been very helpful. Number 4, clean up your social media accounts like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Be sure to include tasteful profile pictures and an authentic bio. And number 5, be the best you can be. Whatever industry you work in, try to be the best. Become a student of your industry and keep learning. Now, I learned this lesson a long time ago. If you want to increase your income, you need to add value to more people's lives. For Wake Up Today, I'm Alan Akina. See you on Monday.