Personal Branding

On the weekend I spoke at a Workshop: New Year, New You hosted by Ann Roche Branding.  The event was a personal and style development workshop that taught the women in attendance how to:

• Discover and Unleash the power in brand “you”
• Practical tips on how to create a look that best suits your body shape, lifestyle,      personality, life stage and budgets
• Walk with confidence
• And much more

The session I ran was focused on developing your ‘personal brand’, and I asked each woman attending to consider the kind of impression they made upon entering a room, or meeting someone for the first time. 

Personally I believe that it’s important to give this thought consideration ‘What impression am I making?’, because it will affect your life in so many ways.  The kind of impression you make influences:

–         How people treat you

–         How relationships with others can grow (or not)

–         The potential for new opportunities (job, promotion, audition etc.)

–         The potential for romance (if meeting prospective person for the 1^st time)

–         Etc… etc… etc.. (I could go on)

Any how I thought I’d share some of the points we focused on in my session over the next few days. But first I thought I’d start by asking you to think for a day about a few things. 

1. What 5-10 words would you use to describe what makes you different or stand out
2. How would someone who met you for the 1^st time describe you after you’ve left the room
3. How would you LIKE a person meeting you for the 1^st time to describe you after you’ve left the room (meaning what kind of impression are you wanting to make)

Ok, so think about that, and tomorrow I’ll share my 1^st tip on ‘How to Improve Your Personal Brand’