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Personal Branding: Creating Brand Heroes

(Core Competency) (Talent Management) (Discover) (Create) (Communicate) (Maintain) (Knowledge) (Experience) (Credentials) (Backing) (Contributors) (Signals) (Feedback) (Context) (Social Value) (Connections)

Abstract

Branding does not limit its application to only product and service. A Person can be branded as well. To brand a person, we have to place an importance on the differentiation, while maintaining the relevance to the needs of target consumers and retaining clear perspective on the core of the brand. Personal Branding is significant for both the business and the person. For business, personal branding plays a great role in driving employees to create their core competency by assisting them to develop self-efficiency, which eventually will become a valuable asset of the brand. Also, personal branding is an integral element in moving the corporate business forward, especially those in the service businesses. Employees or brand ambassadors must find the way to reveal the brand essence to its target consumers. Therefore, branding involves a great deal of managing the personal brand as well as the employees themselves. We can expand the brand territory from personal brand into product brand or other businesses. Personal branding is an opportunity for the person to appreciate and learn how to manage his/her talents to its potentials. The process of personal branding includes Discovering, Creating, Communicating, and Maintaining. To succeed in personal branding, all parties involved must be aware of every significant element, such as Personal Knowledge, Personal Experience, Credentials, Support or Backing, Contributors, Signals, Feedbacks, Context, Social Value, and Connections.

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