My personal brand.
As a Health Activist, you are a front-facing leader. And, as many noted in last week’s “If I could do anything as a Health Activist” prompt – you really take your online leadership seriously and would, if you could, make it your fulltime job (and some of you do already). So let’s go with that today.
If you think of your online community, your blog, your site, your “presence” as a brand – what qualities and components do you present to your audience (your consumers)? What is your mission statement, your individual lexicon, your own style? What do you imagine you look like, as a brand, to your readers? What do you promise your audience and what should new readers expect? It’s ok to talk about yourself today and share what you think makes your message and your blog great – you have full permission (granted to you by the all powerful NHBPM) to indulge and get creative.
If you don’t think your brand really exists yet – what would you imagine it to be? If you could be a professional Health Activist, what would your business cards say? Why should patients or members of your health community read you? What makes your blog special and what makes you unique? What topics do you write about often and what major themes do you address?
Think of day as fodder to put on a LinkedIn or resume or Hire me! section of your site as well as a quick rundown of what makes you great at blogging and connecting people online (because you are great). Remember to include all of the different social networks in your personal brand because every place you interact online is helping to reinforce your presence.
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http://diabeticallyspeaking.com/2011/11/09/brand-me/
Off to Pittsburgh, but before I go… http://www.puttingourheadstogether.com/2011/11/personal-brand-migraine-educator-advocate.html
My personal brand is up! http://nonavigation.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-personal-brand.html
I’ve enjoyed participating in this month-long blog fest. It’s pushed me and that’s good. http://kates-sweet-success.blogspot.com/2011/11/generic-brand-cheaper-but-just-as.html
I took this in a little different direction with today being my blogiversary as well as #dblogday… http://talesofrachel.com/2011/11/09/nhbpm-branding-a-d-blog/
First time I have been in an event like this, it has lit a fire under me also and I thank you.
http://fibroandfriends.blogspot.com/2011/11/no-candy-coating-here.html
http://www.sweetlyvoiced.com/2011/11/my-personal-brand.html
http://chronicmigrainewarrior.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-personal-brand.html
My image is: “Sword and the Sun” on Lupus Interrupted: http://longship.ca/lupusinterrupted/?p=382 HOO-AH!! ;o)
Day 9…http://bloodsweatcarbs.blogspot.com/2011/11/automatic-low-glucose-suspend-pump.html
I’m trying to keep up… I end up adding my prompt at the end of my post or just white something different… Hey, that’s how I roll and advocate for mental health… Would you expect anything differently from a cartoonist with bipolar??? 🙂
PS. In this post you can see me with a very well-know Mental Advocate… Ck it out: http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor/2011/11/acute-angles-of-mental-illness-how-do-they-measure-up/
http://www.mydiabeticheart.com/2011/11/09/me-and-the-doc/
http://www.sometimesitislupus.com/2011/11/health-blogging-month-day-9-my-personal.html A hard one – I really struggled to imagine how other people see me.
http://alizawithdiabetes.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-own-personal-brand.html
This was a tough one, and I’m way behind, but here’s the link:
Personal Brand? Who, Me? http://bit.ly/uZ4RGi