Is Your Personal Brand Working Against You?
Your personal brand is supposed to boost your reputation. It’s also supposed to help you spread messages, build relationships and grow your business. It’s supposed to. But that doesn’t mean it does. Your personal brand can actually work against you, and can even damage people’s perception of you. For the first half of my career, I was a copywriter in advertising, and wrote ads for some of the world’s greatest brands. I saw the power of branding to help a brand become more loved and admired. Yet I also saw that not all branding is created equal. A generic or half-hearted brand can