Privileged to be invited to speak during Accenture's IWD event in Singapore. Great ladies, and building a strong personal brand is a massive opportunity for everyone, but I would love to see more women embracing the professional opportunity it provides #LetsBeGreaterThan #personalbranding #employeeadvocacy #blogging #socialmedia #pledgeforparity
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Personal Branding presentation for Accenture International Women's Day Event in Singapore 2016
1. We Are All Brands
Let’s #BeGreaterThan
How to Rock a
Personal Brand
and Build Your
Dream Career
2.
3.
4. @AndreaTEdwards
#BeGreaterThan
What has changed?
How we buy & learn has
fundamentally shifted
Consumers are 92% of the way through the sales
cycles before we even come to a brand. We are
learning and deciding outside the brand.
Source: Nielsen
6. But YOU are important to Accenture
15% of people trust recommendations from brands
83% trust recommendations from people they know
[Source: Nielsen Global Trust in Advertising Report 2015]
7. 777
Which is why content marketing
is important to you and not a
fluffy buzzword
It’s the core of the future and of your career
17. @AndreaTEdwards
#BeGreaterThan
What is personal branding? How
should we think about it?
It’s you. It’s what you stand for. It’s what you believe in.
It’s how you think. It’s how you act. It is you packaged up
and presented to the world online.
21. Personal branding is
culturally challenging
Cultural –
America Vs
rest
Selling &
telling
Not getting
benefits to
us and our
business
Our role in
our
community
22. @AndreaTEdwards
#BeGreaterThan
Don’t Add to the Noise
In the last 10 years
we have created more
information than in
ALL of human history
And, it’s expected
to double in the
next two years
Average attention span
dropped from
12 seconds in 2000 to
8 seconds in 2015
Statistic Brain
28. @AndreaTEdwards
#BeGreaterThan
Let’s Get to a Place of Meaning
• What makes me stand out in a crowd?
• When I light people up, what am I talking about?
• What is my expertise? Am I unique in it?
• What are my core values?
• What comes easily to me?
• What do I read about until the early hours of the morning?
• What do I get up early for – eagerly?
• What do I enjoy professionally?
• What gives me energy? What feeds my spirit?
• What do people compliment me on?
42. @AndreaTEdwards
#BeGreaterThan
• Answer customer questions
• Learnings from industry conversations
• Share specialist knowledge
• Challenges and possible solutions
• Trends and what you’ve learnt
• HR – recruitment, retention, tips, career advice
• Marketing – growth hacking, CX, content marketing
• Leadership – leading teams, managing crisis, etc.
• LinkedIn Themes - #HowIHire #IfIwere22 #Thankyoumentor
What Should I Blog About?
46. @AndreaTEdwards
#BeGreaterThan
Where Can I Find Images?
• Media coverage?
• SlideShare decks?
• LinkedIn blog posts?
• Other blogs posts?
• Photos at work
• Event photos
• Company photos
• Off-sites
• Team activities
48. @AndreaTEdwards
#BeGreaterThan
Be kind,
be careful.
Never judge
or criticise
Make
hashtags a
habit. It
connects you
to ideas and
audiences
Support
friends and
people you
admire
Join and
participate in
groups;
LinkedIn,
Tweet chats
Find content
and share
often. Always,
always add
your opinion
Be realistic
about what
you can do
and commit
Define your
voice – what
you stand for
ommit to
sharing
Accenture
content 1x
week or more
49. BUT
T – is it True?
H – is it Helpful?
I – is it Inspiring?
N – is it Necessary?
K – is it Kind?
Helping them succeed
Keeping them informed on relevant issues
Improving their lives
Answering their questions
Level 1 – Content Marketing? What is it?
Level 2 – We have a corporate blog & branded social accounts
Level 3 – We have a company-branded blog, with a mix of outside contributors
Level 4 – We leverage employees using software to pass targeted marketing content to their social networks
Level 5 – We help employees – nearly all of them – create content in their own voice and then feature their insights on our site, demonstrating their expertise as a way to incorporate their personal brands with our corporate brand
Level 6 – We have moved beyond our business and now incorporate the entire ecosystem of our company – customers, partners, influencers, associations, etc..
It’s how you stand out
Builds careers - internal & external
Influencers blog – it’s how you become one
It’s the platform to share wisdom, inspire teams, help customers
It an opportunity to capture the essence of what you believe/know
Blogging is the core of this new social world
It’s about the customer of your content & the value you deliver
You must consistently put yourself in their shoes
This new world is all about giving – it’s where you can really shine
Nurture, it, protect it, value it and make sure it stands for something remarkable. Understand its value to your business – which goes both ways