In my recent blog post “Personal Branding 101: Whats Your Story” I discussed the importance of story telling and understanding what your story is before you worry about building a personal brand. To my surprise many brands and leaders when asked how they can share their stories with their community believe they must give a keynote speech, write a blog post, write a book or produce a video or commercial. Social Media is the perfect platform for storytelling but to do it correctly it’s more than just telling your story with words it’s a compilation of all your digital actions. Just like relationships on social media there is no easy button and to do storytelling the right way you have to have a strategy and play the long game. With that being said that doesn’t mean you have to wait to give a “Ted Talk” to share your story but you also don’t want to be that person that comes across as salesy or forced. With so much noise on social media you must find ways to reach new audiences and capture their attention long enough to share your story. Having a consistent story is vital but equally as important is sharing your story in multiple different formats, on different social networks ideally targeted towards new and unique audiences. Storytelling humanizes the message, is memorable and inspires action! Here are 9 ways to share your story on social media.

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4. Curate Content! -Curating takes time, but not as much as
creating. Curate content with your insights & comments. If
you find value in content explain why and share. Use Tools
to give your content a home

5. #AskGaryVee
#RonR
#ProudFreak
#ShowUcare
#H2H
Use a hashtag or phrase that fits your
philosophy an way of thinking even if
you're the only one who uses it!

7. Invest in your Personal Brand
No matter if its your username, your social network profile, your website
or your blog description it’s important to not only be consistent, so that
you’re easy to be found but also so that the more interactions someone
has with you across multiple networks the more they’ll remember and
relate to your story.

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10. Create GREAT Content & Upcycle it!

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12. These 9 methods can seem overwhelming at
first but you don’t have to do all 9 at once…

13. Storytelling is a powerful weapon but YOU must be the
one that owns that story and embraces these new
methods being the producer, marketer and director
that makes you memorable to your community!
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Visit www.MillennialCEO.com to read more of my
content & Happy Storytelling!