New career, branding yourself
Two months, that is how long I have been working at my online marketing career. Starting this business has pushed me out of my comfort zone and into unfamiliar territory.
Why?
Because I have never felt like I was very good at selling myself.
Oh, I can sell myself short…
But I’m not good at beating on my chest, saying “I am the greatest! Buy from ME! Work with ME!”
I am not sure if it comes from being shy, or being more of an academic than a popular girl.
One thing I have always been, is competitive with myself.
Having goals about how much I want to earn has been useful in pulling me out of my shell and into the world of selling. (Believing in the product is very useful too but that is another story!)
I have listened to how much online marketers can earn and told myself I would be realistic about what I could do because I am not the most technologically savvy person and the “selling thing”. I can hold my own on writing, copying, pasting, getting good images…
…but not as much with exactly how search engines work, getting ranked or videos on YouTube.
But now that I am out here, starting my own business, I realize what they meant by you have to “brand yourself”. If you don’t let your personality shine through, you don’t have a commodity to sell!
Some of the people I follow are so effervescent! Obviously, that it why I like to follow them!
Their smiles, their attitude, besides of course their business sense. All reasons why we decide to follow. Something resonates with us about that person.
Shaqir Hussyin Richard Branson JT De Bolt
These pictures show it all…people who love life, who love their work, who have been through a lot to achieve success. All have had huge disappointments, you never achieve success without it.
For me, I had a great January. Made some good choices on where to put my money and got one good person as part of my team. I have been working hard with others to get them on board, but need to keep working on new ideas.
The difficulty has been traffic and getting people excited about the 21-Steps. This is where the selling part comes in…
… I am not sure that my excitement shows through about what I am doing. February has been tough.
So my goals for March have to be clear. Work on how to sell, work on finding ways to generate traffic to my sites.
Here is a new picture I had taken last month. I hope my personality can shine through.
