Speak To Sample Your Brand - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Speak To Sample Your Brand - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Your product is awesome and you are ready to market it to the public. The need to get the word out is imperative to your marketing strategy. Public appearances and speaking to people at areas in which your product may be of interest will enforce the solidity of your product and brand. By being there in person, people see that your product is strengthened by you as an individual. With the words you speak and the ideas you think, you will impact their lives directly. They can relate to you specifically and understand that you are not just a name. Getting to know you By being in front of a crowd, they familiarize you to themselves. They feel that you can relate to them individually as people. Your strength and determination you prove just by standing before them can solidify in their minds that your brand has the same qualities. You appear to them as a person of stature and importance, and that the words you speak are necessary for them to hear. Your personal endorsement means a lot to shoppers when they actually see you as a person. They can respect you for showing up and taking the time to be with them. As you speak before the group, you as a person appear to command them. You draw their attention and earn their respect with the words you use. Your brand is symbolized by your name, and if you as a person represent strength and courage, it will reflect upon your brand. As you interact with the group, people will relate the quality of your product to you as a person. If you withdraw from speaking to people about your product, it can reflect negatively on your brand or it may simply not make it to the word-of-mouth market. The more you talk about your brand, the more other people and businesses will talk about you and your product. The halo of a good speaker By standing and speaking to groups, you can navigate their attention and focus on your product. People respect a person who is willing to speak to a crowd. They enjoy listening to what others have to say, be it opinion or endorsement. You as a speaker will appear to them as an expert on the subject matter. You will look as though you know what you are talking about while you speak coherently and answer questions the crowd may have. Your participation with them will endorse the fact that you and your brand is right for them. Aside from speaking, your presence allows the simple characteristic of visibility. Often times, your presence alone will help you compete in today’s market. People will see you, and familiarize your product and brand with you as a person. It can often times bring a person back to earth when they know exactly who they are buying from. People like to know what they are getting from a brand, and often, with new products or even service based companies, they want to know who theyre getting with a brand, too. By your simple presence, they can feel more secure about doing business with you. Author: Maria Elena Duron, is managing editor of the Personal Branding Blog and is also the CEO (chief engagement officer) of buzz2bucks.com â€" a word of mouth marketing firm. She helps create connection, credibility, community and cha-ching through mobile marketing and social commerce around your brand. She is co-founder of #brandchat a weekly twitter chat focused on every aspect of branding.