As a small business owner, you may be wondering why building a brand is important. After all, isn’t it enough to simply have a great product or service? The answer is no. In today’s competitive marketplace, it’s more important than ever to have a strong brand that differentiates you from your competitors. In this article, I cover what is a brand, why your business needs one, and 8 benefits of taking the time to invest in building a brand for your business.
As any solopreneur knows, there are a million little things to do in a day–which is why content marketing is often pushed to the back burner. You’d rather get on a sales call or prospect a cold lead than write online. But here’s the thing: your small business needs a blog. No matter what industry you’re in or how new you are, a business blog can help you reach your target market and convert readers into customers. Don’t believe me? In this article, I’ll explain in detail five reasons why.
Marketing yourself is essential for any business, especially when starting out. It’s just a fact that people are more likely to trust someone they view as an expert than someone who is just starting out, so it’s essential to establish yourself as an authority figure as soon as possible. This article will discuss 12 ways to market yourself online and build your brand …. even if you still don’t consider yourself an expert!
With the number of people online every day, you have potential buyers out there right now searching for your product offer.
You have a more significant opportunity to reach your audience online than ever before.
But without the correct message targeting every time you share content, you could be losing clients.
When most of my clients start working me, they can’t initially wrap their heads around how all the parts of The Simplistic 5 Step Sales Process will fit and need direction on pulling it all together.
They come to me with thoughts about business ideas and a digital product, and then we sort everything out after that.
They have the idea – and I have the tools and methods to bring it to life.
Being it’s my passion to help women monetize their knowledge, which I call brand influence, today I want to jump into the signs to look for that it’s time for you to start your passion business.
And by passion business I mean relying on the intersect of your passions, skills, and interest… many times I refer to that as your superpower as mentioned in Episode 18.
Your superpower is the result of your layers and layers of pivots, life cycles, and experiences that have led you to where you are right now.
Many people think you can make a few posts a week about your products to Instagram and Facebook and that sales magically drop into your bank account. But that’s not how running an online business works… and that’s precisely why I believe so many get frustrated when selling on social media or starting a new business. In this article, I’m laying out the sales process steps to follow as you move a customer through your sales funnel… to ultimately make your brand more profitable, faster. This is a must-listen for every business builder who wants more time away from their business!
Being it’s my passion to help women monetize their knowledge, which I call brand influence, today I want to jump into the signs to look for that it’s time for you to start your passion business.
And by passion business I mean relying on the intersect of your passions, skills, and interest… many times I refer to that as your superpower as mentioned in Episode 18.
Your superpower is the result of your layers and layers of pivots, life cycles, and experiences that have led you to where you are right now.
We as human beings are social creatures – we need to be around others to thrive in life. In-person connections can ease stress, anxiety, and depression, boost self-worth, provide comfort and joy, prevent loneliness, and even add years to your life.
So when these connections are made it makes a huge impact on our mental health and overall happiness.
But as technology has advanced we tend to rely on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram to fill that connection need.
So many times clients who are in direct sales will come to me tripped up being able to tie together who they are as a mom, business builder, and a direct sales rep.
They understand that personal branding is important to their success but they struggle with how to promote a personal brand – themselves! – and not a company.
So let me just start off by saying you should never rely on social media to build your business.
What?! did I really just say that? Don’t use social media to grow your business, make more sales, connect with more people?
Well yes and no. Let me explain…
Using my Stay in Your Lane Brand Method and the Sales Process I teach – the goal of content marketing should be to build your email list.
Yes – your email list should be your top priority every time you put content out even if that’s on social media.
A lead magnet allows you to grow your email list with ideal clients. But what happens if your lead magnet isn’t performing as you hoped? Do you need to ditch the whole thing and give up? Start over? Probably not! In this article, I share five ways to assure your lead magnet doesn’t fail – and more importantly how a good lead magnet can convert profits for your business on automation!
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