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Niche Branding

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By BrianFanslau

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Is Niche Branding for You?

The definition of Niche Branding goes hand in hand with the concept of creating a Personal Brand. First you need to define who and what your business and your own self is all about. This is for a reason trust me.

When you define who you are and know your strengths and your weaknesses you can hire, befriend, joint venture, etc... your weaknesses into your plan for personal branding as well as your biggest problem is defining your problem first.

So lets do that right off the bat. I'm going to put a few poll questions and you will want to answer them truthfully to see if Niche Branding your business or yourself will be a fit for you.

Question 1

Do you intend to be succesful in your field and are you willing to lead others?

  • Yes
  • No
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Question 2

Would you consider yourself....

  • "Tech Savvy"
  • I have a Facebook and Twitter and LinkedIn
  • I can do my business online and read and send e-mails
  • No I don't know how I got to this web page
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Niche Brand Questions Answered

Ok lets take a moment to Review.

So you want to be successful in your business, music, acting, etc... career. But don't know where to start online since there are Bloggs, Articles, Twitter, Facebook, Bebo, Myspace, Instant Messenger, e-mail, and more coming out nearly every month.

So if you answered "No I don't know how I got to this web page" this would be a excellent time to press ctrl+F4. As for you my friend who is still reading forward I am glad you chose to read on.

This is for you. You want to know how to really brand yourself and begin building your business virally online. You are going to want to get yourself a pen and paper and begin Defininng Your Core.

Once you have defined your Core you will want to open a Word Doc and start writing down those core things into the computer so it will be easy for you to copy and paste them into profiles and make them as unique to yourself as you can people are social and wierd things about other people will help you differentiate yourself from others who will try to do the same thing you are doing with your brand.

Personal Branding can be a real pain in the rear if you don't have a lot of time but over the course of a few months and continued pursuit of your online market by befriending, conversing, meeting, and commenting with others in your field you will be able to show your skills in your field effectively and navigate the "interwebbs" just like the millions of search spiders out there that comb the Internet for good content to bring to relevant search terms for others to read. So create good content online about what you do and who you are if that is a service, good, network marketing, direct sales, MLM, pony salesmen, cheer leading expert, super hero, comedian, or a hamster political rights activist.

The best way to be heard is to listen and connect with other people socially so in a nutshell that is what Niche Branding is all about. Creating a core you that can be broadcast and be a virtual YOU online that YOU control and that YOU can profit from.

Sincerely,

                Brian Fanslau --- Social Media Entrepreneur and Marketing Adviser

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Scott Scanlon  says:
5 months ago

Great information and overview on personal branding.

Sam Better  says:
5 months ago

Niche branding is the way to go... we did that with our site...

FillMyProperty.com for rental, rent to own, and owner financing properties. It has served us well.

We niche branded a rental site, rent to own site, and owner financing site per state, so the information you share above is spot on.

Mark Samson  says:
5 months ago

I found tremendous success with personal branding... I like this concept of Niche branding. Is there any more resources you can send me to to get more information?

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BrianFanslau  says:
5 months ago

Yes I'm working on a few more hubs about this topic shortly :)

Steve Gewecke  says:
4 months ago

Awesome information, thanks for sharing!

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BrianFanslau  says:
4 months ago

I would recommend reading my Twitter Tips hub after reading this one as it will give you some real world examples of how to use the information you just read on Niche Branding.

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