293: The True Value of Your Personal Brand with Monique Bryan

We’re continuing our podcast theme for this quarter on “Wealth” with this episode on the true value of your personal brand.

You’ve most likely heard about the importance of understanding your personal brand and how you’re perceived by others.

Your personal brand stays with you no matter if you change jobs, businesses, careers, or industries.

The power of your personal brand is that you *can* shape it.

My guest is Monique Bryan, who runs a successful personal brand consultancy that helps established professionals amplify their industry credibility and use their personal brand and visual online presence to become an in-demand business leader.

Even if you think you know a lot about personal branding, you will learn something new in this conversation (I know I did!).

Monique and I talk about:

• How she got started in the fashion business and the pivot she made
• Her philosophy of “build it backwards” when thinking about your personal brand
• Cultivating relationships, assets, and legacy
• Cleaning up your digital house
• What happens when someone damages their own brand
• Monique shares publicly for the first time what she would love to do with her business

About My Guest: Monique Bryan is an Executive Producer of Personal Brands that helps coaches, consultants and thought-leaders build their personal brand so they can position themselves to top-tier clients, land those dream opportunities and start to scale their influence in their industry. As a former fashion designer, three-time startup founder, Monique brings over 15 years of top-level industry experience in the areas of product development, entrepreneurship, branding, business development, and personal styling. With a focus on messaging, marketing and using your personal brand as a visual communication power tool Monique is known for helping established professionals amplify their industry credibility and use their personal brand and visual online presence to become an in-demand business leader. Today Monique runs a successful personal brand consultancy while being a brand herself.

About Us: The Speaking Your Brand podcast is hosted by Carol Cox. At Speaking Your Brand, we help women entrepreneurs and professionals clarify their brand message and story, create their signature talks, and develop their thought leadership platforms. Our mission is to get more women in positions of influence and power because it's through women's stories, voices, and visibility that we challenge the status quo and change existing systems. Check out our coaching programs at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com.

Links:

Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/293

Monique’s website: https://www.moniquebryan.com/

Take our free Speaker Archetype quiz: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/quiz/

Apply for our Thought Leader Academy: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/academy/

Connect on social:

• Carol on LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolcox
• Monique (guest) on LinkedIn = http://www.linkedin.com/in/moniquebryan
• Monique (guest) on Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/moniquebryan_co/

Related Podcast Episodes:

• Episode 263: Finding the Emotional Heart of Your Message with Carol Cox
• Episode 121: Designing Your Website So It Speaks Your Brand with Melanie (Mel) Richards
• Episode 179: The Deep Truths You and Your Brand Need to Say with Rebeca Arbona [Finding Your Voice Series]
• Episode 226: Build Your Brand with Consistency and Authenticity with Sydney Cummings

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