Alex Lieberman’s guide to personal branding: A step-by-step process for boosting your social presence

Hot take: I don’t think everyone needs a personal brand. Plenty of businesses have expanded their reach with company social accounts as their mouthpieces. However, executives and founders can create personal brands that supercharge growth. How do I know? I’ve done it myself.

I founded newsletter Morning Brew, which gives business updates with personality. Each send has a lighthearted, but informative, tone — a style consistent with social posts from the brand and my account. Later, I launched storyarb to drive demand for high-growth B2B businesses. My personal brand helps position the agency as a leader and piques interest in potential clients.

Of course, building a compelling, consistent personal brand is no walk in the park. That’s why I wrote this article. In this post, I’ll share a step-by-step guide with tips to help you get started. Let’s dive in.

Benefits of Building a Personal Brand

When I think about a company, I’m not picturing a faceless brand. Instead, I think about a person who is related to that company.

For example, when I hear Airbnb, I think about Brian Chesky posting on X. When I hear HubSpot, I think about CMO Kipp Bodnar and his podcast. And when people think about StoryArb, they’re likely thinking about me. That’s personal branding at work.

In a nutshell, a personal brand gives your company a face and a personality that people can interact with. That helps your brand feel more human.

Building a great personal brand isn’t easy. But in my experience, that work has more than paid off. Cultivating a brand on social media has generated so many career opportunities both for me and for my businesses.

At storyarb, 90% of our impactful moments have come through my personal LinkedIn. Even my cofounder, Abby Murray, first connected with me on the platform. Most of our employees were introduced to us through this channel, and my team still sends cold recruiting DMs from my LinkedIn today.

ObadeYemi

Adeyemi is a certified performance digital marketing professional who is passionate about data-driven storytelling that does not only endear brands to their audiences but also ensures repeat sales. He has worked with businesses across FinTech, IT, Cloud Computing, Human Resources, Food & Beverages, Education, Medicine, Media, and Blockchain, some of which have achieved 80% increase in visibility, 186% increase in month on month sales and revenue.. His competences include Digital Strategy, Search Engine Optimization, Paid per Click Advertising, Data Visualization & Analytics, Lead Generation, Sales Growth and Content Marketing.

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