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The Personal Branding Canvas
Building a strong personal brand is essential in today's competitive landscape, allowing you to authentically connect with your audience and stand out in your field.
The Personal Branding Canvas is a dynamic tool that empowers you to define, refine, and amplify your personal brand identity. In this guide, I'll take you through each section of the Personal Branding Canvas, offering actionable steps to help you craft a compelling personal brand that resonates with your target audience.
Whether you're a professional looking to enhance your career, an entrepreneur striving to establish authority, or anyone seeking to leave a lasting impression, this guide will provide you with the knowledge and strategies to build an impactful personal brand.
Learn more about its history and creation here
WHO YOU ARE (Core Identity)
What makes you a special person?
- Physical characteristics & style
- Personality
- Personal and professional history, heritage
- Culture, education, interests and passions
- Supported causes
- Values, purpose vision
WHAT YOU DO (Offering)
What features or capabilities does your audience value?
What relevant services or products do you offer?
- Services & products
- Hard and soft skills
- Customer relationship style
WHAT BENEFITS (Key Benefits)
What benefits do your customers enjoy when dealing with you?
- Functional (the problem they see solves and/or needs satisfied)
- Emotional (how they feel)
- Self-expressive (the kind of person they think they become)
- Social (type of people they can relate to)
WHY YOU (Positioning)
Consider all the other blocks of the canvas. What is the distinctive element that makes you different from your competitors and appealing to the audience?
- Consider the ‘position’ you gain in the mind of the audience when compared to your competitors:
Is it credible, specific and distinctive? - Is it relevant to the customer need?
- Does it imply a clear and compelling set of benefits?
- What size of market is related to it?
- Does it justify a premium price?
- Does it capitalise on a competitors actual or latent durable weakness?
Can it be imitated by competitors? - What is the strong customer motivation behind it (insight)?
WHO NEEDS TO KNOW (Audience)
For whom do you create value?
Who are your most important customers?
Who influence your customers?
Who helps you develop your brand?
- Customer segments
- Influencers
- Communities and tribes (online and offline)
- Public opinion
WHY YOU ARE CREDIBLE (Reasons to believe)
What makes you credible to the audience?
- Resume, portfolio and track record?
- Certifications, training and learning results
- Roles in associations, pro bono activities
- Endorsement or relevant stakeholders
- Academic roles & publications
- Intellectual Property
- Objects, possessions, resources etc
HOW THEY KNOW YOU (Communication)
How do you become known by your audience?
Through which channels do you reach your audience?
How do you create relationships with your audience?
- Visual and verbal identity (logo, tagline)
- Storytelling
- Publicity, PR, Networking
- Sponsorship & Advertising
- Events & Presentations
- Digital Marketing etc
WHAT YOU NEED (Key Investments)
In which Key Partners, Key Activities or Key Resources do you invest or must you invest to successfully brand yourself?
- Marketing & Communications
- Assets and physical resources
- Suppliers, consultants & partnerships
- Time
- Training
- Intellectual Property
WHAT YOU GET (Results)
What results or benefits do you get or do you want from your personal brand?
How are you perceived? How do you want to be perceived? What do they say about you? What do you want them to say?
- Visibility, awareness, recognition & memorability
- Leadership, respect, images, reputation
- Differentiation, perceived quality, relevance
- Premium price, market share
- Loyalty, retention, advocacy.