Personal Branding Tip 111 · Content
Swap One Cliché for a Story
Find one stock phrase in your bio or posts, the kind about motivation or success, and replace it with a specific example from your own life.
Take It With You
Download the card for a feed, a story or a link, or share it straight from your phone. Please keep the MCG mark on it.
Why It Works
A cliché teaches nothing and can make you look desperate. A specific example teaches and stays with people.
Where It Comes From
- Category
- Content: What you publish and how it carries you.
- In the Series
- Tip 111 of 365. One tip leads each day, in order, and the cycle begins again after the last.
Content
More on Content
Tip 116 · ContentTell the Exact StoryIf your topic is common, like resilience, skip the slogan. Tell what happened, what you were thinking and the exact steps you took.
Tip 130 · ContentAnswer the Repeat Question OnceWhen you catch yourself giving the same advice in conversation after conversation, record it once as a piece and send the link next time.
Tip 134 · ContentTry the 2:1 Content RatioFor every two posts about your work, publish one personal post. The Manifesto calls this ratio the Skyline Strategy; try it for a month.
Engagements
Your name is already being interpreted. The question is who are they, and what are they thinking?
Engagements are accepted by application and seats are limited each quarter. Tell us who you are, what you are building, and the position you intend to hold.
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