Personal Branding Tip 166 · Relationships
End With an Invitation to Reply
Close your next post or episode with a direct question for your audience, then answer every person who responds.
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
Asking for thoughts and opinions turns listeners into conversations, and conversations into relationships.
Where It Comes From
- Category
- Relationships: The people who know you, and the people they know.
- In the Series
- Tip 166 of 365. One tip leads each day, in order, and the cycle begins again after the last.
Relationships
More on Relationships
Tip 170 · RelationshipsPair I With You in AsksWrite your next call to action in first and second person together, such as “I would love for you to follow me here.”
Tip 183 · RelationshipsPitch Your Idols as a PeerRewrite your next outreach: drop “biggest fan”, name one specific thing they did, say what you do in a sentence and make a clear request.
Tip 193 · RelationshipsCollaborate Outside Your FieldPick one person in a contrasting field, a comedian if you work in finance or a chef if you practice law, and propose a joint conversation or appearance.
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.
Consultations are virtual or in person. See what each includes, and what is asked of you: Virtual or In Person.