Personal Branding Tip 170 · Relationships
Pair I With You in Asks
Write your next call to action in first and second person together, such as “I would love for you to follow me here.”
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
Combining I with you makes the request feel like a personal favor and speaks directly to the reader.
Where It Comes From
- Category
- Relationships: The people who know you, and the people they know.
- In the Series
- Tip 170 of 365. One tip leads each day, in order, and the cycle begins again after the last.
Relationships
More on Relationships
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.
Tip 198 · RelationshipsLeave Your Group at Every EventAt your next event, split from the people you came with for part of each day. Set a number of new contacts you will leave with.
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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