Personal Branding Tip 023 · Credibility
Collect Outside Validation
List the certifications, recommendations or affiliations that would make a decision maker more confident in you. Start on the closest one this month.
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
Like a graduate backed by a university’s reputation, outside validation gives the person deciding about you a reason to feel confident.
Where It Comes From
- Source
- Personal Branding: A Manifesto on Fame and Influence, subchapter 1.6, Influence (opens in a new tab)
- Category
- Credibility: Proof that what you say is true.
- In the Series
- Tip 23 of 365. One tip leads each day, in order, and the cycle begins again after the last.
Credibility
More on Credibility
Tip 027 · CredibilityTest Whether People ActAsk your audience for one small step this week, such as a reply or a signup, and count who takes it. Attention that never acts is not influence.
Tip 031 · CredibilityPitch as a PeerPick one person a level ahead of you and send a brief note with a specific reason the conversation would serve them. Skip the praise; bring the offer.
Tip 035 · CredibilityPitch One Contributor PiecePitch one contributor article this month to a publication your audience reads. Write it from what you know firsthand.
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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