Personal Branding Tip 035 · Credibility
Pitch One Contributor Piece
Pitch one contributor article this month to a publication your audience reads. Write it from what you know firsthand.
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
Contributor pieces let you draw on a publication’s credibility, one of the ways the Manifesto describes standing above the rest.
Where It Comes From
- Category
- Credibility: Proof that what you say is true.
- In the Series
- Tip 35 of 365. One tip leads each day, in order, and the cycle begins again after the last.
Credibility
More on Credibility
Tip 039 · CredibilityOffer Yourself as a SourceSend a reporter who covers your field a short note with one useful point of view. Offer a perspective, not a sales pitch.
Tip 043 · CredibilityEarn Expert Before Claiming ItRemove expert, guru or master from your profiles unless your hours and results back it. Describe your experience in terms anyone can check.
Tip 047 · CredibilityDeliver Past the BriefPick one deliverable this week and finish it beyond what was asked. People follow performance, not promises.
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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