7. Who has the greatest personal brand in the
world?
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10. What do YOU want to be famous for?
All of this is
choreographed!
11. Build your expertise by following a leader
Follow the leader(s):
• Read what they write
• Attend the conferences
they go to
• Google their names to
see where they have
published
• Follow their backlinks to
see who links to them
12. Imitating isn’t cheating – it’s smart
Your biggest win will be
when you can share the
spotlight/stage with the
experts you copied
13. Establish your expertise with content
• Blog posts
• Opinion pieces
• LinkedIn posts
• YouTube videos
• Partake in interviews
• Interview of other people
• Present at conferences
• Make your own conferences
• Write a book
• Curate industry news
• Slideshare
Politicians write
books, you can too
15. • Pick fights on blog comments
• Jump on Twitter chats
• Facebook comments
• LinkedIn comments
• Radical blog positions
Create Controversy
16. • Cite often
• Create expert wrap-up posts
• Send thank you emails
• Thank profusely in public
(Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter)
• Pay it forward with
introductions
Feed the egos
17. • Keep pretending to be that
expert
• Create your own bio that
makes it look like you are an
expert
• Pay for citations
• Use services like HARO
Fake it till you make it
19. • Add everyone you know on
LinkedIn (Facebook too)
• Gather as many Twitter
followers as you can
• Never say no to an offer to guest
post or present
• Show appreciation to your
followers by being appreciative
Add lots of followers
Notice how Apple intentionally
creates crowds of fans
21. Best practices
• Linkedin
• Fill your profile to 100%
• Write posts
• Add your slides and published content
• Twitter
• Share regularly
• Use images
• Hashtags
• Facebook
• Don’t be a moron
22. Challenge
In the next 30 days, can you deliberately
increase your own influence?
• Write a blog post sharing something
unique
• Add at least 20 people on LinkedIn
• Have a Facebook post with at least
10 comments
• Get retweeted by a major brand