Salespeople are building strong personal brands that help them drive sales. This presentation was used in a creative workshop to explore the value of personal brands for companies and their salespeople and consultants. The workshop explored how companies should support and leverage the personal brands of their key salespeople and consultants.
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Personal brand versus company brand in B2B sales
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Personal Brand
versus the
Company Brand
Facilitator John Smibert
A collaborative learning workshop
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our unique promise of value
to our brand community
Our personal brand is .....
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Characteristics of our personal brand?
Our Values and Ideals
Our focus vision, mission, purpose
Our knowledge, expertise, skills and capability
Our relationships
Our interests
Our image - Poise, presentation, empathy, respect
References and recommendations
Published content
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Why is it valuable to think of ourselves
as a brand?
Enhance credibility
Drive more opportunities
Attract more customers
Grow what we offer
Control our destiny
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What can we do?
Gain control plan, execute and
measure
Achieve Consistency & Trust
Relevant and compelling
Growing our reach and influence
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How do we project our brand?
Traditionally by:
Email, Telephone,
Meetings, Presentations,
Speeches, Conferences,
Media (press, radio, television)
Published content (via email,
newsletters, magazines, news services)
More recently via Social Media
Profile
Commentary
Content
By connecting, communicating and delivering value
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Building your brand?
Step 1: Vision Mission Purpose
Step 2: Measurable Objectives
Step 3: My Personal Brand
Who am I
My Unique Promise of Value
My Profile
My Tag line
Keywords
Step 4: Target Brand Community
Step 5: Brand Audit and gap analysis
Step 6: My Strategies
Step 7: My Tactics
Step 8: Execution and management
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Conflict with Company Brand?
1 + 1 = 3
Need to ensure alignment
Need to facilitate strong personal brands
Enable easy uncoupling
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Personal Branding
John Smibert
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Essential for
Sales and Consulting
Professionals!