36. • Reduces the effort required to understand you,
your needs, background, skills.
• Define your QUALITIES/ABILITIES.
• Present your professional attributes.
• Chance to “connect” with your brand.
• Sign of your perceived quality and PRESTIGE.
• Help others organize knowledge about you.
Brands Matter to Others
37. • Savvy networkers, but…
• Many HUNTERS still exist.
• Address Each Person’s WIIFM.
• Networking “saturation.”
• Increased competition.
• Too many venues & events.
• Commingling of social and
professional networking goals.
Branding Challenges
38. • You achieve maximum benefit from the
“added value” attributed to marketing
your brand.
• You create value for your brand many
ways.
• There are many different ways in which
the value of your brand can be
exhibited or exploited to benefit your
job search, career goals, and business
ownership efforts.
Brand Equity