165. Building Your Personal Brand Makes a Promise: Are You Keeping It?

Published: Oct. 22, 2024, 1 p.m.

Create more meaningful communication by defining your audience.
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Before you even think about communicating a message, defining a brand, or developing a strategy, Seth Godin says you have to ask these questions: \u201cWho\u2019s it for? What\u2019s it for? And what\u2019s the change [you] seek to make?\u201d

As a best-selling author, entrepreneur, and marketing expert, Godin understands that effective communication rests on purpose and intent. \u201cBranding is not logoing,\u201d he says, but a \u201cpromise\u201d that an individual or company makes about who they are and what others can expect of them. By intentionally defining who we are and who our audience is, Godin argues we can create more meaningful connections and drive real change.

In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Godin and host Matt Abrahams explore how we can be more deliberate in our communication, using storytelling, clarity of messaging, and defining the impact we want to make on our audience and the world.

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Chapters:

  • (00:00) - Introduction\n
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  • (01:35) - Defining Branding and Marketing\n
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  • (03:16) - The Role of Status in Podcast Growth\n
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  • (05:25) - Storytelling as a Powerful Tool\n
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  • (07:05) - The Smallest Viable Audience\n
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  • (08:38) - Clarity in Messaging\n
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  • (10:55) - Strategy Defined\n
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  • (14:18) - Developing Effective Strategies\n
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  • (16:54) - The Final Three Questions\n
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  • (21:01) - Conclusion
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