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4 Hacks to Grow Your Personal Brand with Video

Personal Brand with Video

Video rules the internet. If you want to build a successful personal brand in 2020 and beyond, you need to tap into video as a marketing channel. When used correctly, video can deliver increased brand awareness, more leads, and greater revenue.

But the question is, how do you use video to grow your personal brand? Going beyond the obvious (and largely unhelpful) tips like “post videos on YouTube,” here are five lesser-known video marketing strategies you can use to better promote your personal brand.

1. Shoot an “About Me” Video

If you have a website, you probably have a “Bio” or “About Me” section that tells visitors a little bit about what you do and why you started your business. Great! But are you taking full advantage of this page on your site? If you’ve written your bio rather than shot an engaging “About Me” video, the answer is probably no.

A well-crafted “About Me” video is an easy way for you to showcase your unique personality and will allow people to connect with you on a deeper level than plain text will.

Just remember to keep your video short and sweet, address your target audience directly, and be yourself in front of the camera. Also, don’t be afraid to work hard and perfect this video, as it’s likely the first interaction new website visitors will have with your personal brand.

2. Interview Other Thought Leaders

Sometimes the best way to build your personal brand is to partner with other thought leaders in your niche and “steal” their audiences for yourself. This is easily done by interviewing industry authorities and posting the videos on YouTube, Facebook, etc.

This strategy has multiple benefits:

Fortunately, securing interviews isn’t that difficult. Make a list of popular personal brands in your niche and reach out to them with a customized message. You’ll probably get a few bites. Once you’ve published a couple of interviews, you can use them as leverage to secure bigger names.

3. Publish Behind the Scenes Footage

Behind the scenes footage is another great way to grow your personal brand with video. Why? Because we all love to see “how the sausage gets made” so to speak.

By showing your audience how you create content for them, what you do in your off time, etc., you’ll forge deeper connections with your target market. This is because behind the scenes content often feels exclusive and more personal.

To build a successful personal brand, your target market has to connect with you. Build stronger relationships with your followers by pulling back the curtain to reveal your daily life.

4. Gather Up Video Testimonials

Testimonials are the perfect way to lend your personal brand credibility. By capturing your current customer’s opinions of your business, you can convince new leads to work with you and/or buy your products too. After all, if you were able to help the people in your testimonial videos, why can’t you help other people too?

While written testimonials are valuable, video testimonials are better because they’re often more engaging and seem more authentic to viewers.

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5. Create a Facebook Cover Video

Finally, we suggest creating a Facebook cover video to promote your personal brand as well. This is a prime piece of real estate. Take full advantage of it with engaging footage that cuts to the heart of who you are and what you do.

Here are a few technical details to keep in mind:

Use Video to Boost Your Personal Brand

Video marketing is a great way to grow your personal brand. We encourage you to use the above strategies to create compelling video content for your unique audience! If you do, you’ll love the boost in brand awareness, leads, and revenue you’re able to achieve.

Author bio

Haily Moulton

Haily is social media strategist at Biteable and knows a thing or two about building brands organically. Try Biteable for yourself here: https://biteable.com

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