{"id":1854,"date":"2019-10-25T10:24:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T10:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/index.php\/2019\/10\/25\/is-it-appropriate-to-have-a-personal-brand\/"},"modified":"2020-11-20T14:45:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T14:45:25","slug":"is-it-appropriate-to-have-a-personal-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/is-it-appropriate-to-have-a-personal-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Appropriate to Have a Personal Brand?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Last week I received an email from a boutique owner with a very good question about personal branding. And because I (Kathleen here \u2013 hi!) secretly want to be a proper advice columnist I thought I\u2019d share the original questions and my response here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/home-graphic-solutions-blog-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/home-graphic-solutions-blog-01.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/home-graphic-solutions-blog-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/home-graphic-solutions-blog-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/home-graphic-solutions-blog-01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/home-graphic-solutions-blog-01-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption>This isn\u2019t just about communication with others.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhiannon had some really great questions and this is an issue that is applicable not only to creative entrepreneurs who don\u2019t necessarily want to be front and center when it comes to their brand \u2013 but also to larger organizations that aren\u2019t necessarily led by a single personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> That said, I believe it is always appropriate to have a personal brand. First let\u2019s define what it means to have a personal brand. Here at Braid Creative we believe a personal brand is simply blending who you are into the work that you do. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p> This means your personal values will show up in your business mission. It means that you get to connect the dots between your expertise and your hobbies. It means that your personality is an asset to your bottom line \u2013 the thing that makes you \u201cweird\u201d can be the thing that sets you apart from your competitors and attracts your dream customer! And most importantly, it means that your work is creatively fulfilling on a personal level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: braidcreative.com\/blog\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhiannon had some really great questions and this is an issue that is applicable not only to creative entrepreneurs who don\u2019t necessarily want to be front and center when it comes to their brand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4459,"href":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions\/4459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medila.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}