Brand You Personal Branding
Mike Kim
The Brand You Podcast with Mike Kim helps you showcase your unique expertise and build a profitable business around your personal brand. Each episode blends real-world strategy with actionable tips in personal branding, marketing, copywriting, consulting, business, and coaching — so you can attract the right clients, grow your influence, and do more of the work you love.
Mike Kim is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of You Are the Brand, a proven guidebook that has helped entrepreneurs, consultants, coaches, and creators position themselves as trusted authorities in their field. As a sought-after speaker and marketing strategist, Mike has worked with industry leaders, NYT bestselling authors, and influential organizations to craft messaging that moves people to action.
With years of hands-on experience in branding, direct response marketing, and high-level consulting, Mike distills what he's learned into clear, practical advice — so you can stop feeling stuck, clarify your message, and build a business that's unmistakably you.
Mike Kim is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of You Are the Brand, a proven guidebook that has helped entrepreneurs, consultants, coaches, and creators position themselves as trusted authorities in their field. As a sought-after speaker and marketing strategist, Mike has worked with industry leaders, NYT bestselling authors, and influential organizations to craft messaging that moves people to action.
With years of hands-on experience in branding, direct response marketing, and high-level consulting, Mike distills what he's learned into clear, practical advice — so you can stop feeling stuck, clarify your message, and build a business that's unmistakably you.
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Jun 3, 2015 • 29min
BYP 33 – Pivot: How To Position Yourself As An Authority
We continue our series on making a career pivot by covering 3 easy-actions to establishing yourself as an authority in your new industry — even if you don’t feel like one. These are the same steps I used when starting my career pivot, and they are a lot easier than you might think. Check out […]
May 27, 2015 • 28min
BYP 32 – Pivot: 3 Things Successful Personal Brands Know That Others Don't
What do the successful personal brands do that lead to their success? Actually, I don’t think it has as much to do with “doing” as it does with “knowing” — especially early in your brand building journey. Today I share 3 things that I wish I knew more clearly at the start of my business. […]
May 20, 2015 • 26min
BYP 31 – 3 Reasons Why A Podcast May Be More Important Than A Blog
Today I answer a question posed by a listener named Josh Hogancamp on why I started podcasting. I’ll tackle that within the framework of why a podcast may well be better than a blog these days. (Hard to admit because I love blogs, but it may be true!) 1. Blogs are like mixtapes, podcasts are […]
May 13, 2015 • 28min
BYP 30 – Caution: Do Not Violate These 5 Laws Of Marketing
Marketing your personal brand is tough enough as it is — but it’s even harder if you go against the current. These 5 “laws” of marketing will help you get more traction and results. Violate at your own risk! 1. The Law of Leadership: It’s better to be first than better. This the most basic […]
May 7, 2015 • 24min
BYP 29 – 5 Marketing Lessons From Marvel's The Avengers
For this episode, I’m repurposing some content from a blog post that was well-received earlier this week. We take a look at Marvel’s marketing behind their latest hit movie, The Avengers: Age of Ultron and look at what concepts we can apply to our own personal brands. A Quick Preview of the Podcast: five lessons from […]
Apr 30, 2015 • 29min
BYP 28 – 5 Takeaways From A Recent Product Launch
Do you have a product to sell? This episode gives you a behind-the-scenes look at a recent product I sold. I learned some pretty interesting things — and I’m hoping these lessons will serve as actionable items for you to consider in your own product sales. A Quick Preview of the Podcast: five takeaways you […]
Apr 23, 2015 • 15min
BYP 27 – Two Ways To Improve Your Email Marketing In Under 5 Minutes
Many people view email marketing as a “necessary evil” but it’s actually one of my favorite things in all of marketing (I’m weird, I know). Regardless of how you feel about email marketing, one cliche rings true: “the money is in the list.” In this episode, I share two simple ways to improve your email […]
Apr 8, 2015 • 23min
BYP 26 – 3 Design Tweaks That Have Grown My Blog Readership
In this episode, I take you behind-the-scenes of my latest blog design. Several months ago I rolled out a new, more modern look. Some of these changes are helping me grow my email list and readership, and most are fairly simple to do. A Quick Preview of the Podcast: 3 simple tweaks I made that […]
Mar 26, 2015 • 23min
BYP 25 – 3 Steps To Handling A Public Relations Crisis
Today’s episode was created in response to a question I received: “How can I rebuild my personal brand/credibility in the community when someone in the community has lied about my character?” At some point, all of us will face negative press or even a public relations crisis in our business. Following these 3 steps will […]
Mar 18, 2015 • 23min
BYP 24 – Business Partners: What To Look For
You can’t build a brand all by yourself. Eventually, you’ll need to outsource work or even bring on a business partner. But what should you look for? I share a few personal preferences I look for in partners, as well as some examples when things haven’t gone as I wished they had. A Quick Preview […]
