”People love to hear about failure just as much as success,” says our guest Scott Leese, the CEO and Founder of Scott Leese Consulting. It is a common belief that you have to present yourself in the best light on social media in order to grow your following. However, as Scott states, you’ll earn credibility only if you are true to your audience and, most importantly, yourself. Authenticity pays off; sharing your ups and downs and talking about fears creates a high-quality connection. Being a VP of sales and managing multiple teams in Scott’s case meant taking care of each member and advocating equality. That’s why he is against creating fake images of ourselves, whether online or in the physical world.

There are many different ways to build a personal brand – from publishing social media posts to establishing yourself as a keynote speaker. However, there is one method that not many marketers use to its fullest potential – podcasts. So why and how have podcasts become one of the most powerful ways for building a personal brand? “Podcasts give me access to people smarter than me,” says Ashley Levesque, the VP of Marketing at Banzai and the Host of SaaS Breakthrough Podcast. Ashley believes that podcasts help both marketers and brands learn about cutting-edge tactics through genuine conversations. Podcasts also enable hosts to meet many inspirational people and connect industry leaders with their audience.

When someone has a considerable number of followers, people usually think, ”Oh, it’s easy for them.” However, all those followers didn’t appear overnight. Also, anyone can build a large community; it only depends on how determined you are. So, if you want to learn how, tune in to this latest episode of the Rep Your Brand podcast because our guest is Jared Robin, a Community-Led Evangelist. Jared lost his job right before the pandemic hit, but it wasn’t a surprise for him. So, once he realized “the end was near,” he started connecting with people and building networks outside of his job. He became more active on LinkedIn, and soon after, the journey called RevGenius began. RevGenius is a community of revenue-generating sales and marketing professionals brought together to learn, share, support, and grow with each other.