Successful Personal Brands

Your personal brand creates a unique public identity for yourself that communicates who you are, what you're interested in, and why you're passionate about it.  Successful personal brands build a following because they are very clear and articulate about these three points.

Here are a few examples of individuals who have successfully created personal brands:

@briansolis

Brian Solis 

Principal at Altimeter Group and author of The End of Business As Usual. 

@chrisbrogan

Chris Brogan - CEO of a business design company, author, and speaker.

@armano

David Armano

Managing Director of Edelman Chicago and internationally recognized industry thought leader.  

@redheadwriting

Erika Napoletano 

Redhead copywriter who curses like a sailor and writes about writing, business, marketing, and branding. Author of The Power of Unpopular.

@garyvee

Gary Vaynerchuk
Social media expert, speaker, and author of the best selling books Crush it and The Thank You Economy. 

@lauraries 

Laura Ries 

Focusing consultant and author of many books on branding such as The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding and more recently, Visual Hammer. 

@sarahaustin

Sarah Austin
Internet personality, tech journalist, Chief Geek for Pop17, and prankster.

There are many more out there - look around and find some that influence you - then share them in the comments to this post.