LinkedIn and personal branding

Stage 1 · Lesson 5 of 7

Your positioning statement

Your niche and story

A turns the last three topics into one sentence you can reuse everywhere. The pattern is: "I help [audience] with [problem] through [your skill or experience]." For example: "I help junior developers write code that holds up in production, through lessons from building payment APIs."

You do not publish it word for word. It works as a filter. Your , , and every post idea should fit inside it.

If an idea does not fit, one of two things is true. Either it is a sub-theme you have not named yet, or it is a post you should skip. Write three versions and read them aloud. Pick the one a stranger would understand without any background.

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Resources for this stage

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  • GuideFree
    Learn In Public

    Shawn Wang (swyx)

    The short essay behind sharing what you learn as you learn it, the core of a credible brand

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