Today I'm talking about Personal Branding on Instagram -more specifically, separating the business and personal accounts on Instagram.
Please keep in mind that this is my experience and how I decided to work my branding strategy. This is not to say that is the only way and you cannot mix all under one same account -you can, just presents more challenges, but is absolutely doable and, in fact, is easier when done from the get-go.
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I'm breaking down this episode in 6 main points below:
1. YOUR NICHE AND YOUR BRAND DO NOT NEED TO REPRESENT ALL PARTS OF YOU: My personal account differs greatly of my business account content. Could I have everything in one place and balance it out? Sure! But it's definitely harder. My writer friends, and my tarot/spiritualist friends, and my horror fans friends do not care about branding tips for creative businesses. Most of them have 9 to 5 jobs and they like it that way. Most women entrepreneurs in my target audience do not care about horror, fiction writing career, or tarot -so why would I put the pressure and extra work on myself trying to make all work in ONE account? I saw it as a simpler and more efficient strategy to keep 2 separate accounts.
2. Niching down allows us to focus more, therefore, get better at something.
3. It is important to not lose focus of what branding really is. Nowadays we are selling only the "purpose under one same flag" while "creating a tribe" and it borderlines a religion. While yes, we want to attract and connect with a certain group of people, we also want to sell. And that same people we attract and connect are not in love with our brands just because -it is because we offer them not only a purpose in common, but a service, product, or knowledge they need to grow their business or make their own lives easier in some way.