I will focus on twitter in this article. In a future post, I will cover . Disclaimer: linkedin Introduction I decided to write a simple and practical guide about personal branding for . I will talk about what I am doing right now to create and improve my personal brand as an Android developer. I hope you will find something useful in this article. developers What is personal brand ? A personal brand is the reflection of your identity, it is the intersection between reality, perception and you. Your identity is about your true and your . WHY core values You need to be consistent and congruent about your , your . message why What do you believe ? My answer: I believes that one experience, one blog, one book, one speech, one sentence or one word can change life forever. Let me tell you one story. In 2011, I accepted the challenge to It was interesting, I got in the zone by creating a to document my journey. But after 2 years of hard studying and sacrifice, I had some doubts about finishing my master degree. I actually had burnout and mental depression. I try to search motivation to get up again and continue my challenge. I found inspiration from my virtual mentors ( Robbins, Tim Ferriss and Eric Thomas). I created a strategy and I began to study smart instead of hard. I was back in the game. Finally in 2017 I graduated and I am really happy. graduate while working full time. blog Tony Gary Vaynerchuk One of the reason I succeed is this: My manifesto Why do you need a personal brand as a developer ? They are a lot of reasons to have a personal brand. I will give four that are really important for me. Build your reputation Share your skills and passion Become visible on the map Engage with people in your industry Step 1: Follow your mentors The first thing to do is create the list of people you admire and you want to connect with. I call them mentors because they are the best at what they do. If you are like me, you want to become better by following the path of the best. Let’s create a list of the in the world who use twitter. best android developers This is my list: twitter.com @ewilly1/Droid_Mentors on Twitter Step 2: Define your brand The second step is choosing your topics. 1 to 3 topics is enough to begin. You will focus on your topics for enough time to build a reputation. My topics are Android development and . Firebase Step 3: Craft your profile 1-Profile foto Choose a beautiful foto of you or choose an illustration of you. From to old profile foto new profile foto 2-cover foto You can put some photo of you when you’re doing interesting stuff (coding at work, speaking at conference …) Example from Rebecca Franks You can put something related to your blog Example from @ valokafor You can promote something you have done (book, android apps …) Example from Andrew Orobator This is what I did from old to new cover cover 3-bio Your bio has to be original. Describe yourself using these elements : job (what do you do?) accomplishments lifestyle or mantra hobbies hashtag This is what I did: Senior Android Engineer and public speaker. Born in Africa, living in Europe. Work hard, play hard, rest hard #Firebase learner #CoffeeLover and #TvShow addict Step 4: Engage daily The next step is commit to participate to the conversation in twitter. this means tweet daily, retweet a lot, follow and answer. Example: One of my tweets: One of my retweets One of my answers One tweet I loved Bonus: My Worflow on twitter. I use to read android related blog post and then I tweet the best posts on my twitter account. feedly If you have some tips to improve personal brand on twitter, you can write it in a comment below. Conclusion I think developing a personal brand is a long journey and I just began mine. I will make experiments, I will sometimes make mistakes and I will learn along the way. This is not a blueprint, it is my process. If you don’t have a personal brand, I invite you to create one following my example. See you for the {part 2}, until then my friend! may the {code} be with you ← BEFORE Documenting My Android Adventure NEXT → Personal branding 101 for developers {part 2} A big thanks to everyone involved in proofreading this post! If you enjoyed this post, you will love to to my newsletter. Get my cheat sheet: “ Before you go… subscribe Android Studio keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet”. Resources: _There are as many different strategies for growing a Twitter profile as there are Twitter marketers out there. What do…_follows.com 42 Expert Tips on How to Grow Your Twitter Profile _Here's the situation. You're trying to grow your personal brand, and Twitter is a necessary part of that for digital…_marketingland.com How To Grow Your Personal Brand On Twitter In Only 10 Minutes A Day _Ah, Twitter: Everyone's favorite character-count taskmaster. If you've been using this most confining of social…_blog.hootsuite.com Twitter Bio Ideas to Increase Your Follower Count
