IS IT BOASTING WHEN YOU POST YOUR PERSONAL IMAGES (PICTURE OR VIDEO) ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
I am keen to know your views as a Creative Entrepreneur, how
you feel about posting your own personal images (pictures or video) on Social Media. If you are hesitant about doing so, what you do
you believe holds you back? Vise versa, if you have been posting your personal images,
how do you feel this has helped you (or not) with your building your brand
personality?
I want to start off this Blog Post by asking you a
few questions, as follows.
1. What is your intention and motivating factor for considering, or wanting to post your personal images on Social Media as a Creative Entrepreneur? This also includes you if you are just starting out as an Aspiring Entrepreneur. What is your REASON WHY, beyond your images (including videos) being aesthetically pleasing to others?
1. What is your intention and motivating factor for considering, or wanting to post your personal images on Social Media as a Creative Entrepreneur? This also includes you if you are just starting out as an Aspiring Entrepreneur. What is your REASON WHY, beyond your images (including videos) being aesthetically pleasing to others?
ü Is your
first intention to serve yourself? For instance, do you post on Instagram
to feel better within yourself. To help boost your emotional well-being and to
gain recognition from other? To show how excited you are about your new
product/service, or the promotional offer?
ü Or is
your initial intention and motivating factor to help others? To share
educational information based on your Lessons Learnt? To contribute to adding
greater Social Value.
ü What do
you stand for? What are your core values?
2. What is the overall outcome are you looking
to achieve as a result of posting?
3. If you are uncertain about posting your personal picture. What do you believe holds you back? For instance, makes you shy away or fear or hold certain beliefs about posting your images on Social Media?
4. If you had never seen the images, or videos of Celebrities, Public Figures, Social Media Influencers and TV Personalities would you have felt as connected to them as you do now?
55. Could you also be holding onto traditional beliefs about how Social Media was perceived in the beginning? For instance, that most people use Social Media for vanity reasons?
3. If you are uncertain about posting your personal picture. What do you believe holds you back? For instance, makes you shy away or fear or hold certain beliefs about posting your images on Social Media?
4. If you had never seen the images, or videos of Celebrities, Public Figures, Social Media Influencers and TV Personalities would you have felt as connected to them as you do now?
55. Could you also be holding onto traditional beliefs about how Social Media was perceived in the beginning? For instance, that most people use Social Media for vanity reasons?
Ever heard the quote, "a picture is worth a thousand words." Psychologically, whether we like it, or not, images evoke certain emotions within
us, which in motivate us to either react, or take action based on what we
visually see.
Learn more from the following Social Media Statistics below which may give you insight into the importance of using personal images and videos;
- At the start of 2020, approximately 4.5 billion people are using the internet (an increase of 7% - 298 million new users in 2019). Worldwide there has been 3.80 billion Social Media User in January 2020; increased by more than 9% (321 million users since 2019). Nearly 60% of the world’s population is online and the trend suggests that half of the world’s total population will use social media by the middle of this year. More than 5.19 billion people now use mobile phone globally.– Data Reportal
- Facebook posts get more than 150% of the likes on average than posts without images.- Social Media Today
- Social media now has over 2 billion users worldwide. That’s nearly 25% of the population of the whole planet! Instagram is a powerful platform for growing and scaling your personal brand, increasing traffic and boosting your sales.– Crazy Egg
- Social media users are now spending an average of 2 hours and 24 minutes per day multinetworking across an average of 8 social networks and messaging apps.– Smart Insights
The
above data just goes demonstrates that Social Media is unlikely to go away anytime soon, especially as innately, we are social and curious
creatures. Human connectivity is what drives the increase and growth of interaction on Social Media and incentivizes people to remain plugged
in the majority of the time.
If
there is anything that the current Coronavirus Pandemic has shown us, is there has been an increased need for humanity connectivity via video (Digital and Social Media communication means). An increased need for people to see each other. It has
also become more relevant to show up as yourself more than before (the person behind
the brand), as the Social Media Platforms become increasingly saturated with
content. It is will become a survival necessity to showcase yourself more, in
order to be able to authentically stand out as you and as a brand personality.
THE MARKET IS TOO SATURATED FOR ME TO COMPETE OR TO BE SEEN:
Do
not let the fact that the Social Media Market is saturated defeat your sole
purpose and intention, of why you want to contribute to adding to Social Value
beyond the aesthetics. The market will feel saturated, if you are trying to be
like someone else, or to compete with other people. The only competition that
is there is with you (your internal self-limiting beliefs) and how to overcome
certain beliefs which may have been holding you back from showcasing more of
your personality.
Do
keep in mind that Social Media Platforms will most likely always be saturated.
This is something that is beyond our control. Although there are a billion
people on there, you still matter, your voice and views does have relevance. What
matters most is how you show in the world and how often you showcase your personality,
to start building meaningful relationships with your audience and prospective
clients.
If
you are not proactively engaged regularly and consistently, is it much easier for
people to easily forget, especially when you are just starting out as a Creative
Entrepreneur. Trust takes time to develop and build on.
BE INTENTIONAL AND PURPOSEFUL ABOUT YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA INTENTIONS – GOALS AND OUTCOMES
It is essential to have a Clear Live Vision Plan, which help
you to strategically map out your Social Media Content Strategy. Once you have
it in place, the word ahead becomes much easier in mentally. It become much
easier to maintain consistent motivation beyond the self-doubt, loss of confidence
and personal criticism.
When your REASON WHY become grander that your self-image, you start to focus more on your artistry, adding social value and on continuous self-development.
You start to focus more on creating content which adds meaningful
value for your audience rather than focusing on how they will perceive you
(i.e. fear of judgement and failure). Even if they judge you, remember that their
thoughts and judgements are their own limitations and fears which they project
onto you.
You will also find that you will increasingly move away from perfection; the need to perfect yourself and your work before you are able to release it to the world. The only best way to learn is to start doing, fail forward and continue to pick yourself up. It is natural to perceive ourselves in a negative light, to be more self-critical. It about moving beyond and past those moment and not letting those moments prevent you from showcasing what you have to offer.
Trust your gut intuition this is what will help you to believe in what is possible, in terms of self-believe, self-love and confidence and your genuine intentions of wanting to help others.
Being in service and adding value wins over other people’s perceptions
of you. The people who are ready to receive your message, will receive and
value you regardless of your how you look, how perfect your images are (picture
or video). The key essential component the words (content) that are accompanied
with your picture and/or video.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PERFECTION: People love connecting to another human being, someone who is within reach and is relatable to them. Tiktok is showing us more the significance of being relatable and importance of people feeling more confident to show up as themselves; without the need of focusing heavily on aesthetics. The platform is showing people that there are more people out there who they can relate to, and that they do not need to be perfect (i.e. Super Model or Celebrity) to gain a following.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PERFECTION: People love connecting to another human being, someone who is within reach and is relatable to them. Tiktok is showing us more the significance of being relatable and importance of people feeling more confident to show up as themselves; without the need of focusing heavily on aesthetics. The platform is showing people that there are more people out there who they can relate to, and that they do not need to be perfect (i.e. Super Model or Celebrity) to gain a following.
TIPS WHICH CAN HELP YOU IN OVERCOME SELF-DOUBT & FEAR ABOUT POSTING YOUR PERSONAL IMAGES:
- Is is worth investing in considering and outlining on paper your purpose, intention, and motivating factor for wanting to post on Social Media. Taking into consideration your Life Vision and Purpose ( Reason Why). What outcomes are you planning to achieve, including who you see connecting with your content.
- Consider your Brand Personality Colors to help with designing your branding image and personality. These are colors that you are connected with which signify something that is closely related to Life Vision and Purpose, which then connects to the people you want to be able to help. People are very visual, and colors leave a lasting image. Your brand colors also help you to switch between your personal pictures and creative designs.
- People know what they want. You do not need to sell all the time to them. At the end of the end your personality and who you are as an individual is what will sell.
- Maximize on all the tools that have been provided by Instagram for Content Creators (including Facebook Creator Studio), to enable you with connecting with your ideal audience.
Lastly personal videos and pictures enable you, the
opportunity to showcase your personality; this is regardless of any flaws, or
imperfections you may believe you have. It enables others to get to know how
you feel about topics you are passionate about. Also the opportunity to learn
from you best on your thought, perceptions, views and educational background.
To end, I do not believe that posting your images on Social
Media is boasting, especially if your intentions are to do good in this world,
to add social value and to help others.
MY PERSONAL BRANDING STORY
Growing up, I used to dislike how I looked and sounded. I also
did not like sharing my personal pictures on public forms. Also dreaded the
idea of recording myself or being recorded on video camera due again to how I
looked and sounded.
I had developed certain limiting beliefs about myself and
projected them externally to the world and people would perceive. I thought
people would judge me based on how I looked and sounded. My perceptions were based
on what I saw in Magazine, TV and Social Media, of women who looked like
goddesses in my eyes; “societies definition of perfection.”
All the fears that I had were not based on what other people
said. I was hold myself back due to my own personal fears of potentially
failure. The fear of being judged by others, and how I would feel or respond as
a result of their comments.
I also didn’t know the benefits of Social Media, including the
benefits of building a brand personality. I had preconceived notions about what
social media, especially Instagram based on external influences.
Long story short, discovering what my life vision and passion enabled
me to push beyond my self-limiting beliefs and barriers. It enabled me through
failing forward, to start gaining confidence overtime in what my sole purpose was
and intention. As a result of building my brand personality overtime, showing
up as myself (in pictures and images) has enabled me to connect with
like-minded people for instance within my Digital Nomad (Social and Digital
Nomad) Community and also to gain a few opportunities where individuals or
companies have approached me to collaborate with them.
I hope that if you have been hesitating and holding back, that
my blog post has given you some insight into the benefits of showing up as you?
YOUR FEEDBACK & COMMENT MATTER!
I am keen to know your views whether you are just considering stepping out or already have done so.
I am keen to know your views whether you are just considering stepping out or already have done so.
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