#46. Building a Juicy Brand With Monique Bryan

Nov 29

Written By Renee Warren

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“Our personal brand is all we have, so it better be juicy and delicious or don’t bother!”
- Monique Bryan

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Hey you wild women!

My next guest has a BA in fashion design, three startups under her belt (so she knows a bit about entrepreneur life), and has developed programming in partnership with companies throughout Asia and exciting global brands like PayPal, Burberry, and Toms Shoes.

Bringing over 15 years of top-level industry experience in the areas of product development, fashion, branding, business development, and personal styling today, Monique Bryan runs a brand consultancy showing business owners how to use their personal brand as a visual communication power tool. Monique shows women how to clarify their messaging, build their unique brand personality, and up-level their style profile so they can amplify their credibility in their industry.

She is a breast cancer survivor and has grown an engaged community of over 15,000+ people on social media, while in remission. She speaks on international stages and has been featured on Global television, in Entrepreneur magazine, Bustle, She does the city, and others.

In this episode you will learn about:

Knowing your worth as a business owner and what to charge for your value.
Why you should stop waiting for your product or service to be “perfect”.
Monique’s biggest mistake in business and how she would have avoided it looking back.
How being in your zone benefits your business and your personal life.
How Monique started her business and what drew her to personal branding.
Discovering your own personal brand.
What role social media plays in marketing and branding.
How to decide what to keep private on your business social media.
Why powerful visuals are important to branding.
Why you should Google yourself, and how you can use this strategy to help you curate your personal brand.
How hiding is costing you money.
Why doing the work is so important, even if you don’t feel ready.
Increasing your bounce-back rate as a business owner.
Monique’s “a ha” moment during her cancer treatment, and how this inspired her business.
How the sense of urgency she felt during her cancer treatment transformed into Monique’s gift.
The power in the pause, and taking a break to allow for creative moments.
Functioning as an extrovert in a pandemic world.
Monique’s newly launched podcast called “The Juicy CEO” and what it’s all about.

What it means to be a wild woman:

“Freedom. Freedom. Unapologetic Freedom. That’s exactly what that means to me. I’m just, like, untamable - do what you want, do it loud, do it for you. Everyone’s watching, and do it anyways. That’s what that means.”
- Monique Bryan

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