Love him or hate him – you know him, and that’s the whole point about branding. Whether it’s your personal brand or business the opposite of love isn’t hate…it’s indifference. Just his name elicits feelings for you right now. He makes you feel something. That’s what you have to do if you want to make a splash in this world.

Some takeaways

Putting your opinions of him aside – you can’t doubt the personal brand of Donald Trump. Granted he was born with name equity there’s plenty you can take from The Donald.

1. Find your niche and preach. You don’t have to be everything to everybody. Just find a few people who believe in what you’re saying or doing, and continue to nurture them and tell them (or even believe) the things they want to hear.
2. Don’t back down. If you believe in your ideas, don’t back down from naysayer’s. The amount of people who have discredited Donald Trump is, as he would say, HUGE! However, he continues to stick to what got ’em here… A loud mouth and take no shit mentality. You may not like it, but his supporters LOVE it.
3. Zag when others Zig. When he first made the claim he was going to run for President, everyone laughed. Then he went on a tear and got the Republican nomination, and you know the rest. He did it by going against the system. He time and time again, said that he was an outsider, a businessman and not a politician. Even the word politician gives people chills, so he was smart (yes, I said smart) to go against the grain and call out the politicians and find his own lane.

Your ideas don’t have to be popular to the masses. Find your tribe, preach, believe in yourself and you’ll eventually find a niche of followers to exploit.

By doing this, you will position yourself as an expert or even THE expert in your field. People like following and believing in experts.

Love you,

Jordan ‘The Guy with the Bow Tie’ Rycroft