If your personal brand is your story, owned media is the stage you tell it from.
Unlike social media platforms that change algorithms overnight, your owned media — your website, blog, newsletter — is where you control the narrative. No filters, no middlemen, no noise.
This is where your personal brand truly takes shape.
🧠 What Is “Owned Media”?
Owned media = any platform you control directly. This includes:
Your personal website or blog
Your email newsletter
Your social media bios, posts, banners
Your portfolio or CV
Your LinkedIn profile
These are your digital assets. They're always on, searchable, and often the first impression people get of you.
Let’s make sure they reflect the best version of your brand.
🖥️ Step 1: Turn Your Website Into a Personal Brand Hub
If you don’t have a website yet, now’s the time to build one — even a simple one-pager.
Your website is your home base, where people go when they want to know you — beyond the algorithm.
What to include:
Section | What it should do |
|---|---|
Hero Section | Clear positioning: “Hi, I’m [Name] — I help [audience] do [outcome].” |
About Page | Your brand story and personality (link to Article 3) |
Services / Offerings | What you do or how you help |
Testimonials | Social proof to build trust |
Contact / CTA | A clear next step: email, calendar link, or newsletter signup |
Pro tip: Use the same tone, colors, and voice throughout. This makes your brand feel cohesive.
🔗 Step 2: Optimize Your LinkedIn for Brand Clarity
Your LinkedIn profile isn’t just an online CV. It’s a personal branding billboard.
Here’s how to make it shine:
✅ Headline
Replace “Job Title at Company” with a value-driven statement.
👉 “Helping creatives turn their skills into scalable businesses” is better than “Marketing Consultant.”
✅ About Section
Use your personal brand story here. Make it human, not robotic.
✅ Featured Section
Add links to your blog posts, interviews, videos, or landing page — anything that reinforces your brand.
Use a custom banner that reflects your tone or tagline. No more blank grey headers.
Whether you’re active on Instagram, Twitter/X, or TikTok, your bios and visuals should feel like extensions of your brand, not random spaces.
Element | What to Check |
|---|---|
Profile pic | Same photo (or style) across platforms |
Bio | Aligns with your brand purpose and tone |
Highlights / Pinned posts | Feature your best work or brand-relevant ideas |
Link in bio | Directs to your site, offer, or portfolio |
Pro tip: Use a link-in-bio tool (like Linktree or Carrd) to create a branded landing page for all your links.
📨 Step 4: Start (or Refine) Your Email Newsletter
Your email list is the most powerful owned media asset you have. Algorithms can’t take it away. It reaches people directly. It builds community.
If you don’t have a newsletter yet, keep it simple:
Topic: What do you want to be known for?
Format: A weekly or monthly roundup of insights, stories, and resources
Tone: Let your personality shine — think email from a smart friend, not a press release
Name it if you want — e.g., “The Clarity Dispatch” — or just use your name. Either way, start building direct relationships.
🧠 Step 5: Consistency Over Complexity
You don’t need to be everywhere. You need to be consistent where it counts.
Start with:
Your website → polished, focused, aligned
LinkedIn → clean headline, updated About, active
One social channel → regularly updated with brand-relevant content
That’s enough to begin building traction. From there, expand.
🛡️ Final Tip: Think “Digital Presence,” Not Just “Profiles”
Everything online that features you — your bios, your old YouTube comments, your author profiles on other websites — forms part of your brand presence.
So do an audit and clean up or unify things as needed.
This isn’t about hiding who you are — it’s about making your message easier to understand and trust.
🧭 Action Checklist
✅ Review/update your personal website
✅ Re-write your LinkedIn headline and About section
✅ Align social bios with your brand story and tone
✅ Launch or reframe your newsletter as a brand asset
✅ Use visuals and voice consistently across platforms
🔗 What’s Next?
Your media is working for you. Now let’s explore how to get other people talking about you.
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