Jose and Chris chat with Roberto Blake and get his tips on how to build a personal brand. Whether you are a freelancer, boutique agency or employee this episode will teach how you can build security by building a personal brand. More About Our Guest: Roberto Blake is a NYC Graphic Designer from Brooklyn New York, with a multi-discipline skill set that allows him to design for across mediums. Roberto's work has been published in various magazines and websites such as Advanced Photoshop and Photoshop Magazine. Annotations -- 02:55 Q: What does personal branding mean to you? 04:02 Q: Why should a designer invest time into building a personal brand? 07:50 Everyone starts at zero. Create value, and it will come back to you. 10:30 Building your personal brand means you have to be vulnerable. 10:48 Q: How do you deal with haters/trolls? 13:14 Q: Could you share how transparency has helped you in your career? 16:38 Q: What are the 3 big steps to building your online brand? 18:02 Create an extensive inventory of videos and lists of topics to discuss. 19:05 Q: Did you know who you were at the beginning or was it an evolution? 22:10 Designers drive people to take action. 24:09 Q: What should we be doing differently to grow our audience? 27:35 Free Association Game 29:00 Jose's Final Thoughts: You are the brand. Make content sharing a lifestyle. 29:43 Chris's Final Thoughts: Find a platform that matches your strengths. 30:42 Roberto's Final Thoughts: Patience is your friend. Think about the legacy you want to create and then work backwards. Links: Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/robertoblake2 Google Plus https://plus.google.com/+RobertoBlakePSD/ My Graphic Design Portfolio http://robertoblake.com Learn Graphic Design on My Blog: http://robertoblake.com/blog Follow Me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/robertoblake Like Me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/robertoblake2 Checkout My Instagram http://instagram.com/robertoblake Flickr Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/robertoblake Special thanks to our sponsors: Shutterstock - http://www.shutterstock.com/ Media Temple - http://mediatemple.net/ This is Ground - http://thisisground.com/ Watch the latest live Tweets: http://bit.ly/TheSkoolTwitter _________________________________________________ 🚀 Futur Accelerator The step-by-step blueprint and coaching program designed to get your creative business off the ground: https://thefutur.com/accelerator 🥇 Futur Pro The professional creative community designed to grow your personal brand, your business, and your network: https://thefutur.com/pro ✍️ Other Courses, Templates, and Tools: https://thefutur.com/shop 🎙 The Futur Podcast: https://thefutur.com/podcast Recommended books, tools, music, resources, typefaces & more: https://thefutur.com/recommendations Music by Epidemic Sound: http://share.epidemicsound.com/thefutur Shorts Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@thefutur/shorts We love getting your letters. Send them here: The Futur c/o Chris Do 1702 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 *By making a purchase through any of our affiliate links, we receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us on our mission to provide quality education to you. Thank you. — 🎙 Futur Podcast: https://thefutur.com/podcast/ ✍️ Futur Blog: https://thefutur.com/blog/ Jose Caballer: http://bit.ly/josecaballerTwitter Chris Do: http://bit.ly/theChrisDoTwitter Purchase a CORE Kit: http://bit.ly/myskooltools === *By making a purchase through any of our affiliate links, we receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us on our mission to provide quality education to you. Thank you.