From awkward to awesome: How to be more confident showing up

The first few articles I ever published online I was so scared, I paid a professional copywriter to go over them and fix them up for me.

A year later I finally plucked up the courage to do my first video, I did it on the armchair in my bedroom, and spent probably an hour recording and re-recording a 5 minute video.

It went onto my Facebook account for a few hours, before it was trolled and I took it down.

So much for putting myself out there.

Looking back the money I spent on editing for each article wasn't about making them "better" it was really an investment into my confidence.

As someone who had been a professional marketer for 20 years, we'd always used specialists for writing or filming.

We were conditioned to think that it had to be at a certain "standard".

And then along came social media and suddenly everyone had to "do it themselves".

That took a lot of re-wiring for my brain, which had always felt that it wasn't "good enough".

And so I can tell you this, after creating "personal brand" content consistently for 6+ years now.

The mind gremlins still come. (#truth)

BUT......you get used to putting them aside, and doing it anyway.

AND ......it also becomes a whole lot more personally energising and rewarding, when you plug into how to do it authentically.

AND ......wayyy more effective commercially, when you know how to do it strategically.  

So here's the thing.

You don't have to have it "all-together" before you start creating content.

But you do have to start.

It's the best way you find your voice.

And build your self-confidence around getting your message out there.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nina Christian is a Marketing & Brand Strategist who is all about doing marketing in a more connected and human way. She helps business leaders and social-change-makers use thought leadership content to build their authority and widen their impact.

She is the Director of Braveda, (est 2000), which was recognised as  "Best Marketing Agency" at the Australian Marketing Excellence Awards.

She is a Certified Practicing Marketer (CPM), a Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute & AMI State Chair (Vic) and runs two businesses of her own.

She has a knack for simplifying the complex which comes from being a hands-on mum to five young children, and uses this to turn time-sucking activities into easy to follow systems and processes that get outcomes fast.

If you're in business or leadership I'd love to help you! Here's what we can do together. 

 Infusing the right energy into your brand so it has all the feels and draws in the right people.

️ Get your message in front of more of these "right people" consistently by creating high-quality content that stands out, is strategic and moves people towards you.

 Set up rinse-and repeat-marketing systems that work, and just make life and business growth so much easier. 

There are different ways to work with me based on your situation and with all of them you'll see rapid transformation and tangible outcomes fast. Book a chat with me here.