
In this lecture you take a positioning sentence apart into five blocks, find the block where yours is weakest.
This course is built from five disciplines: brand direction, value proposition, employer brand, HR marketing and career coaching.
The map of the course
A dictionary for reading lectures from employer branding as work on your own name
Three questions to ask after every lecture
A short self-diagnostic that shows which sections to watch first
A Positioning Statement Check worksheet is attached to this lecture.
Tools in this lecture
Files to download (1)
What brand work actually consists of, at any scale
The BRAND OS model and its six layers
An AI stack mapped to each task
Brand equity economics: why a strong brand multiplies what you can charge
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (7)
Models and methods explained (4)
What an audit is, internal and external
Running one with AI in four hours instead of three months
Competitive analysis, and how AI assistants currently describe you
Health metrics: awareness, consideration, NPS, share of search
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (6)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (1)
Models and methods explained (1)
Mission, vision, values and purpose, formulated rather than borrowed
Architecture: one message or several
The positioning statement formula, and generating fifty options with AI
The messaging matrix: one position turned into six messages for six audiences
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (15)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (3)
Models and methods explained (3)
Visual identity: colour, typography, graphics
AI design tools and when each is worth using
Verbal identity: tone of voice, vocabulary, do's and don'ts
Keeping it consistent, and the legal side of AI-generated assets
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (12)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (3)
Models and methods explained (3)
The anatomy of a campaign: big idea, creative, channels, activation
Generating concepts with AI
The production stack for video, voice and copy
The channel mix: organic, paid, PR, partnerships
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (7)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (1)
Models and methods explained (4)
The metrics framework
Building a health dashboard
Social listening and mention monitoring on autopilot
The crisis playbook for the first 24 hours, and a 90-day roadmap
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (14)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (5)
Models and methods explained (4)
What a value proposition is and what it is not
Why most of them do not influence anyone's decision
The proposition as a working instrument rather than decoration
The typical failures: friendly team, comfortable office, competitive salary
Tools in this lecture
Files to download (3)
Ready to use on the slides (7)
Models and methods explained (4)
Auditing the site, the posts, the profiles and every public communication
What people actually read, even when you did not plan it
The gap between the inside view and the outside one
How to tell your proposition is not true, and diagnostic tools that cost nothing
Tools in this lecture
Files to download (3)
Ready to use on the slides (10)
Models and methods explained (3)
The structure of a strong proposition and its mandatory blocks
A different proposition for different audiences
Linking it to your stage and direction
How to avoid sliding into marketing language nobody believes
Tools in this lecture
Files to download (3)
Ready to use on the slides (11)
Models and methods explained (2)
Conveying the proposition in a short format
On a site and in social media
In a live conversation: what to say and how
Avoiding a mismatch between what you promise and what people get
Tools in this lecture
Files to download (3)
Ready to use on the slides (10)
Models and methods explained (3)
How to tell the proposition is working
Which metrics can and should be measured
Feedback from the people you are trying to reach
When and how to refresh it, including during a change of direction
Tools in this lecture
Files to download (3)
Ready to use on the slides (15)
Models and methods explained (1)
An overview of the branding market and where it is moving
The key trends worth acting on
How political, economic, social and technological shifts hit a brand strategy
The role and responsibility of the person who owns the brand
Tools in this lecture
Files to download (2)
Ready to use on the slides (5)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (1)
The strategy behind the brand
Deciding who you are actually building it for
Identifying the target audiences
Researching them, and building a portrait of each
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (7)
Models and methods explained (1)
Running a strategic audit
External analysis with PESTEL to understand the trends around you
The research techniques that feed a proposition
Building the brand, the roadmap and the architecture
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (9)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (1)
Developing the indicators for your strategy
Defining the scope of the metrics and aligning them with goals
Setting the KPIs
Building a dashboard, and using analytics to persuade
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (2)
Models and methods explained (2)
Developing and activating a communication plan
Activating the brand online and offline
Running a social media audit and setting a policy
The platform landscape, paid community building against organic growth
Tools in this lecture
Files to download (1)
Ready to use on the slides (6)
Aligning the experience with your stated position and values
The relationship between what you promise and what people encounter
Segmenting your audience to sharpen the experience
Activating the proposition across the whole journey
Tools in this lecture
Files to download (1)
Ready to use on the slides (3)
What the future of work looks like and what it does to a brand
The technological and social trends shaping it
Customising and personalising the experience
Building a three-year plan and forecast
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (2)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (2)
Models and methods explained (1)
Building a landing page without a developer
Creating visuals for social media with no-code tools
Running targeted advertising
Writing copy that converts rather than describes
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (9)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (1)
Managing your marketing as a system rather than as posts
Launching a site that works as a landing point
Gamification as an engagement mechanic
Building a community around what you do
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (5)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (4)
Models and methods explained (5)
Platforms and channels for word of mouth
Referral programmes and how they are designed
Tracking systems
Chatbots, and building the referral process step by step
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (2)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (13)
Models and methods explained (1)
Email as a channel you own rather than rent
Content marketing and video
SEO fundamentals
Writing texts that get read and choosing images that support them
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (7)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (7)
Search advertising and how to start
Analytics behind it
Remarketing and its formats
Launching a first campaign without wasting the budget
Tools in this lecture
Services and apps shown in this lecture (2)
Models and methods explained (2)
Paid social advertising
LinkedIn, which is where a professional brand mostly lives
YouTube and Instagram
Setting up a presence across the platforms that matter for you
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (1)
Services and apps shown in this lecture (9)
The analytics behind brand marketing
What it costs you and where the results come from
Timeframes and the quality of what arrives
Building a report you can act on
Tools in this lecture
Ready to use on the slides (5)
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
You already have a personal brand. It is whatever people conclude about you from what they can see, and right now nobody is managing it. Here are 332 tools to manage it: 216 ready-to-use procedures, templates, question lists and AI prompts, 52 models and methods, 42 services shown on screen and 22 working files.
Open a lecture, take the template, and audit what people see about you today.
Why expertise stays invisible
Good professionals assume their work speaks for itself. Their profiles are outdated, their content is random, and the people who decide about offers and projects know them only through a CV. Opportunities go to those who are easier to find and easier to describe.
What changes after this course
You know what you want to be known for and by whom. Your value proposition is clear, your profile and content say the same thing, you measure what works, and your career direction and the brand support each other.
What is inside: 332 tools, counted lecture by lecture
You do not have to take this number on trust. Open any lecture and read its description: every tool inside is listed there by name.
Where the tools are
The brand method (2 sections, 89 tools). The role, the audit, identity, campaigns and monitoring.
Your value proposition (2 sections, 81 tools). What it is, where you stand, design, communication and measurement.
Audience and plan (3 sections, 52 tools). Audience research, metrics, the communication plan, social media and trends.
Digital presence (2 sections, 59 tools). Site, referrals, content, paid reach and social platforms.
Career direction (2 sections, 43 tools). The dream career, talents, skills audit and soft skills.
The move (2 sections, 29 tools). CV, LinkedIn, interviews, money, burnout and the top league.
Who is teaching
I am Mike, the #1 HR instructor on Udemy, with 1,800,000+ course enrollments from 170,000 students, and the author of about 200 books on Amazon. I built the people system at Preply as it became a unicorn and worked at Wargaming, iDeals and Alfa-Bank across 20 years in HR. I hold PHRi, SHRM-CP and HCI sHRBP certifications and represent HRCI in Eastern Europe.
Preply and iDeals did not hire me through recruiters: at Preply the founder hired me, and at iDeals the CFO, whom I later introduced to the founder. Without a strong brand, offers come only through recruiters and a job search takes four to eight months; with one, they come from the CEO and the board in one or two. I started speaking at conferences simply by writing to organisers who already invited me as a guest.
How to use the course
Start with the brand audit and value proposition, then build your digital presence and career plan. Section and lecture titles show how many tools are inside, and each lecture description lists them by name.
What is included
Where to start
Search your own name, write down what a stranger would conclude, then open the brand audit lecture. Enrol now and start your first lesson today.