It may sound as a cliché but Marketing field is one of the activity areas where appearance and personal image can truly be an asset.
Personal image says a lot about individual personality. It influences people you meet and inevitably, it's one of the things you are judged on at first sight.
Personal image is not just about good looking or physical attraction, but it should also include the cleanness of the person, the way of speaking and getting along with others. Personal image is an element of credibility specially for professionals of marketing.
For these people, it's compulsory to always have the right look, for allowing customers to be in trust easily.
For these people, it's compulsory to always have the right look, for allowing customers to be in trust easily.
let's consider this example: when you enter in a supermarket and have the possibility to buy between two similar products. The first one is packaged in a box presenting some damage on it while the packaging of the second one is free of any scratch or things like that. Frankly, which one would you choose, the one with or without scratch?
I believe, it's the same with people. We are more attracted by people who have a nice and good looking than those who haven't. It's probably a matter of trust, but I guess, it is also more pleasant ;)
Here are some tips and tricks in different contexts which show how important is to always keep a special watch on personal image.
- Job Interview: for job seekers, first impression counts and employers pay attention to it. You may already have heard that expression «you never get a second chance to make a first impression» or «first impressions are the most lastings», therefore why not leave a good one ? At the end, it may make the difference
- Marketing professionals: to have credibility in front of the customer, there is only one golden rule: be neat and well groomed in all circumstances.
- Important Meeting: it depends on the kind of meeting (professional or personal reason). In all cases and as already mentioned in above, a nice appearance will always make the difference.
So, no more excuses ! to achieve fixed objectives in terms of personal or professional image, there are many affordable coaching centers and personal image consultant nowadays, which propose support and monitoring for helping to find the style tailored to image, personality and physical characteristics.
Moreover, today with the growing of personal branding concept, work your personal image combined to your professional aspirations can help you stand out of the crowd. For people who wish advices about professional or personal branding, let's be in touch: together[at]rokbarry[dot]com
For the time being, don't forget that neat image might be a valuable asset in succeeding professionally as well as personally
Cheers
