Personal Brand & Positioning
How did Sean Whalen's viral Facebook post start his personal brand?
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What the archive says
01Sean sells nothing on his personal feeds yet earns through coaching and consulting; his position is that the best salespeople are never selling, they're living the message. source →
02Sharing the ugly parts — anger, depression, mistakes — is what made Sean's post go viral, not polished wins; he says nobody has a repeatable recipe for going viral. source →
03Sean's brand began with a single $40 screen and one t-shirt he made for himself; the demand showed up in the Facebook comments before there was any store. source →
In their words
What was actually said
And that post ended up going viral. Millions and millions and millions of people. I went from having like 200 friends on Facebook to almost 40,000 followers in a matter of 10 days.
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