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Build Your Tribe | Grow Your Business with Social Media

Personal Branding On Instagram For Beginners - 865

Build Your Tribe | Grow Your Business with Social Media

Brock Johnson

Business, Marketing

4.92.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Brock Johnson shares a beginner-friendly guide to building a personal brand on Instagram in 2026. We’ll cover how to find your niche, tell your story authentically, and build a personal brand that stands out — even if you’re not famous or tech-savvy. Brock also breaks down simple steps for optimizing your bio, choosing content pillars, and creating easy video ideas to get started. Whether you’re a busy professional, a small business owner, or just getting started with content creation, this episode provides practical, no-fluff strategies to grow your personal brand from scratch and build long-term credibility on Instagram. Watch On YouTube  👉https://www.youtube.com/@BuildYourTribePodcast/videos 💥Subscribe to the InstaClubHub Newsletter For weekly top trending audios and meme templates to help you grow on Instagram! https://instaclubhub.com/newsletter/ 🤓Related Episode: The BRAND NEW Instagram Algorithm | Direct From Instagram CEO Watch: https://youtu.be/-Qi9-ZT1_GE?si=qxfhPKUD99XOt-PV Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/build-your-tribe-grow-your-business-with-social-media/id910990031?i=1000730394462 How To Get Brand Deals on Instagram, Even as a Small Creator Watch: https://youtu.be/7pNOteIUhfk?si=f5BjtDb4tz8hvcUK Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/build-your-tribe-grow-your-business-with-social-media/id910990031?i=1000714646058 If I Was Starting A Brand From Scratch | Over 40 Watch: https://youtu.be/ib6WtaSnew4?si=lqBEk6bg9AG1Rais Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/build-your-tribe-grow-your-business-with-social-media/id910990031?i=1000641022268 Connect with Brock on your fav social platform: Brock: Instagram: @Brock11Johnson TikTock: @brock11johnnson

Transcript

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0:00.0

You do not need to be young, good looking, tech savvy, or rich in order to build a personal brand.

0:06.9

You just need one thing, a story that can help someone.

0:10.7

And if you're breathing, you have one.

0:12.6

And I would actually argue you have many.

0:14.7

Today, I'm going to walk you through personal branding on Instagram for beginners.

0:22.2

And before we get into the myths and tips about personal branding, let me share with you

0:26.3

why I think personal branding is more important in 2026 than ever before in human history.

0:31.6

Number one, job security is almost non-existent, whether because of competition, AI, or changing

0:36.6

industries, keeping a stable income

0:39.3

or a traditional 9-to-5, like you might have been able to 50 years ago, is far less reliable today.

0:45.3

Plus, with inflation, side hustles are becoming almost essential just to make ends meet.

0:50.3

And while you can have a side hustle without a personal brand, your side hustle is going to be

0:54.2

so much more successful thanks to your personal brand. Artificial intelligence relates to your

0:59.5

personal brand, not just in the fact that it could take your job thus making having a personal

1:03.5

brand necessary, but also with the rise of AI content, we are all asking the question,

1:09.3

who can I trust? What media, what influencer,

1:12.7

what business, what content creators can I trust? Can I look to for reliable information,

1:17.9

for storytelling, for the facts? And building a personal brand is one of the most powerful ways

1:23.1

to build trust and to counteract the AI epidemic that we are being flooded with nowadays.

1:29.0

And I know that branding or having a personal brand sounds scary, but I would argue that you

1:34.1

already have one. The question is just whether or not you are intentionally shaping it.

1:39.3

Because we all have a digital footprint, even if you have a private Instagram account,

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