#7 - Grow your personal brand w/ Imran Khushal

In today's episode, I have the pleasure to host Imran Khusal a personal brand expert that helps busy CEOs and founders build meaningful personal brands. He is specialized in strategic thinking, writing, and design to position his clients as thought leaders and attract their ideal audience.

Apart from hearing his inspiring story of going from politics to a full-time job that was destroying his health, to building a successful solo business on personal branding, you will learn how to find clients, leverage your personal brand on LinkedIn and improve your writing. Not to mention the actionable challenges that I guarantee will improve your LinkedIn game!

The main topics we discussed with relevant time stamps: 

03:54 -Pakistan for Digital Nomads

06:34 - From student politics to freelancing 

11:51 - How to become self-employed

14:50 - Getting clients through LinkedIn

16:41 - How to price yourself when working with clients abroad

18:59 - Pricing challenges as a Freelancer

21:11 - Benefits of being a Solopreneur

25:08 - Challenge - How to build a personal brand on LinkedIn

27:58 - How to stand out on LinkedIn

32:42 - The biggest influence on Imran - hint, he was a past guest on the show

36:41 - How to improve your messaging

40:15 - Imran challenge to you, that will improve your writing

Connect with Imran

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/imrankhushal
• Website: imrankhushal.com
• Branded Chief Newsletter: brandedchief.substack.com
• Get the LinkedIn guide: imrankhushal.gumroad.com/l/JiusD
• Get the Carousel guide: imrankhushal.gumroad.com/l/nmlwm

Resources Mentioned in the episode

• Descript -Beginner-friendly talk-to-text app. Get started for free: gabe.li/descript

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Until next week,

Pura Vida!

Gabe, The Nomad Solopreneur