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Valuable and Visible
Redefining Personal Branding by Leading with Impact Over Image
Vanessa Errecarte (Author)
9781394395002, Wiley
Hardback, published 30 April 2026
272 pages
23.1 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.476 kg
You’re tired. You’ve done everything right—and everyone else keeps getting chosen but you. If you feel overlooked and don’t know where to begin, Valuable & Visible gives you a clear, simple way to change that. Vanessa Errecarte, award-winning UC Davis MBA instructor and creator of one of the nation’s first MBA-level personal branding courses, teaches a different approach: A service-first personal brand, where your ideas make you memorable, your clarity builds credibility, and your ideas get you noticed and chosen before you ever have to chase them. This is where most advice gets it wrong: The real problem isn’t a lack of talent or ability, it’s that you aren’t memorable yet. In today’s AI-driven, digital world, where everything sounds polished and the same, distinction is what drives memorability. No algorithm hacking. No performance. No self-promotion required. Everyone says personal branding is about you. Everyone is wrong. The best brands don’t talk about themselves. Valuable & Visible helps you do the same. Inside, you’ll learn how to: This is a redefined personal branding method—one built on contribution, clarity, and original insight. Because when people trust you, they remember you, and when they remember you, they choose you.
They help people think more clearly.
They simplify problems.
They share what they know.
Introduction ix AI Disclosure xv Part I ESTABLISH Your Brand Vision and Audience 1 Chapter 1 Redefining Personal Branding 3 Chapter 2 Your Vision, Their Breakthrough 17 Chapter 3 Audience First, always 33 Chapter 4 Tell the TRUTH to Stop Their Scroll 47 Chapter 5 Add Relatability to the TRUTH 59 Part II PACKAGE Your Insights and Frameworks 73 Chapter 6 Name and Claim What You Stand For 75 Chapter 7 From Digital Renter to Digital Owner 89 Chapter 8 Frameworks and Your First Thought Leadership Piece 109 Part III INFORM Your Audience with Impactful Content 123 Chapter 9 Your Simplified Digital Funnel 125 Chapter 10 The Words That Power Your Funnel 139 Chapter 11 The FaceTime Effect 157 Part IV Cultivate a Presence That Grows and Scales with You 175 Chapter 12 Should I Charge for This? 177 Chapter 13 Surprising and Uncommon Marketing Strategies 191 Chapter 14 Your Working Brand Plan 203 Chapter 15 You’ll Never Be Ready. Start Anyway 215 Appendix: Fifty- Two Power Prompts for Story Lead- Ins 227 Notes 231 Acknowledgments 243 Author Bio 247 Index 249
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
