How To Design Your Own Personal Brand Imagery With DALL-E

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Ahoy, Digital Writers!

If you are a content creator, or if you are simply someone who would like to attract attention, stoke emotions, and get in your readers head quickly, this may be the best message you read all week.

Here is why:

When I graduated college with a degree in creative writing from Columbia College Chicago in my early 20s, I knew that in order to become a professional (and successful) writer, I was going to have to figure things out on my own. I searched for successful writers I could emulate. People I could look up to. Methods I could study.

Do you want to know what I found?

Nothing.

None of my favorite writers had an online presence. None of them had active social media profiles. It was very frustrating.

Then, one day, I stumbled upon a "crazy" idea to promote myself as a writer using personal branding, just like musicians and rappers were already doing online at the time—sharing photos and offering a peek behind the artist's curtain.

My friends laughed.

They questioned why I was doing what I was doing.

Some said what most insecure people say, and called me narcissistic. They didn’t get it. Other people said, “What does that picture have to do with writing?” They couldn’t see the bigger picture.

Well, I didn’t mind. I believed it was a solid strategy and I collaborated with photographers, added my photos to my articles, and actively shared them online. And guess what? People started to recognize me! And I leveraged that recognition to create more content, which attracted more followers. And I used that growing audience to share even more of my journey, which brought in even greater recognition. And so on.

What’s the bottom line?

This one simple strategy helped me drive…

More Than 38 Million Views On Quora Alone!

Think about that.

Thirty plus million views—and a lot of people who have seen my picture. That’s crazy! Do you have writing on the internet? If so, you can use the same idea I used in my 20’s to create your own personal brand / image online.

But what if you don’t want to get recognized on the street or when you walk into a restaurant?

How To Create Your AI Generated Personal Brand

Every picture sells a story.

You can take this idea and use an AI art generator like DALL-E to create your own brand with images that nobody else in the world is creating to inspire your fans, readers, and loyal followers. I’ve been experimenting with AI generated images on X and in our Million Dollar Questions newsletter for the last few months. It’s easy way to stand-out from the stock photos everyone else uses from Unsplash, Pexels, and Pixabay.

It’s a massive opportunity to differentiate yourself online.

So…

• Are you writer who needs a simple and free way to create images?

• Are you a Solopreneur who wants to create a personal brand (without hiring a photographer)?

• Do you have a blog, a LinkedIn account, a weekly newsletter, or some other kind of content you create on a regular basis that you’d like to build your image around?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then you’ll love today’s prompts!

We’re going to break this down into 3 different techniques using ChatGPT Plus.

1. Generate AI Images that “resemble” you and create a brand image for yourself without revealing your true identity

2. Create illustrations in the same style as your favorite brand (and avoid paying $5K per piece)

3. Give you a simple prompting strategy to create any kind of image you want using DALL-E with ChatGPT

Here we go!

Technique #1: Create Your Avatar

Let’s say you want to create an image that resembles you. The first thing you want to do is find a headshot or turn your camera around and take a photo of yourself.

Then…