ABSTRAK Media sosial adalah media yang paling sering digunakan oleh masyarakat saat ini, salah satunya Instagram. DariInstagram, seseorang mampu memperluas jaringannya hingga membangun citra yang akan dilihat oleh khalayakluas. Banyaknya pengikut di akun media sosial membuat seseorang kerap disebut sebagai micro-celebrity. Diantara banyaknya percabangan micro-celebrity di Indonesia (beauty influencer, mom-influencer, food blogger,dan lain-lain), keberadaan mom-influencer mendapatkan perhatian besar dari publik. Popularitasnya di mediasosial membuat mereka perlu membangun personal branding dan self-presentation terbaiknya. Tulisan inimenganalisis bagaimana mom-influencer mempresentasikan personal branding-nya di Instagram menggunakanThe Eight Unbreakable Laws of Personal Branding dan lima strategi self-presentation. Dalam pengaplikasiannya,tiga mom-influencer yang dibahas pada tulisan ini berhasil mengaplikasikan prinsip specialization, personality,distinctiveness, visibility, unity, persistence, dan goodwill, serta strategi ingratiation dan competence. Mereka jugadapat dikategorikan sebagai achieved micro-celebrities, yang kepopulerannya didapatkan dengan usaha-usahayang mereka lakukan di belakangnya. Akhirnya, personal branding yang dipresentasikan oleh ketiga mominfluencerpada akun Instagramnya sudah dilakukan secara konsisten, yakni sebagai ibu muda yang mampumenyeimbangkan antara perhatiannya dengan keluarga dan pekerjaan lain yang mereka lakukan dari rumah. ABSTRACT Social media is one of the most often used by society today, one of them is Instagram. From Instagram, peopleare able to widen their network and build their image that will be seen by their audiences. The large number offollowers on social media accounts make someone often referred as micro-celebrity. Among many branching ofmicro-celebrities in Indonesia (beauty influencers, mom-influencers, food bloggers, etc.), the existence of mominfluencersreceived great attention from public. Their popularity in social media make them need to build theirbest personal branding and self-presentation. This essay analyzes how mom-influencers present their personalbranding on Instagram using The Eight Unbreakable Laws of Personal Branding and five self-presentationstrategies. In its application, the three mom-influencers discussed in this essay have successfully applied the lawof specialization, personality, distinctiveness, visibility, unity, persistence, and goodwill, as well as ingratiationand competence strategies. They can also be categorized as achieved micro-celebrities, whose popularity is gainedby the efforts they made behind it. Finally, the personal branding presented by the three mom-influencers on herInstagram account has been done consistently, which is as young moms who are able to balance their attentionbetween family and other works they do from home. |