To be successful on LinkedIn, it is essential that you begin building your profile and network the right way. It is like building blocks: if you don’t start in the right spot, you are going to lose the game before you even get started. There are a couple of reasons to consider building a big [...]
Everyone’s heard of LinkedIn right? Not quite yet. But lots of people are ON LinkedIn but not using it. So offering a post for people who really are just getting started makes sense. Why now? Because a recent connection reached out and asked. So I answered and asked him if I could share his answer [...]
Recently, a contact on Facebook asked me an excellent question. She wanted to know the best way to attract new clients on LinkedIn. After all, you probably know many people in your industry, and it is easy to connect with them, but they are not going to have a need for your company! I offered [...]
Recently I received a message from a connection interested in open networking, but wondering how to manage all the connections: Loved your profile and advice. I have not grown my connections aggressively only passively. You said you cannot add connections once your limit is reached. My question is how do you manage new connections if [...]
LinkedIn is a fabulous way to find new business partners, connections, and clients. Since LinkedIn is a business social media platform, it may make sense to write an invitation to connect that says something to the effect of : “Please join my network, and while you are at it, buy some of my product/service!” [...]
Recently I sought to connect with a new acquaintance on LinkedIn and had a chance to share some valuable information about LinkedIn company pages that I thought some of my readers would appreciate as well. I sent her this message: Let’s connect on LinkedIn and share. Also wondering why [company name] doesn’t have a LinkedIn [...]
When you are setting up your LinkedIn profile, there is a little ticker to the right that tells you how ‘complete’ your profile is. In order to reach 100%, you are supposed to procure recommendations. Now to get these recommendations it may be tempting to ask anybody and everybody you are connected to for [...]
This is definitely another time-saving temptation. You have a message you want to get out to a lot of people, you have the option of posting it to multiple groups, it seems logical that you should blanket your groups with your message. Unfortunately there are many things you are overlooking with this approach. [...]
To be successful on LinkedIn, it is essential that you begin building your profile and network the right way. It is like building blocks: if you don’t start in the right spot, you are going to lose the game before you even get started. There are a couple of reasons to consider building a big [...]
Listen to the May 7, 2012 show! Companies can feature certain services, and even customize pages so that different products are featured based on the field of the person visiting! There has been so much going on with company pages lately! As you probably know, LinkedIn rolls things out slowly by letting a group of [...]
Listen to the April 30, 2012 show! Perry is a new author, a rock star, and uses social media. What more could we want from a fifth Monday guest? Yesterday was the fifth Monday in April, and if you have been with us for a while you know that means we bring on a special [...]
Listen to the April 23, 2012 show! Building trust on LinkedIn can be the key to success, just follow the advice of Scott Allen! This week’s show we did in two parts: the first was an awesome continuation of our conversation last week with Dan Stepel, who has been living in China (when not travelling) [...]
Listen to the April 16, 2012 show! Business and social media in China from the perspective of an American expat Wow! Did we get a chance to have an awesome interview today! We went international and sat down to speak with Dan Stepel, a consultant and LinkedIn Evangelist in China. He was able to give [...]
