Been on LinkedIn a while? Maybe it’s time to rethink your strategy. I did. My LinkedIn network has always been open. All of my connections could see one another, but I was selective — I didn’t connect with everyone. I wanted to build a highly engaged network so I encouraged people to look in my […]
Read ArticleYou notice that there are a couple of different types of connectors on LinkedIn, right? Random Connectors and Intentional Connectors are two I blogged about last week. They each have their place in LinkedIn and sometimes, depending on what we need to do, we may be a bit of both. That can work, but for […]
Read ArticleAsking for LinkedIn Introductions Can Build Your Referral Network Kelley Stovall, Chief Recruiting Officer at Northwestern Mutual, South Carolina Upstate Group Kelley’s LinkedIn Profile | www.greenville-sc.nm.com The business that I’m in is strictly referral-based. I am responsible for growing our organization, so when I began learning all of the ways that LinkedIn can help with that, I […]
Read ArticlePeople tell me all the time that they continually receive LinkedIn invitations from people they don’t know. It makes you wonder: “Who are these people and how did they find me?” I hear this over and over from clients and it’s usually accompanied with annoyance and frustration. Even at my daughter’s field hockey game the […]
Read ArticleI hate it when people lose their jobs. Not a week goes by that I don’t hear of someone getting laid off. My first thought when I hear this kind of news is, “Really?” My second thought is “uggghhh,” which then translates to a sick feeling in my stomach. These are good people who are […]
Read ArticleImproving Your Profile Pays Off Joe Harford, Founder and Vice President at Reclamere Joe’s LinkedIn Profile | www.reclamere.com I worked with Colleen to improve the overall performance of my profile. I was surprised how easy it was to get this completed. Colleen did a great job and the results show. In the first week of using the […]
Read ArticleEvery once in a while, even I am surprised by LinkedIn. I serve as the VP of Programming for the American Marketing Association (AMA) Baltimore Chapter and I volunteered to update their LinkedIn Company Page. In order to do that, the position has to be in the Experience area on my LinkedIn Profile. Originally, I placed […]
Read ArticleUse LinkedIn to Reach the Right People Faster Ashley Stemann, Team Loan Originator at PrimeLending Ashley’s LinkedIn Profile | www2.primelending.com One of my goals as I entered a new sales position in mortgage lending was to reach out to areas that I thought would be growing over the next few years. After taking a class with InteroAdvisory […]
Read ArticleOpportunities need to stop being transactions entered into your CRM. They need to be viewed from a different context. Opportunities are people. The people we’ve known, we know and those we will meet. Our culture and our business practices should slow down and take a deep breath. We are all about faster, more, better—but all […]
Read ArticleGet Noticed with Your Unique LinkedIn Headline Becky McCrary, Greenville’s Nationally Recognized Professional Speaker, Trainer and Author Becky’s LinkedIn Profile | www.beckymccrary.com Just like the email subject line, your LinkedIn headline is critical to getting noticed. I connected with a human resource professional in Charleston, S.C. and my headline appeared in her updates. One of her connections […]
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