LinkedIn Trainer + Strategist, Social Selling Maven, Marketing Speaker, Author
10 Ways to Optimize LinkedIn for Your Job Search Optimizing your profile and boosting your personal brand on LinkedIn is easy once you understand how most folks really use the platform. I teach all my clients that LinkedIn is essentially
It’s true. Two great books, together at last and just in time for Class of 2018 gift giving! When Maria Shriver’s daughter, Katherine, graduated from college she took her Mom’s advice. Sort of. Instead of trying to jump into the
In case you missed last week’s (30 min) Networking Like a Pro G+ Hangout sponsored by PayScale, you can now check it out at your convenience here on the BDM Blog. Hope this provides some inspiration and gives you a
This is the first in a series of “Dear Sandy” networking related questions I’ll answer here or in future posts or newsletters. Please feel free to send me your own networking related questions and I’ll do my best to answer
Here’s a link to a GREAT primer from Portland’s Neighborhood Notes blog that’s titled, “How Small Business Owners Should Be Networking.” It’s really all about the basics of networking for everyone and even covers how to utilize new school tools
I thought I’d said all I could say about LinkedIn, but, boy, was I wrong. Back by popular demand: 10 ways to use LinkedIn to help with your job search A Happier Networking Season with LinkedIn This is a good
I’ve recently been asked to share my advice on how best to approach attending an in-person networking event when you have to go it alone, so I thought I’d just provide access to a PDF of the Nov. 2010 article
Find out how I define networking and why I think it matters by watching the interview I did with Steve Piazzale, Ph.D., the host of “You’re Hired!”
I consider attending networking events to be my volunteer, or “community service” time each month and my goal is always to make it easy for people to ask for the help they need. Why? Here are five reasons: 1) You
I share this belief with new opportunity seekers all the time: If a recruiter, HR person or hiring manager at a company you’re interviewing with gives you a hard time about the brevity of your employment with each company you’ve
LinkedIn is a great tool for doing follow up after meeting someone at an event, for coffee or when you’ve exchanged business cards after a long flight back from the east coast. I often send LinkedIn invites as my follow