My #10 and final tip for 2010? Read this blog post titled, “20 LinkedIn Case Studies for Personal Branding” from Kyle Lacy. I spotted it on the Personal Branding Blog. I’m grateful that Kyle culled these stories and saved me
To whom do I write the thank you card?
As tough as things have been for most of us these past few years (we’re definitely included in this), I feel that I have so much for which to be grateful this Thanksgiving and now just need to know to
5 Reasons to View Networking as Community Service
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
Learning to Love LinkedIn Tip #9
If you’re a business owner (big or small), and didn’t know you could create a Company Profile on LinkedIn, I’m here to tell you you can and it’s time! You don’t have to be a Fortune 500 or even Inc.
Engage Online and Off
Keeping up with the rise of social media, both personally as well as professionally, has clearly created stress for some people, but for many of us it has created loads of new consulting and job opportunities that never even existed
Networking Know How Shared
I know I tweeted this podcast when it was first made available, but I meant to share it here on my blog as well: It’s an interview I did with Allie Osmar of The Creative Career. I loved that she
Oh, by the way, give me some referrals even though I’ve done nothing to deserve them
Okay, so that was not exactly what the sticker said on the outside of the handwritten note (not a thank you, btw) we received from what I’ll just call a “grey collar” worker we have in our lives right now,
Learning to Love LinkedIn Tip #8
When I worked on-site in a business and market development role for a client in 2008 I had 2 monitors on my desk. The first had Outlook and a browser open with tabs for Salesforce.com, Gmail, and whatever else I
Learning to Love LinkedIn Tip #7
Maybe it’s the many years I spent in market research and/or business intelligence that made me so data driven, but I rarely react to anything without doing some research first. Where do I start? I use LinkedIn to conduct research
Learning to Love LinkedIn Tip #6
If you haven’t set up a PUBLIC profile on LinkedIn, it’s time. And since the system generates a random URL for your profile, you definitely want to change it to something more coherent as well as search engine optimized. For
Learning to Love LinkedIn Tip #5
If you can’t find a LinkedIn group that matches your needs, just create one of your own! It’s a fairly easy process and one where most of the work is actually done before you even create the group within LinkedIn.