What’s the story around LinkedIn’s Social Selling Index (SSI)? Your LinkedIn Social Selling Index (SSI) attempts to measure how effective you are at establishing your professional brand, finding the right people, engaging with their definition of insights, and building relationships on
A Complete LinkedIn Profile is an “All Star” Profile
What Constitutes an “All Star” LinkedIn Profile? Fun Fact: LinkedIn users with complete (aka, “All Star”) profiles are 40 times more likely to receive opportunities through LinkedIn. This is partly because complete profiles are ranked higher when someone does a
Silicon Valley Business Video Interview with Oscar Garcia, CEO, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce
On March 23, 2015, I was the featured guest on a local (Mountain View) cable access show called Silicon Valley Business (SVB). We taped the 30-minute show at the KMVT TV studio where we talked about my business (Bella Domain Media), the services I
Press Release: Marketing and Networking Guru Hacks LinkedIn
For Immediate Release April 27, 2015 Marketing and Networking Guru Hacks LinkedIn Author and Speaker will share secrets and best practices at upcoming event OAKLAND, CA — April 27, 2015 — Sandy Jones-Kaminski, author and marketing expert, has finalized plans
Social Media Channels: Where Do You Share?
…determining where you spend your time networking, and attempting to reach and connect with others, has to have everything to do with where the people you’re targeting ARE, and not where YOU prefer to communicate.
17 Magic Numbers for LinkedIn: Character counts and more
This post is for anyone looking for some clarity around the maximum character counts (or keystrokes, because they include punctuation and spaces) for LinkedIn. Company Name: 100 maximum characters. Professional Headline: 120 character limit. Summary: 2,000 character limit. Specialties: 500 maximum
Leveraging LinkedIn to Build Thought Leadership and Grow Your Business [VIDEO]
Last November, I was honored (and thrilled!) to be handpicked by LinkedIn to share my advice and tactics on leveraging LinkedIn® to build thought leadership, boost your brand, grow your network and generate leads as a small business owner, consultant, coach
Networking Savvy: Marketing Your Personal Brand Online and Offline
In a past post on LinkedIn, I mentioned that a future post would be about the very important connection between networking and your personal brand. And then LinkedIn announced a major change to their Company Page feature and I wrote
Shop Small Saturday Special Just for YOU!
Happy Turkey Day weekend! If you want to “shop small” this Small Business Saturday and boost your own brand and small business in the process, why not take advantage of my $50 off special offer and allow me to show you
LinkedIn Recommendations: Not All Are Created Equally
If you’ve followed any of my blog posts here or on LinkedIn, or read my book, then you know that I highly recommend requesting and giving recommendations on LinkedIn, so I’m not going to get on my soapbox about that
Making Connections Matter: New Learning Series Just For YOU!
Introducing a new (and zero-cost) business-boosting elearning series aimed at setting you up for a stellar 2015! Join me for this interactive web series that will help strengthen and build your network as well as grow your biz! It’s officially fall and I don’t know anyone who