Many have proclaimed the death of email from the rise of social media. Baloney! Email will still be the center of communications for most executives. However, the various tools of social media help reinforce and support the importance of contacts, relationships, and communication. Integrating these together with minimum number of databases, tools, and applications is […]
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Barry Deutsch • Barry Deutsch is a founding Partner of IMPACT Hiring Solutions, co-author of "You're NOT the Person I Hired", and "This is NOT the Position I Accepted". Barry is an award-winning international speaker, retained executive recruiter, and expert on hiring and retaining top talent, and executive job search.
Are You Connected to Your Members on LinkedIn?
If you’re not connected to the vast majority of your CEO members, you’re making networking much too hard. Let’s break this down into two components: 1. Looking at the networks of your members and their Trusted Advisors. 2. Convincing your members who are not on LinkedIn or barely using it – to get their entire […]
What Scares You Most About Blogging?
I’d like to share an article I came across on the RemarkABlogger site. Michael Martine, wrote an article titled “Blogging Fears and How to Overcome Them”. It’s a good article worth reading if you are on the fence and hesitating whether to put your proverbial toe in the blogging waters and start doing it. Michael […]
An Amazing Spread of Social Media Infographics
Even though Design Reviver is not one of our featured feeds on this Vistage Chair Site, I stumbled across this aggregation of graphics used to demonstrate trends in social media. I thought you might find it interesting. It might also be something you would like to share with your members. I’m amazed at the “reach” […]
Should You Prepare in Advance for Networking Events?
Should you conduct research in advance of a networking meeting, an organized community meeting, or an event in your local town? Should you know who you would like to meet and little about them before you ever shake their hand. This is one of the basic elements of classic networking that Harvey Mackay has discussed […]
Xobni for Outlook - Must Have Tool
If you use Outlook, the Xobni Extension/Add-on is a wonderful tool. In fact, it’s could be the best tool I have ever downloaded. Have you tried it yet? Xobni is Inbox spelled backwards. Get the paid version instead of the free version. When it comes to networking, this little add-on is so powerful. Everytime you […]
I'm NOT A Writer Syndrome - Is This Your Excuse?
In a recent guest post on Problogger, one of the featured feeds under our blogging tab, Mark Hayward talks about the need for small business owners (Vistage Chairs and Members) to start blogging even though they don’t see themselves as “writers on web”. I love the phrase Mark coins in his article “IMNOTAWRITER Syndrome” to […]
What Should You Blog About?
We’ve beaten to death the idea of blogging as a valuable tool in erecting “sign posts” on the Web to guide people to you. I’ll continue to beat this drum until you’re sick and tired of hiring it. Why would I do this? All Social Media studies and research now indicate that the most viable […]
Are You Putting Up Sign Posts in Social Media?
A common phrase used in social media marketing is “erecting sign posts”. You’re “directing” and “leading” your prospects to you through all the sign posts you’ve put up on the Web. The idea is to create profiles and content that guides your prospects over time to like you, to trust you, to want to follow […]
Become a Resource To Others In Your Network FIRST
Jason Jacobsohn, writing on his blog, Networking Insights, one of our featured feeds on the Networking Tab, talks about a powerful networking strategy of becoming a resource to your network. The title of his article is “Become a Resource to Grow Your Network”. Jason makes the case for helping others BEFORE THEY ASK to become […]
