Is your focus on LinkedIn to collect contacts as a primary social media strategy like putting eggs in a basket hoping they’ll hatch OR is your focus on communicating/interacting with your network (LinkedIn Connections)? So many individuals jumping on the social media are allocating way too much time in just acquiring contacts. There should be […]
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Your LinkedIn Profile: Is it Time for Check-up?
Instead of the abbreviated amount of space in a few bullet points on your resume, or a bio, LinkedIn provides you with unlimited space to describe your accomplishments, achievements, honors, awards, and recognition. Bonus: LinkedIn also provides you with the tools to provide support for your claims through video clips, audio recordings, white papers, powerpoint […]
Should You Belong to LinkedIn Groups?
Steve Tylock on the LinkedIn Personal Trainer Blog described the importance of LinkedIn Groups. He did a survey and found that one-third of individuals responding belonged to 26-50 groups, and just a handful didn’t belong to any groups. You’re probably a member of the Vistage Group in the US, or the Canadian TEC Group, or […]
Get a Daily 15 Minute Exercise Plan for Using LinkedIn
Just like that disciplined exercise plan you follow through on every day, your social media activities can also benefit from a little structure. I came across this article written by Sean Platt of the Ghostwriter Dad Blog. Sean describes in words the approach I take to my social media time investment. He was speaking to […]
How to Leverage LinkedIn for Marketing
Lewis Howes, a well-known LinkedIn Expert, wrote a blog post on the HubSpot Inbound Marketing Blog, in which he described some basic areas of LinkedIn Optimization, similar to what we’ve been discussing in the Chair e-Course. In this blog post, he writes/talks (audio too) about how to get started with LinkedIn and what common […]
Course Announcement for Finding New Members
I’m looking for Chairs who want to learn how to efficiently find new members. In my last blog posting, I mentioned that I would be creating a virtual course for a small group of chairs to find new members. This course is based on my decade of experience working with chairs, improving the chair interview […]
Promoting and Publicizing Your Blog
Promoting and publicizing your blog content is easy, but it does take about 15-20 minutes every time you publish, after you’ve set up the accounts on the different networks. This is the process I follow every time I hit publish: 1. Go to Delicious and create an account, if you don’t already have one. Save […]
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 […]
What Are Those Buttons At the Bottom of Each Blog Post?
At the bottom of each blog post are a series of little icons that enable you to share various blog posts that you’ve found particularly useful. Brad, our expert guest bloggers, and I all appreciate your sharing our content with other Vistage Chairs when you read something you thought worthy of sharing. At a fundamental […]
