Content curation and distribution is the new darling of social media. The funny thing is that I’ve been doing this for the last 15 years. I got this idea to distribute content to my network when I first heard Jim Cecil talk about email drip nurturing 15 years ago. I’ve been sending out hot tips […]
Tag Archive for ‘social networking’ 
What is the Difference Between Networking and Marketing in Social Media?
I was in the middle of doing some research for my upcoming e-course on Social Media for Consultants, Speakers, and Sales Professionals, and I stumbled across this blog posting in my Delicious Bookmark Archive. The blog posting was made by Dave Nelson on the Business Networking Blog. How to amplify and not dilute your […]
Content Curation - What is it - Why Do It?
I recently published a post in my Vistage Leadership Community Blog and LinkedIn Group, where I take some of the best material on leadership, sales management, leveraging social media, hiring, retention, and culture and share it with my network of Vistage Chairs, Members, Speakers, and Trusted Advisers. I’ve spent years combing the internet for the […]
Members Active in Social Media - CEO Member Referrals Explode
Referrals and leads for CEOs are at a minimal level from your members’ social media connections with other CEOs because the whole social media networking arena is still in an early adopter phase. As I’ve been preaching, your participation in this discussion group, reading my blog, and taking the Chair e-Course I run on how […]
Find CEO Members Easily: Referral Networking Is Everything
For most high value sales professionals, coaches, consultants, and speakers – referral networking is everything. All the other noise you engage in with marketing and generating leads – cold calling, putting on webinars, attending networking events should take a backseat to referral marketing. I was reminded of this the other day when reading a blog […]
What is the Value of Being an Influential OR Authority Figure?
This badge is one reflection or element that illustrates I am quickly attaining the position of being an influential/authority figure in the specific area or niche of recruiting. There are many other metrics, standards, awards, badges, and recognition, but this was a big for me. However, this blog is not about me – it’s […]
Is Twitter worth your investment of time?
Here’s an interesting blog posting on the Savvy B2B Marketing Blog about the power and leverage social media can bring to a business, especially Twitter. The author presents a number of different scenarios in how Twitter might be used within your business. Unless you’re living under a rock, you probably noticed everyone jumping on the […]
I've just been identified as the 12th most influential recruiter-now what?
How does this relate to being a Chair and finding new members? What does it mean to be an expert or thought-leader within your niche? Is there any value in being perceived as an expert? How much time does it take to establish yourself as an expert? Do you have the tools, system, process to […]
Networking Failure - Stop Being "Fraidy-Cat"
I was recycling through some of my blog posts from the last few years on our Job Search Blog and came across one of my favorite on networking – extolling those who should be aggressively networking to stop being a “Fraidy-Cat”. The message is still timely – especially for Vistage/TEC Chairs looking to add CEO […]
Finding New Members - Pre-Course Homework
A lot of chairs have raised their hand and expressed interest in our 30-day Chair Course for Finding Members Through Social Media. Many Chairs have asked “How do I determine or measure whether what I’m doing to find and attract new members is successful?” We’ve created a Self-Assessment Scorecard to benchmark and rate yourself on […]
