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Stefanie Marrone helps law firms and legal service providers effectively tell their stories and find their unique voices. She has worked at some of the most prominent law firms in the world, developing and executing global revenue generating, business development, internal and external communications strategies, including media relations, branding, multi-channel content marketing and thought leadership campaigns. She has particular experience in helping B2B companies and their employees effectively utilize social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for business development, revenue generation and visibility.

Stefanie advises law firms of all sizes, professional service firms, B2B companies, recruiters and individuals on the full range of marketing and business development consulting services designed to enhance revenue, retain current clients and achieve greater brand recognition. She also serves as outsourced chief marketing officer/marketing department for small and mid-size law firms.

Over her 20-year legal marketing career, she has worked at and with a broad range of big law, mid-size and small firms, which has given her a valuable perspective of the legal industry.

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I personally hate the term “new year’s resolutions” and maybe you’re with me on this too.

I also never stick to resolutions whether they are in my personal or professional

Don’t let the last week of the year go to waste when it comes to your marketing and business development efforts.

Instead use this time to your advantage while everyone

So I recently went viral on LinkedIn again.

But this time in part because I received several hateful messages and comments in response to a post on why I think it’s a good idea to get vaccinated against Covid.

Someone messaged me and said the vaccine destroyed my brain cells (lol). Someone said I was a left-wing liberal. Another person said I was brainwashed by Biden. Several men said I was dumb but they would still sleep with me (um, no thanks). I was lectured that I know nothing.

Some people who left supportive comments on my post are being harassed by fake people because there are trolls on LinkedIn.

All of the people who attacked me were men who felt comfortable including their names on their nasty messages to me.

I screenshotted every single negative message and comment.

Remember that others can do that to you too. There’s always a record.

If you don’t like someone’s post, keep scrolling.

This is a professional platform.

You don’t attack people.

You don’t call them names.

Take a deep breath and walk away. It’s not worth it. This is your professional reputation.

And when someone attacks you here, don’t cower.

Don’t engage with them. This just fuels their attacks. Ignoring them is best.

Limit comments to just your network.

Block the people who say negative things. I used to only have my ex blocked and a few other random stalkers but now I blocked many more.

Don’t accept connection requests from people you don’t know.

Check who is sharing your post and read their intro text.

I saw many of the people sharing it were saying nasty things about me, so I blocked them and the post disappeared.

I stand by what I said. I always try to do good with my platform, which is why I posted that being vaccinated is being a good corporate citizen. If you don’t agree with me, okay, but you don’t get to cyberbully me.

Don’t be intimidated by the haters. I’m not.

If you bully me, I will call you out.

The haters helped me go viral and brought more attention to the need to be vaccinated. So I thank them for that!

Below are the steps on how to disable or limit comments on your LinkedIn posts.

Don’t be afraid to use it – you don’t need to tolerate bad behavior and cyberbullying!