If you’re like me, during this entire Covid lockdown, you might not exactly know what day of the week it is all the time as every day feels the same. How can it possibly be almost September? This whole year has been a blur.
That being said, as we settle into working from home, it’s
I talk about the professional benefits of LinkedIn all the time – for years in fact – and there’s never been a more important time to make LinkedIn part of your marketing strategy than right now during this extraordinary time of social distancing.
But before you can use the platform to generate leads, build stronger
I talk a lot about the importance of being active on LinkedIn, but it’s not enough to have a killer LinkedIn profile and a lot of connections, you must be active on the platform with meaningful posts on a regular basis in order to really take advantage of all that LinkedIn has to offer.
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This is not the year to take a break from marketing during the summer. Even under the best circumstances, it’s incredibly important to ensure your clients are happy and that you are consistently generating new sources of leads and referrals.
A great benefit about marketing is that sometimes the lowest hanging fruit can yield major benefits with little effort.
First thing’s first, what does “low-hanging fruit” mean? It is “a thing or person that can be won, obtained, or persuaded with little effort.” Since we spend so much time and effort on most of our marketing and business development strategies, it’s nice when we don’t have to work so hard on everything all the time. Sometimes all it takes is picking up the phone, crafting a thoughtful email, using LinkedIn more strategically or just letting Google do the work for you.
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Whether you like it or not, you are being Googled each day by clients, potential clients, the media, adversaries, referral sources, potential employers, your current employer, recruits, friends, family members, even a potential romantic partner – the list goes on. But most professionals aren’t regularly conducting Google searches on their own names, which is extremely risky in managing your online reputation and professional brand.
The lines between our personal and professional lives are getting blurrier by the day in today’s hyper-connected digital world. As a result, it’s imperative to take cautionary steps to protect your professional reputation and brand, while also embracing social media as a necessary networking, business development and branding tool, especially in today’s environment. Here’s how.
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With so much content being produced right now, it’s important to keep in mind some best practices to ensure your content cuts through the noise and reaches your target audience. Here are a few tips you can implement today that will have a lasting impact on your content efforts.
I talk about the professional benefits of LinkedIn all the time – for years in fact – and there’s never been a more important time to make LinkedIn part of your marketing strategy than right now during this extraordinary time of social distancing.
But before you can use the platform to generate leads, build stronger
It’s a great time to take stock of your marketing and business development activities over the past year, including your successes and failures, and set goals for the year ahead.
Each of us has room for improvement and growth, and while you have some down time during the rest of the summer, thoughtfully examine this
I wanted to dedicate a post to a newish LinkedIn feature that enables the platform’s users to spotlight other members of their LinkedIn network by sharing someone’s profile with their LinkedIn connections. You can also share your own profile to your network.
You can share your profile with any of your 1st-degree connections and coworkers