Interview,LinkedIn,Sharisax Is Out There         4 comments

Expatriate Coach Anne Egros uses social media to check in back home, especially with LinkedIn — where I met her via a comment on the guest post by Victoria Ipri:
8 Tips to Get Astounding Results with LinkedIn
Anne Egros, Pharm D, is an independent professional coach, based in Brussels, the …

 Blogging,Guest Post,LinkedIn,Social Media Strategy         3 comments

What’s a blog carnival anyway? I read about them in a chapter of Patrick Schwerdtfeger’s book Webify Your Business and so I signed up for one. But it didn’t seem like there was much going on, so I posted the question on LinkedIn:
Who’s had experience with Blog Carnivals?
The Best …

 LinkedIn,LinkedIn Basics,Personal Branding,Sharisax Is Out There,Social Media Basics         1 comment

One of the treasured opportunities for BNI [Business Networking International] members is the time we get to present an extended Infomercial to our “salesforce,” i.e. our chapter members.
Next week I plan to condense my 2-hour LinkedIn workshop into seven minutes — to provide an outline of tips for filling out …

 Guest Post,LinkedIn,Sharisax Is Out There,Social Media Strategy         4 comments

Social Media Academy is an online learning experience for an online world, and I was fortunate to have recently completed their leadership training for social media consultants — where many of the classes were conducted by one of my first mentors SMACAD CEO Axel Schultze.
SMACAD sponsors a LinkedIn group, …

 Guest Post,LinkedIn,Sharisax Is Out There,Social Media Strategy         23 comments

Social Media Marketing Mavens is one of my favorite LinkedIn groups because the discussion topics always seem to provide opportunities for me to learn new tactics, tools, and techniques for Social Media Marketing.
. . . just one more reason why LinkedIn is such a phenomenal place to “live” and …

 Career Moves,LinkedIn,Sharisax Is Out There         16 comments

Perfecting one’s LinkedIn profile is the first step to maximizing ROI  on this popular business social site. If you stop there, you can be found   . . .
But if YOU are looking to find customers, partners, problem solutions and knowledge, the next step is to join LinkedIn …

 Communication Strategy,Featured,LinkedIn,Sharisax Is Out There,Social Media Strategy         16 comments

Webinars have become a part of my New Life as a social media evangelist because there is so much great information Out There and so many experts offering 60-minute web presentations on a host of topics that I want to learn about.
But do I want to be on the other …

 Guest Post,LinkedIn,Social Media Strategy         5 comments

People are so darn smart!
And social media platforms like LinkedIn offer experts in every field a great forum for sharing their expertise — and for the rest of us to benefit.
Like many people who want to learn “everything,” I register for many online webinars. Unfortunately, too many of them experience …

 Future of advertising,Guest Post,LinkedIn,Social Media Strategy         No comments

One of the coolest social networking activities I’ve been enjoying lately is a discussion on the LinkedIn group “Future of Social Media.”
Member Endaf Kerfoot posted a great topic in April 2009:

“Introduce yourself to members of the group – who you are, what you do, where your social media strategy is …

 LinkedIn,Social Media Strategy         No comments

Creating your own group on LinkedIn is one of the advanced strategies [Video 5] that the professional site’s members can implement to build their reputations and accomplish other business goals.
A “not-so-advanced” technique, and one that is extremely important and valuable, is participating in groups. LinkedIn allows users to join as …

 Facebook,Featured,LinkedIn,Social Media Marketing         4 comments

Bay Area Consultants hear SOCIAL MEDIA TIPS from popular speaker Patrick Schwerdtfeger
Back by popular request, Patrick presented more detailed online marketing tactics — building from his earlier talk on social media basics delivered last fall.
Author of Webify Your Business, Patrick spoke at 127 events around the globe in 2009. He …

 LinkedIn,LinkedIn Basics,Personal Branding         4 comments

LinkedIn Video Series by Butterscotch.com
LinkedIn definitely merits its place as one of the Top Three social media sites that business people — and those seeking to enter the workforce — ought to understand how to use and benefit from.
I imagine we all know lots of people who “think” they are …