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Use LinkedIn to Highlight Your Involvement in Membership Organizations

Do you use LinkedIn to highlight your involvement in membership organizations? There are several reasons to do this to benefit both you and your organization. If you are looking for a job, being part of one of these organizations might lead a hiring authority to notice you. So often it’s our connections to others in the community that lead us to our next job. Perhaps you’re looking to grow your membership organization. By bringing up your involvement in it, your LinkedIn connections learn about your group and might come check it out. Highlight Your Involvement with the Membership Organization in [...]

By |2020-10-07T11:52:47-06:00October 7th, 2020|0 Comments

New Facebook Layout Affects All Facebook Users

Did you know that the new Facebook layout affects all Facebook users as of September 30? Yes, we are getting this new layout, whether we want it or not. It’s the most comprehensive change I’ve seen on Facebook since at least 2013 when I started my business.   Background on the Change to the New Facebook Layout I learned a lot from Maggie Tilman’s July 1, 2020 article, “The New Facebook Update: How to Get It and Turn on Dark Mode.” According to Tilman, this update is one of only four major changes that Facebook has ever made to its [...]

By |2020-09-30T09:54:29-06:00September 30th, 2020|0 Comments

Effective Ways to Invite People to Connect on LinkedIn

There are a number of effective ways to invite people to connect with you on LinkedIn. Conversely, there are plenty of ways to alienate potential connections when you send them a note with your invite. Before you create your own strategy for inviting people to connect with you, reflect on how you use LinkedIn. If you use it mainly to grow your business, you will likely reach out to potential clients and referral partners. If you use it to share information of value related to your field, you may broaden your circle of connections.   Should I Send a Personalized [...]

By |2020-09-15T22:09:13-06:00September 15th, 2020|0 Comments

What to Do When Someone Pretends to Be You on Instagram

Do you know what to do when someone pretends to be you on Instagram? It can be very unsettling when someone pretends to be you on a social site you use. Sadly, this kind of activity is far too common. When something like this happens, the key is to act swiftly to both notify your connections on the account and to make a report through the standard processes of the social site. Then make a point to carefully monitor the account in case it happens again.   My Own Experience of Someone Impersonating My Instagram Account Just over a week ago, I had [...]

By |2020-09-09T21:36:12-06:00September 9th, 2020|0 Comments

How to be a Ninja Virtual Networker

I'm delighted to share this guest blog post by Susan Mann of N-Compass TV Colorado, whom I recently met through a business networking group. She's a very successful networker in the business world and offered to share these tips with the readers of my blog post. Thanks, Susan! In these crazy days of COVID-19, everything you thought you knew about networking has changed. Overnight, sometime in March, a new way of having meaningful connections emerged - the Zoom Virtual Networking Meeting. While some networking groups are beginning to meet in person again (distanced or not) and some hybrid meetings are [...]

By |2020-09-01T09:56:32-06:00September 1st, 2020|0 Comments

12 Ways to Boost Attendance at Your Speaking Engagements

There are many ways to boost attendance at your speaking engagements. I’ve done hundreds of engagements since I started my social media training business in 2013.  I’ve tried a variety of ways to increase attendance – whether at my events or as a guest speaker. In my experience, using the 12 tips listed in this blog post have substantially increased attendance at my events. These tips apply whether it is an in-person or virtual event.   Preparing to Promote Your Speaking Engagement Make sure your title is short, catchy and understandable. You need to grab people’s attention right away, and [...]

By |2020-08-19T08:16:44-06:00August 19th, 2020|0 Comments

Value of Reducing the Time Spent on Social Media

During a recent trip with my husband, I definitely appreciated the value of reducing the time spent on social media. Instead of constantly interacting with Facebook and LinkedIn, I focused on enjoying the scenery around me. Plus, it was so refreshing to have so much uninterrupted time to reconnect with my husband. In the evenings, we would read or just go to sleep early. It was one of the most relaxing trips I’ve taken in a long time. Have you found ways to step away from social media, or at least reduce your time on it? If you haven’t, I [...]

By |2020-08-03T22:14:18-06:00August 3rd, 2020|0 Comments

Do You Need to Readjust Your Vision for 2020?

I have a question for you: do you think you need to readjust your vision for 2020? As we approached this year, I remember thinking how cool the sound of 2020 was. I love the 20 + 20 look. Plus, 20/20 is perfect vision.   Visualize Your Success Through Vision Boards Recently, I pulled out my 2020 vision board and realized that many of my aspirations for the year are happening. How about that? For those of you not familiar with creating a vision board, here’s one way to approach it. Take a few magazines and look for words and [...]

By |2020-07-22T09:14:50-06:00July 22nd, 2020|2 Comments

Ways to Engage with Your LinkedIn Connections

There are all kinds of ways to engage with your LinkedIn connections. Too often we connect with people on LinkedIn and then simply ignore them. When you engage with your LinkedIn connections in a sincere, natural way, you are staying top of mind with them. They will appreciate you paying attention to their posts and business milestones, such as a new job.   Five Easy Ways to Engage with Your LinkedIn Connections Congratulate them for their achievements Take time at least once a week to review your notifications section. When you see that a LinkedIn connection has a new job [...]

By |2020-07-14T22:44:37-06:00July 14th, 2020|0 Comments

Many Benefits of Participating in Facebook Groups

There are many benefits of participating in Facebook Groups. Over time, Facebook has changed the rules on how many people see the posts on Facebook business pages. Therefore, more business people are becoming more active in Facebook groups to reach a wider audience. Some groups are associated with an organization that meets in real life. (Or for now, that group may be meeting virtually.) Some business people may offer exclusive Facebook groups for their clients. Still other groups might be for people in a shared industry. In my case, I've been part of all these kinds of groups and see [...]

By |2020-06-30T21:42:36-06:00June 30th, 2020|0 Comments
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