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Celebrate Your Accomplishments on Social Media!

Do you celebrate your accomplishments on social media? You may feel that people will get annoyed and think of you as a braggart if you celebrate yourself. Instead, what I have experienced is that people will be happy for you and honor you for your accomplishments.   Joyce Graduates as a Member of the Leadership Jefferson County Class of 2022 In my June newsletter, my lead article was about my upcoming graduation as a member of the Leadership Jefferson County Class of 2022. This 10-month program was sponsored by the West Metro Chamber Foundation. It included a 1 ½-day retreat [...]

By |2022-06-16T22:33:14-06:00June 16th, 2022|0 Comments
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Nine Ways to Promote Your Speaking Engagements

There are at least nine ways to promote your speaking engagements. I’ve tried a variety of ways to promote these types of engagements and increase attendance – whether at my own events or as a guest speaker. The tips in this blog post apply whether it is an in-person or virtual event.   Prepare to Promote Your Speaking Engagement Make sure your presentation title is short, catchy and understandable. You need to grab people’s attention right away, and that’s what the title will do for you. Include a short description of your talk with key words woven into it. Bullets [...]

By |2022-04-21T09:29:34-06:00April 21st, 2022|0 Comments
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Five Ways to Engage with Your LinkedIn Connections

Enhance your LinkedIn experience by using these five 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 new jobs or work anniversaries.   Five 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 [...]

By |2022-04-07T21:40:41-06:00April 7th, 2022|2 Comments
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Social Media Tips from Business Owners

Even though I’m an experienced user of social media, I’m always looking for social media tips from business owners. During the small group discussion time at a meeting of one of my business networking groups, I got some terrific tips. It was interesting to see the variety of approaches these business owners take when it comes to using social media.   David Heckel David is an advanced planning consultant with The Natural Funeral, a holistic funeral home and cremation services provider. David’s tip: Post a video every week on LinkedIn. David creates a video every Monday called “Monday Mortality Minute.” [...]

By |2022-03-11T13:09:33-07:00March 11th, 2022|2 Comments
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Using LinkedIn to Grow Your Volunteer Membership Organization

Have you thought about using LinkedIn to grow your volunteer membership organization? Recently, I was honored to share a presentation on this topic for members of the Volunteer Voyageurs Passport Rotary Club. Members of this club live in southern Alabama and attend meetings virtually through Zoom. They really appreciated getting these tips and were excited to start applying them. Rotary created passport clubs for people who want to be part of Rotary, yet are unable to attend in-person meetings. In case you’re not familiar with Rotary, here’s a description of it from Wikipedia: “Rotary International is an international service organization which brings together [...]

By |2022-02-24T21:14:12-07:00February 24th, 2022|0 Comments
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Words of Appreciation Can Be a Wonderful Gift

Words of appreciation can be a wonderful gift – especially when you are honoring volunteers. For example, Paul Kluck recently wrote me a heartfelt recommendation on LinkedIn. In 2021, he was the president of the board of the Strategic Trusted Advisors Roundtable (STAR) – Denver, and I served on the board with him. STAR is a connecting group for advisors, each of whom has at least seven years of experience in their field. Members of our board are shown in the photo above this post. Back row, left to right: Doug Hartley and Paul Kluck. Front row, left to right: [...]

By |2021-12-16T08:15:59-07:00December 15th, 2021|0 Comments
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Ways to Honor Others on Facebook and LinkedIn

Have you thought about ways to honor others on Facebook and LinkedIn? Acknowledging others on these social sites is an important part of enhancing both business and personal relationships. Consider creating a system of reminders so that you remember to take the time to honor others.   Use Facebook to Honor Others Share a meaningful comment on a post shared by a business colleague or an entity you are part of. Recently, I attended a ribbon cutting for a new member of the West Metro Chamber, my local chamber of commerce. When the chamber posted about this event on Facebook, [...]

By |2021-09-15T20:48:30-06:00September 15th, 2021|3 Comments
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Effective Ways to Engage with People on LinkedIn

Are you looking for some effective ways to engage with people on LinkedIn? Perhaps you already know that LinkedIn is more than a “resume on steroids.” Yet, you are mystified about how to actually engage with people on this business-oriented social media site. The point of LinkedIn is to help people in the business world connect with each other. So, spend at least some of your LinkedIn time reacting to, commenting on and sharing the information that others post. It’s important to find a good balance between sharing valuable information posted by others and sharing your own posts.   React [...]

By |2021-09-01T21:57:01-06:00September 1st, 2021|0 Comments
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Use LinkedIn to Strengthen Your Relationships with Others

Do you use LinkedIn to strengthen your relationships with others? Too many people think of social media as one-way communication. The point of LinkedIn is to help people in the business world connect with each other. Therefore, you should spend at least some of your time liking, commenting on and sharing the information that others post. It’s important to find a good balance between sharing information posted by others and writing your own posts.   React to, Comment on and Share the Activity of Others on LinkedIn At least a couple times a week, skim your LinkedIn newsfeed looking for [...]

By |2021-06-30T21:58:24-06:00June 30th, 2021|0 Comments
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LinkedIn Tips for Entrepreneurs

Recently, Lori Dubois of Marketing Troubadour asked me to share some LinkedIn tips for entrepreneurs for her Inside Scoop program. Lori runs the Facebook Group Troubadour Collective - Branding and Marketing for Entrepreneurs. The Inside Scoop is a weekly program in which she conducts an interview of a different member of this group. Here are some highlights from our interview: Why is LinkedIn so underutilized? Many people are mystified by LinkedIn. They simply haven’t spent much time on this social media site and associate it mainly with looking for a job. LinkedIn isn’t as visually appealing as other social media [...]

By |2021-06-02T21:46:52-06:00June 2nd, 2021|0 Comments
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