Have we forgotten how to write? Do we care that our written communication is spelled correctly? Does it even matter in this day of tweeting and texting, and (imperfect) voice to text solutions? We see our politicians misspelling words all the time on social media. And then there’s clever advertising which breaks all the rules [read more]
Yesterday I was teaching a networking skills training class to employees of my client BlumShapiro, the largest regional business advisory and CPA firm based in New England. This training is part of their Dare to Lead company-wide talent development program. During the class which was entitled Networking 301: Success by Association, we discussed the importance of follow-up in [read more]
LinkedIn is NOT a dating site Recently I received a very creepy email (see below) from a person who sent me a LinkedIn invitation. I accepted his LI invite because he appeared to be a professional person with a respectable career as Veterinarian based out of Philadelphia. I now regret having said YES to his LinkedIn [read more]
A wonderful thing happened to me on LinkedIn recently. I experienced “social media kismet” – that wonderful feeling of connecting with unique and remarkable people that you didn’t know before social media. It reminds me just how very small our world is, yet it has so many amazing people in it. One such special person is Laura Thomas, [read more]
One of my most creative friends and colleagues is Sandra Centorino, co-founder of the Say It Forward movement. I love what she’s doing to help spread positivity in workplaces and communities. I use her powerful Say-it-Forward cards in my seminars and talks and interactions with all sorts of people. I keep the SIF cards in stock and on hand at [read more]
How many LinkedIn invitations do you get from people that you don’t know? Some have a head shot photo, some don’t. Most use the default invitation copy that LinkedIn makes available to its users. In my opinion, LinkedIn is trying too hard to emulate Facebook’s functionality and user philosophy: the person with the most friends [read more]
Are you one of the 135 million people using Linkedin as a professional networking tool? If not, why the heck not? If you are, are you leveraging Linkedin’s full power to grow your business and career success? There are many reasons to join Linkedin and to add it to your personal marketing tool box. Linkedin [read more]
What gets you to open up an email? How do you decide that it’s worth your time and trouble? Is it based upon: Who it is from Whether or not it has an attachment (could pose a risk to your computer) Compelling subject line Whether or not you have the time Whether or not you [read more]
With so many electronic options at our fingertips, it’s easy to migrate all of your networking interaction to the digital world. You can meet people you didn’t know before very easily on Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter. You can read their profiles and quickly figure out where they’ve been and what they’ve done. Networking follow-up is [read more]
