8 Strategies for Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile

A LinkedIn profile is a great opportunity to showcase who you are and what you can do for others. To effectively showcase yourself with your LinkedIn profile, you need to be able to tell a story that is credible and engaging. How do you tell a story on LinkedIn with your profile? There are 8Continue reading “8 Strategies for Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile”

7 Takeaways from My Paper.li #Bizheroes Chat

I recently lead a discussion on building and maintaining a LinkedIn audience on Paper.li’s #Bizheroes Chat. Here are 7 Takeaways in case you missed the chat: Q1. How do we start building an audience in LinkedIn? What are the first steps? The first thing you can do to start building a LinkedIn audience is toContinue reading “7 Takeaways from My Paper.li #Bizheroes Chat”

How to Write & Publish Compelling Content on LinkedIn

image  via https://i2.wp.com/animoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Screen-Shot- Writing on LinkedIn’s long form post is similar to writing blog posts. Your goal is to engage your readers & build an audience. Let’s explore the features of the LinkedIn publishing platform. The Structure of the LinkedIn long form  Title The platform provides a place for a title. Tool Bar Underneath the title,Continue reading “How to Write & Publish Compelling Content on LinkedIn”

4 Examples of How Social Media platforms can increase Revenue & Engagement

I have examined 4 ways how social networks can increase user revenue & engagement. The last is how a brand partnered with a Social Network to drive product sales. Publishing/Marketing/Branding 1.Why all Social Networks should build a Publishing Platform Social Networks are great places to discuss and share ideas. While many networks have developed variousContinue reading “4 Examples of How Social Media platforms can increase Revenue & Engagement”

How LinkedIn can increase its Revenue from Pulse users

image via http://vpngni.s3.amazonaws.com LinkedIn’s long form publishing is a great resource for users of the platform. Users can upload, pictures, videos and share links in their posts. Members can also add up to three tags for SEO purposes. The long form offers the blogging  functionality of other platforms such as Blogger, WordPress, tumblr & Medium. However,Continue reading “How LinkedIn can increase its Revenue from Pulse users”

5 Ways to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for Storytelling

A LinkedIn profile is a great opportunity to show case who you are and what you can do for others.  To effectively show case yourself with your LinkedIn profile, you need to be able to tell a story that is credible and engaging. How do you tell a story on LinkedIn with your profile? ThereContinue reading “5 Ways to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for Storytelling”

Build your Brand with a Blog

Blogging is a great way to build your brand and market your products to the masses. Writing a blog allows you to demonstrate your expertise through writing. Blogging helps to provide prospects and customers with valuable information. Providing valuable information helps to position you as an expert and a resource. Popular blog posts formats are:Continue reading “Build your Brand with a Blog”

Build your Brand and Spread Ideas Using @Twitter

Twitter is a great social networking site for people and brands to spread ideas quickly.  Twitter is also a great marketing tool for brands to promote products and services. Twitter has a few hundred million users worldwide. Getting started with Twitter is quick and easy. To get started using Twitter you need to do the following: 1Continue reading “Build your Brand and Spread Ideas Using @Twitter”

Building your Personal & Corporate Brand using LinkedIn

Use of social media is essential in personal and corporate branding.  The networks that brands should be on are LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Google+. Writing blogs and having websites are also essential for building a brand.  Today I am going to discuss how to build your brand using LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a professional networkingContinue reading “Building your Personal & Corporate Brand using LinkedIn”