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Connections on LinkedIn

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Do you have a lot of connections , but not a lot of interaction? 

Not all connections are created equal.

What type of person are you on LinkedIn?

隸‍♂️ Super User. You are online all the time. Posting at least daily; like, comment, and share all kinds of stuff; and you respond to messages and comments.

履‍♀️ Lurker. You read other people’s posts, but hardly ever post or respond. You’d rather be a silent participant on LinkedIn than active.

 Absent. You have a profile, but you never use it. Occasionally, you might update it, but you don’t look at your messages or your notifications and you have no pulse online.

Ways to identify what type of connections you have.

1. Send them a birthday greeting or congrats on job changes and promotions. See if they ever respond.

2. Look at their Activity on their profile. If the section is blank, you can see this person doesn’t participate much.

3. Check the recency and completeness of their profile. No picture, limited details, etc. Probably not active.

4. Number of connections. Less than 500? Obviously not using LinkedIn to connect with the world.

Who cares?

Are you using LinkedIn to connect with people on a deeper professional level or just to build a connection count.

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Sunday Success LinkedIn Tip

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Are you looking  to increase and improve your use of LinkedIn during this pandemic crisis? 濫

Here is a LinkedIn-specific Sunday Success tip.

All connections are not created equal.

The connections you want are connections that will engage with you and expand for network.

Pick a specific type of connection you want — let’s use Purchasing Agent as an example.

Type “Purchasing Agent” into the search bar and then select “People” as a filter.

This will give you a list of people with Purchasing Agent in their job title.

Then, check each person out and see how many connections they have and if they have any Activity.

If they don’t have any Activity, then they’ll probably never read your stuff and clearly won’t engage with you.

Choose your connections wisely.

Send a personal invite to those that look like they will engage.

Have a great Sunday!

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Struggling With Social?

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Using social media for business? Struggling?

Who doesn’t?

We all can’t be like Gary Vaynerchuk and Neil Patel Digital overnight. But here are some simple rules to help you.

1. Video & Imagery is King! Sharing Sucks! All social media platforms want original content on their site…not shared from another site. Videos (Live #1) are top and then pictures (post the picture first) are second.

2. Engagement keeps it alive! Getting people to Like, Comment, & Share pushes your post into other’s feeds, so you reach an audience you’re not connected with. I had a simple update post that went viral because of this and had over 41K views on LinkedIn.

3. Connection Power works! Obviously, the more people that are connected to you and follow you, the more people see what you post. Connection can be through Business Pages and Groups too. Always be building your connections.

4. Recency Importance! Always try to post when YOUR audience is reading their news feed. It’s more likely to be seen. The longer it’s out there, the less people will see it.

5. Monitor your performance! Pay attention to anything that the platform will provide you with as performance metrics. Watch what works and doesn’t work.

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Frustrated with the Hiring Process?

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As a professional coach and mentor I often work with people who are trying to find a job in the corporate world. They are often frustrated with the hiring process and struggle.

One of the most frustrating things is being declined without even a phone call.

Here’s some situational advice…

Large companies often post jobs externally and internally at the same time. However, they will often look at internal candidates first before they look at external. If they find someone that fits internally, they will hire them first.

If you are looking for jobs on search engines, like indeed and LinkedIn, chances are that job has been posted for a while and the company paid to expand the search. People who have a job alert set up with that company posted long before you did.

The most important thing in job hunting is to create and leverage a network in the companies you want to work for. If you don’t have strong, personal connections then you are fighting with those that do.

Not tailoring your resume? Shame on you! You have to adjust your resume for every job. Make it easy for recruiters and boolean search engines to pick your resume out of the stack.

Finding a job is a full time job in itself. Align yourself with an expert who has successfully sat on the job search side and hiring side. Hiring is a process…once you understand it, you can beat it and not let it beat you!

Blogging Success Ideas

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Are you a #blogger or interested in social media #blogging? Let’s take this Sunday to discuss some Blogging #Success Ideas…please add your own ideas in the comments below 👇

#1 Always load a #video or #picture first. That way, if you use a link, like www.johnknotts-author.com in your post, it won’t automatically create an image link. Posts with videos and pictures get more #visibility with #socialmedia #algorithms.

#2 #Connect #engaging people to your #blog with the @ sign. When posting on your personal profile, your can connect people you respect, like @Matt Scherer, @Pat Whitty, @Joseph Toomer, and @Steve Taubman, this post pops up in their notifications. If they’re engaging in social media, they’ll chime in. You can also #connect business pages like Crosscutter Enterprises and Microsoft to drive people to a page. If posting on your Business Page, it is harder to take people.

#3 #Hashtag strategies work well–really well on #LinkedIn. You put them at the bottom, but you can also tag them right in the #post. They create search links that can connect like material. Use them wisely.

#4 Provide a #calltoaction in your post. Ask #readers to do something, like add their ideas, #like and #share, click the link, etc.

#5 LinkedIn only gives you 1,300 characters … use them wisely. Facebook, however, give you tons of room. However, make sure you make the post enagaging at the start of it’s long so people will click the #readmore link.

Your turn, go…

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Leveraging Internal Profiles

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For many people in business, LinkedIn is a proven source of sharing your professional capabilities with others. However, many organizations today have internal profile systems that work much like LinkedIn. In an organization, these systems are even more important to leverage.

So why do so many people leave their profiles blank on these systems?

Across many organizations I have witnessed a level of apathy to sharing information about information on the systems and keeping these profiles up to date. In today’s fluid business environment it constantly amazes me that people do not take advantage of these tools.

Consider that this site at your office is like having a talent review file available to anyone interested in you. Why would anyone want to leave this blank? It’s like saying to people looking at you that you have no interest in any other opportunity than the current one you are in and you are too lazy to full out a simple bio on youself. Not putting your best foot forward in business.

Maybe employees are not sure what to write?  Perhaps start with number of years experience and a brief list of positions inside and outside the company. List degrees by date, level, type, and school.  List certifications by date, type, and certifying agency. It can’t hurt to personalize your profile a little with hobbies and information about your family. If you have any special achievements like earning patents, publishing books, or winning awards, share this.

Do you want to be the person that is looked at as not interested or lazy or do you want to give a positive impression to those that look you up?

Powerful influencer — Jim Clifton

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Readers,

I want to share this morning one of the most powerful influencers I have come across in a long time.

His name is Jim Clifton and he is the CEO of Gallup.

On LinkedIn, he has a regular blog that highlights the problems that not only he sees, but that his companies measures.

His messages are extremely powerful. Please take the time to follow him and read some of his stuff.

Dealing with the flamers on your blogs

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Framers? Darn autocorrect!

Do you have those people that repeatedly flame on your blog? Practically anything and everything you talk about they take the other stance and infuriate you with illogical arguments and sometimes simply wrong information?

How do you deal with them?

I have two primarily.

One is on Facebook. There I tend to get a little political and very pro military with my posts. There is this one guy that almost always adds his two cents, which is totally opposite of the stance I’ve taken in my post. There for a while, he was reeling me into his discussion…argument. I was letting him get to me and I was going off. Then I got to the point where I would simply delete his comment on my post so I could ignore him.

The other is on LinkedIn. He’s a know it all on a strategic planning site that tends to read and comment on every one of my Saturday morning Think Big, Take Small Steps, strategic planning blogs. His comment are always in complete disagreement with my approach that I’m discussing, how his company does this and it’s the only right way, and supposedly he has peer-reviewed articles and that makes him a God. Again, I started off challenging him, but he’s way too arrogant to listen and simply fires back veiled insults across the Internet. I’ve noticed, because I read many of the posts on these groups, that he is like this to everyone, but never seems to share anything himself…just belittle everyone else’s posts. I guess because he’s peer-reviewed, which I’ve never found. Now, I ignore him.

I’ve had people tell me to simply unfriend or unlink to them. I have considered it. Of course, on LinkedIn that doesn’t work. He’s on the group so whatever gets posted, he reads…not being linked to him doesn’t matter.

I have tried to debate the subject with them, but their views are almost purposefully opposite and so far from what I agree with that it seems more of a challenge than it’s worth.

Do you have flamers on your posts and blogs?

How do you deal with these people when they choose to use your avenue as their sounding board?

Do you think that they are honestly trying to add positive information to the conversation, or are they simply miserable people that want everyone to accompany them in their misery?