{3:45 minutes to read} Breaking from tradition, we have been experimenting with sharing our client’s LinkedIn publisher or “Pulse articles” to their LinkedIn groups in lieu of sharing the external article. We are still doing blog articles for nearly all clients. We publish their blog posts’ excerpts and titles, then include links to the blog posts [...]
{3:12 minutes to read} Social media has revolutionized marketing in some ways by providing opportunities for free and fast marketing. The technology in this space changes quickly; the options that are available now will most likely be very different down the road. As the social media landscape continues to evolve, we research and vet [...]
{2:15 minutes to read} phoneBlogger has begun publishing your blog articles to LinkedIn Publisher. This is part of a new feature available on LinkedIn. What is LinkedIn Publisher? Here’s what LinkedIn says: Your original content becomes part of your professional profile. It is displayed on the posts section of your LinkedIn profile. It’s shared with [...]
{3:40 minutes to read} Since LinkedIn’s recent “improvements,” certain group postings have been reassigned to the “Jobs” category – which may be a glitch in LinkedIn’s algorithms or an intentional feature. LinkedIn has continually updated and adapted its moderation policy, including what moderators are allowed or prohibited from doing. In fact, we at phoneBlogger have [...]
{4:08 minutes to read} A client of mine recently asked: How do I engage more with social media to enhance my professional network? My answer was that engaging is all about establishing and nurturing relationships with centers of influence (COI) and/or potential clients. It’s my opinion that the whole social media landscape is just a [...]
{3:00 minutes to read} Any number of things can affect the ebb and flow of business. Acknowledge that there will be cycles, and use the downtime wisely. I often see clients in professional services experience being busy one month, but not the next. The workflow gets crazy busy for a while, and then it’s like [...]
I just answered a HARO inquiry (ask me what that is). So I’m turning my email into a blog article (there’s a hint). This was my answer: Hi Cindy, every lecture or presentation should lead to more speaking engagements using 3 sentences: 1) “I can go into more detail on this topic in future seminars here.” 2) “If [...]
Every service phoneBlogger.net provides is designed to have people become aware of you, and then be consistently reminded of you. The frequency and number of social channels to which we syndicate and cross-promote your blog articles is because no one will notice or pay attention to all of it. People will only notice some of [...]
Nothing can ever replace your personal touch & outreach to colleagues. phoneBlogging is an efficient way to stay top-of-mind, break the ice & inspire questions/conversations. However, there are at least 4 LinkedIn tasks that only you can do – not pB, your partner, associates or assistants. These 4 only take minutes every day, and can [...]
If you are in professional services and you want to grow your business, you simply must embrace social media – specifically LinkedIn. For example, a client of ours who only recently opened a LinkedIn account: Has made more than 1,000 connections; Is a member of 50 groups (LinkedIn’s maximum); Gets dozens of comments on every [...]
