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Are You Making Any of These 5 Biggest LinkedIn Mistakes?

Periodically, I like to make note of the biggest mistakes I’m seeing people make on LinkedIn, and because I’ve been looking at a lot of LinkedIn profiles recently, I’ve got some fresh insights to share. So without further ado, let’s dive right in and look at the 5...

Yes, You Are a Special Snowflake

Yes, You Are a Special Snowflake

Can we please be honest about something? Marketing has its limits. Sometimes, when you can’t squeeze your message into a cookie-cutter marketing formula, you feel like you’re doing something wrong.  Then you rack your brain, trying to figure out what you need to...

Can a Robot Write Your Copy?

Can a Robot Write Your Copy?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning has come a long way. It’s time to reflect on and come up with business policies around this new technology. The first time I encountered a business owner viewing AI as an existential threat to their business was years...

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Are You Leveraging Leadership Messaging to Drive ROI?

If you're a marketer, you know that messaging is key to your success. You spend a lot of time, energy, and resources working on brand positioning and calibrating your marketing messages for your target audience. You create ads and social media content about your...

How to Use LinkedIn to Scale Your Business

How to Use LinkedIn to Scale Your Business

Okay, so you’ve been using LinkedIn for awhile and you’ve been successful at starting conversations and growing your audience. But now you’re ready to pour fuel on that fire. How can you use LinkedIn to scale your business? First, remember that as a business owner,...

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Done-for-You. Too Good to Be True.

This week, someone running a lead generation agency reached out to me on LinkedIn to offer a “done-for-you” service. Done-for-you sounds so wonderful. Who wouldn’t want to catch leads falling from the sky, right?  In the past, I might have hopped on a call and...

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Your Outbound Engagement Strategy for LinkedIn

In my last blog article, I talked about how engaging on LinkedIn is a two-way street. While most people focus on how to boost the number of comments they get on their own posts, I recommend that you focus on upping your own comment game, especially if you’re new to...

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Engagement: The Lynchpin of Your LinkedIn Strategy

When most people think about the lynchpin of their LinkedIn strategy, they think about stuff like content optimization, relationship building, new offers and showcasing their latest work. Not one of them is as powerful as engagement.