LinkedIn Stories Australian members woke up to the new Stories feature on Thursday 18th June. This new feature works very much like Stories on other social media platforms such as Instagram and allows individuals to share short posts that only show up in stories on the mobile app for 24 hours. Isn’t this feature too ‘Instagram-esque’? “LinkedIn found that members and executives wanted a more relaxed way to share more frequently, and Stories offers that in spades.” I was invited to the launch briefing along with fellow LinkedIn trainers, social media leaders and content creators to hear about the features. …
Restarting 2020 // How to Optimise your LinkedIn Profile
Is your 2020 going to plan? Maybe it is time to review your LinkedIn profile and look at where you are now and where you are going now and in 2021. Earlier this year I was asked to contribute a piece for the Motivating your Mind … Inspiring your Spirit ebook by Rob Salisbury. It features 75 industry experts from Australian, American, Canadian, German, Hong Kong, Malaysian, New Zealand, Singaporean, South African, Sri Lankan and United Arab Emirates. I hope my article inspires and motivates you to take action in relation to your LinkedIn presence in the coming year. Download …
Understand How Your LinkedIn Mindset Impacts Your Success
How important is our mindset on LinkedIn? Our thoughts impact our actions, but can we change our mindset to impact our success? How we put ourselves out there on LinkedIn is determined by our mindset and our technical skills. You can learn how to use LinkedIn (by attending my workshops), but how do you work out what is stopping you from taking action or why you take the action you choose to take? Is it fear of failure or could it be the fear of success? What are you not doing in your business, in your brand or in your …
Get Nimble with your LinkedIn Contacts
LinkedIn is the largest business social network and it is worth optimising your profile to make the best online impression to match your business or career journey and aspirations, but LinkedIn is just one part of your personal brand. We are more than a business persona. As Jon Ferrera says, LinkedIn for him is like stepping into his business lobby. To REALLY get to know him, you want to connect on what he calls the five Fs; Family Friends Food Fun Frolicking The Human Connection These 5 Fs won’t necessarily be part of the LinkedIn experience, so how do you …