Best Face Forward: How to Love the Way You Look on Zoom
For many of us, remote work is the new normal — at least for the foreseeable future. But working from home can challenge us as humans. We're hardwired for connection; and virtual meetings, although designed to replicate in-person interactions, just don't feel the...
Pivot Strategy: Define Your Buyer Personas
Counterintuitive as it is, one of the smartest things you can do in marketing is target an extremely specific niche. While it is tempting to cast a wide net, selling to everyone who might possibly use your solution dilutes your marketing efforts. When you speak to a...
Pivot Strategy: How to Craft a Compelling LinkedIn Connect Request
In our last blog, we talked about how to test your pivot before launching. With testing, you can validate your plans — which allows you to reduce the risk of launching into a new market and gain confidence that you are optimizing your marketing investment. When you...
Pivot Strategy: Get Data to Validate Your Instincts
As entrepreneurs, we know there’s huge opportunity in crises. If we can find that opportunity and get there first, we can scale our businesses like never before. But we have a limited runway, and time is the critical variable. So, how do you decide where to focus your...
Do These 19 Things Now to Set Yourself Up for Future Success
Never waste a crisis. Think about that for a second. When you're in the midst of a crisis, the natural inclination is to spend all your time assessing, planning, and mobilizing for the current threat. But what happens when you come out on the other side of the crisis?...
LinkedIn for High School Students: Get Started Now
In the past couple weeks, we've received dozens of inquiries from high school students, parents, teachers, and administrators from all over the world asking for LinkedIn advice specifically geared toward high school students. That was a surprise for us since we...
10 Ways Social Media Makes You a Better Leader
As we turn to social distancing to combat the most serious global threat in recent history, social media is bringing us together. We're using it to stay informed, organize community outreach efforts, and communicate with our family, friends, and coworkers. As a leader...
Your Biggest Fans: How Executive Leaders Drive Employee Advocacy
It’s no wonder employee advocacy programs have become incredibly popular in recent years. A well-run employee advocacy program produces increased brand recognition, streamlined communications, and advertising value. How do you implement and maintain a successful...
Unicorn CEOs on LinkedIn: Who’s Leading, Who’s AWOL
Entrepreneurs dream about building "unicorns" — startup businesses so successful they reach a valuation of over $1 billion. As of December 11, 2019, there were only 213 such companies in the United States. We took a look at how the CEOs of these organizations are...
Camera Shy? Why You Should Leave Your Webcam On
Bad hair day? Poor lighting? An unfortunate piece of lunch caught between your front teeth? Almost everyone falls victim to human nature and worries about their appearance in a photo or during live video. It's likely that there are times you say to yourself, "I'm just...
Your Customers Are Watching You
More and more people are using the internet to make purchasing decisions — but they aren't just comparing product information. Three important customer segments in particular (women, millennials, and the Chinese) are increasingly following executives on social media...
The ROI of Executive Social Media for Employee Advocacy
Too often, companies make the mistake of not tapping into one of their strongest marketing tools: their own employees. Employee advocacy can (and should) be a significant part of any organization's social media strategy — and many forward-thinking businesses are...