An elite club of 30 chief executives helms the companies that rule the stock market. How do they rate on social media? Changes to the Dow Jones industrial average (DJIA), a composite of 30 publicly traded companies, ushered in new players and downgraded old favorites....

(🔄 Note: This list has been updated. Here’s the latest list of CEO profiles.) With virtually all of your business interactions now virtual, your online presence has gone from a nice-to-have to absolutely essential. Whether you love social media, or only reluctantly...

Successful sports teams guard their strategies in highly secretive playbooks. Signature formations, the vaunted Hail Mary, lines of attack for a winning game. As in sports, social media also requires a game plan for success. But unlike the professionals on playing...

In the words of baseball legend Yogi Berra,"It ain't over 'til it's over." 2020 is far from over, as much as many of us would like it to be. It's been a tumultuous eight months, with big challenges looming on the horizon. In the distant past, like all the way back in...

🔄 Note: This is our archived 2020 celebrity list. Here’s the latest list of celebrities on LinkedIn._____ From the comfort of your couch, a cup of coffee at your side, you fire up your laptop and scroll through your LinkedIn news feed. What are the movers and shakers...

The line that appears below your name at the top of your LinkedIn profile is called your headline. The LinkedIn default here is your current job title, along with the name of the company at which you work. But don't settle for the default — if you do, you're missing a...

By Jen Hitchcock Fortune 500 (F500) CEOs belong to an exclusive club where every member carries impressive credentials. But not all F500 CEOs maximize the value of having a vibrant presence on the world's largest professional social media site, LinkedIn. In a business...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?...