In my experience, LinkedIn is often underutilized by many people beyond just having a personal profile or company page. Participating in groups and sharing thought leader content in update posts represents a huge positioning opportunity, which can lead to sales if relationships are nurtured well. But publishing articles as native content directly on platform can take it up a … [Read more...]
The 10 year vision: personal and business plans are intertwined for entrepreneurs
At the end of every year I write down personal, family and business goals. Those goals help formulate specific tasks that get added to a calendar and guide actions in the coming months. It’s always gratifying to see what got accomplished, what still might need tackling, and to dig back into time to track larger scale progress. This is something I have been doing literally since … [Read more...]
Nurture the niche and let them talk
Do you remember the tin can walkie-talkie? Where you connected two empty tins with a string and spoke into them, allowing the string to magically transmit the message? Admittedly the tin can walkie-talkie, or tin can telephone as some people may remember it, is pretty LOW-TECH compared to the cell phones we have these days. But it tapped the attraction of a fundamental human … [Read more...]
Influencers versus thought leaders
There is a fundamental difference between influence and “thought leadership.” I’ve been spending some time this week getting a better grip on the social media platforms for my new travel writing blog, CarryOnQueen.com. I registered the names back in March, and had the basic visual identity created in June, but I’m still very much flushing out content and gaining a following on … [Read more...]
The one PAGE, one PARAGRAPH, one SENTENCE challenge
This week I have a bit of an editing challenge for you. I promise, it’s actually a FUN and BENEFICIAL exercise – unlike some of those projects you may have been subjected to during your more formal education. I learned this one from Pat Flynn. I’m a big fan of Pat’s work, and a lot of what he does over at SmartPassiveIncome.com. I read Pat’s recent book “Will if Fly?” a couple … [Read more...]
