What do you use LinkedIn for?

What do you use LinkedIn for?

It’s a powerful platform and successful – or it wouldn’t have so many users (467 million from the last stats).  Microsoft wouldn’t have bought it if it didn’t have a future and that means that millions of people use it – but what for? Job hunting When it first kicked...
What do you use LinkedIn for?

How much copy does your website need?

I’ve been writing web copy for well over a decade and clients still ask ‘how much content to I need?’  The glib answer is ‘as much as is needed to get your message across’, but it’s never as simple as that. In the ‘good old days’ web pages would often have as much as...
What do you use LinkedIn for?

How to create a newsletter with the minimum of effort

What’s the point of a newsletter? There should be one – and the best answer to the question is that it’s a great way to build relationships, but only if the content is what your list wants to read. Let’s be honest, none of us want any more ‘stuff’ in our inboxes...
What do you use LinkedIn for?

How social should your social media be?

If you’re running a business it’s sometimes hard to decide whether your social media should be you or your business. There are no hard and fast rules, but these are my observations. Generally: Never post anything negative about anyone else, it’s the fastest way to...
What do you use LinkedIn for?

‘Just’ blogging

Some of my clients ‘get’ blogging; others can’t see the point. The doubters don’t understand why they should invest in writing content for their blog.  Who sees it?  What will it do for your profit line?  How do I know if it’s making a difference? If you are just...