In the last couple of months I have been paying close attention to Linkedin as it is becoming more and more important to business people who are looking to create credibility for themselves. In one month (June 2010) Linkedin added over 5 million new users, taking the total to 70 million users. The great thing is that these are serious business owners and professionals on here. These are potential clients, suppliers and referral sources here. This is a serious business network. Having a good profile on Linkedin is crucial part of your social media strategy. Here are my 5 top tips for creating maximum impact.
Make sure you have a good professional headshot. A good picture speaks a thousand word. Dress like you would if you were meeting your best potential client. Make sure it is easy to see your face. It is worth getting a professional to take some good head shots. This will enhance your credibility. It surprises me to see so many people still not having a photo on their profile. People may suspect that you might have something to hide. Continue Reading »
One of the biggest complaints I get about social media is that it can be so time consuming to manage. How do I as a business person get a a great ROI on social media without it seeming like I’m wasting my time? Fear not for help is as hand. One of my secret tools to manage social media is Hootsuite!Hootsuite is a brilliant little tool that allows you to post updates on your twitter, facebook and linkedin account without having to log-in separately to all of them. It has 4 very cool pieces of functionality:
(a) It allows you to create mini urls for web links that are very big
(b) It allows you to create posts or status updates in advance and then decide on a date and time when you want it posted.
(c) It allows you to automate feeds from your blog or any other favourite blog of yours and post them to whichever social media account you want. This feature is one of my personal favourites!
(d) It allows you to monitor multiple social media accounts through one dashboard
Simple & brilliant! Try Hoosuite out today and save time while managing social media effectively!
Many times Doctors may wonder why they should network with business professionals? Let me share some recent experiences as we are working with many Doctors from Dentists to Eye Surgeons to Gynecologists that are members of BNI. I asked a number of them why there were involved & how they have benefited. These are the 3 reasons they shared: Continue Reading »
With Facebook now having over 400 million active users and Twitter growing at a crazy 700% Social Media is changing the way in which we live and work. More and more BNI members and other small business owners are joining the social media bandwagon and finding business through these media.
Recently one of our members, Sampath Iyengar put on his status update that he had been to his BNI meeting and who was the 10 minute speaker who had a particular USP which he added in this update. Within minutes of posting this Continue Reading »
This post has been specially written by Sanjeev Raghani
It was only 7.30am on the 7th of March 2009 at the J W Marriot and the room was buzzing with the top networkers in India. It was the morning of the 2nd BNI National conference in India, a morning that was eagerly awaited by seasoned members (who had seen the phenomenal growth of BNI India) and also by the new ones who would be witnessing a BNI conference for the first time. These members REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN A RECESSION!By the time the clock struck 8.45am the room was filled with around 230 members of BNI India. We had about 150 come from the city of Mumbai, around 45 from the neighbouring Pune, around 35 from the Garden city of Bangalore while the rest were from Chennai. The international presence was made with members, regional directors and speakers from Dubai, Ireland and UK. Continue Reading »
I have to say I was amazed when I heard the other week that Dell has generated over US$1 million in revenues through using Twitter (to read more about this click on this link ). Twitter has been making waves in the last few months on the social media scene and many people swear by it. I’ve been using it for a couple of months now, but it’s only now dawning on me how useful it could be. I thought I would give you a low down on 4 important social media tools out there that can help you collaborate, communicate & network better. Continue Reading »
I’m preparing for the global BNI members conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (www.bni-worldwide.com) an I thought I would touch on some compelling reasons why one should network globally: Continue Reading »
The big daddy of online networking has to be linkedin - Even Bill Gates is on it! They claim to have over 20 million registered users. Having a linkedin profile would certainly help you build your VISIBILTY online - If you want to boost your Google ranking then having a Linkedin profile is essential. Have a look at mine on  . If you do a Google search on my name the first ranked search result in my Linkedin profile.
In the last couple of months I have been paying close attention to Linkedin as it is becoming more and more important to business people who are looking to create credibility for themselves. In one month (June 2010) Linkedin added over 5 million new users, taking the total to 70 million users. The great thing is that these are serious business owners and professionals on here. These are potential clients, suppliers and referral sources here. This is a serious business network. Having a good profile on Linkedin is crucial part of your social media strategy. Here are my 5 top tips for creating maximum impact.
