Article Contributed by Kristina Jaramillo I spend hundreds of hours on LinkedIn every month researching, testing, tweaking and seeing what works and what doesn’t – and that’s on top of the hours I spend marketing my business and my clients’ businesses on LinkedIn.  So in a week’s time I view thousands of different professional profiles. [...]

Article Contributed by Kristina Jaramillo Many LinkedIn professionals simply copy their bios from their website or the back of their book.  And believe me you can tell.  For example, I recently spoke to Ted Gee about changing his LinkedIn profile.  I told him that his summary read like a back flap of a hard cover [...]

Article Contributed by Kristina Jaramillo Lots of people are “different” these days. But are they really thought leaders? 1.    In most cases, you can’t tell one coach, consultant or expert in a particular industry from another. They practically use the same language to describe themselves and what they do. 2.    If you look at the [...]

Article Contributed by Jeff Beals As people realize we like them and respect their opinions, they share information about themselves that can be helpful in analyzing whether they can use our products or services. So says Canadian businessman Michael J. Hughes, who is known as “THE Networking Guru.”  Hughes runs a highly successful Ottawa, Ontario-based [...]