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LINKEDIN–HIDE YOUR CONNECTIONS OR NOT?

Posted by David Sher in LinkedIn, Social MediaMar 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast I received a call on my voice mail from the marketing director of a large professional firm where I had trained their managers on LinkedIn. She said the firm is making serious progress on developing their LinkedIn program, but one of the partners was recommending everyone in the firm be required to hide their connections.  She wanted to know what I thought before they made their decision. I haven’t had a chance to talk with her yet, but here is what I will say.  Keep in mind, these are my opinions.  I respect others who feel differently & I understand LinkedIn...
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AVOID SOCIAL MEDIA AT YOUR OWN RISK

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social MediaFeb 8th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Play this 2 minute podcast My wife & I recently went to see Buddy—The Buddy Holly Story & had the best time.  Buddy is in his early twenties & has the good fortune to sign a recording contract with Decca Records.  However, Decca wanted him to sing gospel & Buddy wanted to sing rock & roll.  The issue was adults were afraid of rock & roll.  They didn’t understand it & thought it would ruin their children. So Buddy quit Decca & shortly thereafter signed with a record company that would allow him sing rock & roll.  Between August ‘57 & August ‘58,...
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I REALLY LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, Twitter, YouTubeFeb 1st, 2010 | No Comments
Play this two minute podcast   I really really like social media.  I know that this should come as no surprise, but I can’t quite get over how much Facebook, LinkedIn, & Twitter have enriched my life and broadened my friendships. Recently I had a close friend take me aside and tell me she thought one of my posts on Facebook was a little too personal.  I thought about it and decided to ask my Facebook friends if they agreed. I posted that I had received a massage at the Birmingham School of Massage.  I had lots of responses…more than you would ever imagine and thankfully everyone thought...
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SOCIAL MEDIA–IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterJan 18th, 2010 | No Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast I stepped into the shower at the YMCA after my morning swim.  There was an older gentleman there, probably in his early eighties, who I had seen at the Y from time to time. He saw me walk in & said, “There’s this woman I see regularly in the pool.  She’s always so sad and wants to talk.  She tells me how lonely she is…that she lost her husband and has no one to speak with.  She then starts crying.  You can’t walk away.  You have to talk with her.” Then he went on to tell me how important people are.  He said there’s nothing worse in life than...
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SOCIAL MEDIA–YOUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON IT

Posted by David Sher in Blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterJan 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast   I had lunch recently with a life long friend.  We hadn’t talked in a good while so it was great catching up.  He asked what I was doing and I told him I was working with a partner, Phyllis Neill, to help companies make money using social media.  He didn’t have the foggiest idea what I was talking about.  So I set about explaining LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, you know, all the usual suspects. I told him about writing a profile on LinkedIn, building up your connections, joining groups, answering questions.  I explained how he could make & build new...
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TWITTER ON LINKEDIN – A GOOD IDEA GONE BAD

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterJan 4th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Play this 2 minute podcast   What a great idea.  Now you can automatically post your Tweets to LinkedIn & vice versa.  But this upgrade has made a real mess of viewing status updates on LinkedIn. I get great value from LinkedIn.  I enjoy Facebook & play around with Twitter, but LinkedIn is the one social media platform that helps me every day in business.  LinkedIn lets me tell my business contacts what’s going on with AmSher & WeMentor.  My LinkedIn posts talk about our company honors, successes, and achievements. The LinkedIn status updates allow me quickly & easily to...
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ARRIVE TEN MINUTES EARLY & STAY TEN MINUTES LATE

Posted by David Sher in LinkedIn, Traditional NetworkingDec 14th, 2009 | No Comments
Play this two minute podcast   I got to the meeting about ten minutes early and the first person I saw was a LinkedIn friend of mine. The reason I say a “LinkedIn friend” is he is a person I only sort of knew before I asked him to join my network on LinkedIn.     I talked to him for a few minutes and then he  introduced me to the fellow sitting next to him.  We shook hands and he mentioned he was a practice administrator at a gastroenterology group located here in Birmingham. I wished he had worked in a different type of medical practice because I can never pronounce gastroenterology.  At...
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ETIQUETTE IS IMPORTANT ON LINKEDIN, FACEBOOK, & OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA

Posted by David Sher in Facebook, LinkedIn, Social MediaDec 7th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Play this two minute podcast   I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was viewing an e-mail I received on LinkedIn. It’s the kind of LinkedIn e-mail I get on a regular basis, where one of my connections asks for an introduction.  I really enjoy helping people so making introductions is something I do regularly. I also ask for introductions myself—so it is something everyone expects.  In any event, I was surprised to see that the request wasn’t for one introduction…it was for a lengthy list of introductions. Evidently, my friend had reviewed all his prospects and matched them against my LinkedIn...
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LOVE AT FIRST TWEET

Posted by David Sher in LinkedIn, Social Media, TwitterNov 30th, 2009 | No Comments
Play this 2 minute podcast   This is not your typical love story because I have been happily married for 43 years.  It started in July with a notice from Twitter that I was being followed by Phyllis Neill, a woman I didn’t know…which certainly is not unusual for Twitter. I quickly reviewed her profile and saw she was a business person living here in Birmingham, so I clicked to follow her.  Being curious, I then searched her LinkedIn profile & invited her into my network. She quickly accepted & asked to meet for coffee.  The plot thickens.  I met Phyllis at Starbucks in Vestavia...
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BEST WAY TO FIND EMPLOYEES…PASSIVE RESUMES ON LINKEDIN

Posted by David Sher in LinkedIn, Social MediaNov 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
 Play this two minute podcast                           I recently had lunch with a good friend; one who really understands the Internet. We got into a conversation about finding employees on LinkedIn. This is not surprising because we’re both avid LinkedIn users. She said, “You know the platforms that job applicants generally use to find jobs, or companies use to find employees, like Monster or CareerBuilder?  It’s only a matter of time before LinkedIn eats their lunch.”  I didn’t quite understand what she meant, but she explained.  “Look, you’re an employer...
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