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April 15, 2014 by David J.P. Fisher Leave a Comment

The Cool Kids are Leveraging their Alumni Network on LinkedIn

The Cool Kids are Leveraging their Alumni Network on LinkedIn

This article originally appeared here at Firmology.com.  I’ve included some specific examples from my own alma mater (Northwestern University) to flesh out how your alumni network can help you on LinkedIn. ******* Of all the networks we build in our lives, one of the earliest and deepest networks we create is that of our alma […]

Filed Under: Business Networking, LinkedIn Tagged With: alma mater, alumni, alumni association, alumni networking, introductions, LinkedIn, LinkedIn introductions, linkedin training, Northwestern, social media, social media training

February 27, 2014 by David J.P. Fisher Leave a Comment

Introductions Work on LinkedIn

Introductions Work on LinkedIn

  This article originally ran at theDigitalFA. You can visit it here; and be sure to check out the site – it’s full of great ideas on building a digital presence for financial professionals (and the rest of us). People often think that the power of your LinkedIn network is your direct connections. But actually, […]

Filed Under: Business Networking, Business Referrals, LinkedIn Tagged With: connections, financial advisors, introductions, LinkedIn, Linkedin referrals, linkedin training, recommendations, referrals, sales, social media, social media training, social selling

July 2, 2013 by David J.P. Fisher Leave a Comment

How to Avoid Bad Networking Introductions

When professionals first get serious about using networking to build their business they naturally start by asking how they can meet more people, and how they can get more business from those people.  That’s just the first part of the networking process, however. Top networkers know that it’s not only about developing a  lot of […]

Filed Under: Business Networking, Introduction Skills, Uncategorized Tagged With: BNI, Chamber of Commerce, introductions, networking, networking event, networking introductions, social media

September 21, 2012 by David J.P. Fisher Leave a Comment

How to Ask For Help On LinkedIn

How to Ask For Help On LinkedIn

One of the challenges with using social media for business is that it’s so new.  LinkedIn has over 175 million professionals on it, but it’s not even 10 years old yet.  It makes perfect sense that we’re still grappling with how to actually use the platform in our day to day business lives, because in […]

Filed Under: Business Networking, LinkedIn Tagged With: asking, business networking, classmate, connections, D. Fish, David J.P. Fisher, facebook, introductions, job search, job seeking, LinkedIn, linkedin training, networking, sales leads, weak link

July 22, 2012 by David J.P. Fisher Leave a Comment

5 Places You Should be Networking this Summer

I don’t know about you, but once the thermometer hits 80 degrees the last thing I want to do is put on a suit and go to a networking event.  Here in the Midwest, we try to squeeze in as much fun as we can in our seemingly too short summer.  But that doesn’t mean […]

Filed Under: Business Networking, Networking Plan Tagged With: ballgames, barbeques, business networking, introductions, networking, patios, picnics, questions, relationships, vacation

October 24, 2011 by David J.P. Fisher Leave a Comment

Networking and Dating

If you have ever stepped back and watched the action at a business networking event, the resemblance to a singles bar is uncanny (and slightly unnerving).  Think about it, there’s a bunch of people wandering around, nervously approaching people they don’t know because they’re hoping to meet that special someone that will make their life better.  […]

Filed Under: Business Networking, Introduction Skills, Networking Philosophy Tagged With: business, business networking, dating, introductions, marketing, networking, online dating, professional networking, relationships, sales, singles, singles bar, training

August 29, 2011 by David J.P. Fisher Leave a Comment

3 Keys to Introducing Yourself to a Group

At some point in your professional career you are going to have to stand up in front of a group of people and introduce yourself.  It might be at a formal networking event where everyone is going around the room and giving their “elevator speech”, or maybe it’s a professional conference where you are each […]

Filed Under: Business Networking, Introduction Skills Tagged With: business, business networking, charisma, communication skills, communications, elevator pitch, elevator speech, introductions, networking, platform skills, professional networking, project, public speaking, volume

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