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Being consistent on LinkedIn with a packed schedule is not easy. But here’s the thing—maintaining a steady presence doesn't have to be overwhelming. Here's how you can stay engaged on LinkedIn with just a few minutes each day: ✅ 𝐒𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 - Choose a specific time each day, maybe right after lunch or before your morning coffee. Spend just 10-20 minutes engaging. This little appointment with yourself can work wonders. ✅ 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 -Pick one or two posts that resonate with you and leave thoughtful comments. This isn’t just about visibility; it’s about building relationships and adding value to conversations. ✅ 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 - Found an interesting insight or a useful tip? Share it! It doesn’t have to be a long post. What matters is the relevance and value it holds for your network. ✅ 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 - Once a week, take a half-hour to plan out your content. Use scheduling tools to spread your posts throughout the week. This helps reduce the daily pressure to create content on the fly. ✅ 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 - Follow industry leaders or voices that inspire you. Their content can be a great source of information that you can comment on or share, keeping you active and informed. Remember, consistency on LinkedIn isn’t about being the loudest in the room; it’s about being steadily present and genuinely engaged. You don’t need to spend hours each day—just a few strategic minutes. 👇 How do you manage your time on LinkedIn? #LinkedInTips #ProfessionalNetworking #DailyHabits #ConsistencyIsKey P.S. DM me “BRAND” if you want me to manage your LinkedIn account and grow your business.

Should benefits executive post on LinkedIn? That depends on your role and what you want. If you’re in any way associated with the sales or success of your business, LinkedIn posts are a great way to share your thought leadership without pumping out a white paper. So, yes. Posting is a good idea. But it’s easy to get paralyzed by two things: creativity and process. Creativity is, “Oh, shoot, what do I write about?” Even though if you and I were talking and I said, “What should your clients know about benefits?” you wouldn’t be at a loss for words. Process is, “How do I keep track of what to post and when?” There are all sorts of fancy tools to manage this, but if it’s just your content, you can do it simply and easily with a Word document (which contains your content bank), an Excel sheet (which contains your posting schedule) and a calendar reminder. I’ve had these problems myself. But creating a reusable bank of content helps me spend less time wondering what to post. Less stressful too. Like most everything, consistency is the key to success on LinkedIn (whatever success means to you). If you need help creating professional yet personable LinkedIn posts to help you look good in front of your peer and client network, drop me a message here. -- #GroupBenefits #ThoughtLeadership

WHAT'S THE FASTEST WAY TO BUILD YOUR NETWORK? Expand your network on LinkedIn! Linkedin is the best platform to strategically establish and build relationships with industry peers, serious prospective clients, and career professionals from around the world. LinkedIn provides you with an entire sales page to define your personal or business brand, career, and professional services. Schedule virtual coffee chats to get to know people, network, and share your core values and beliefs in virtual coffee chats. Join industry groups and attend professional development events. LinkedIn Connections allow direct access, private messaging, and the ability to send invitations to build a close-knit community. LinkedIn also helps me build authority on a career-centric platform of focused followers, seeking solutions to their specific pain points. Proudly, I am among the 1% of LinkedIn’s community that produces content as an expert contributor to LinkedIn industry articles, LinkedIn Content Creator, and approved LinkedIn Live Broadcaster. LinkedIn Followers choose to consume my content and have the opportunity to subscribe to my newsletter and attend my live events, audio rooms, or webinars. Schedule a Clarity Consultation to discuss how we can help improve your LinkedIn profile and personal brand. _____ I'm Felecia Ward, a Fortune 100 Marketing Communications Strategist and Amazon Best Selling Author of "How to Break the Glass Ceiling and Still Keep it Nice." I help servant and executive leadership amplify their brand authority and generate strategic visibility utilizing a proven and proprietary Strategic Leadership Visibility Framework. Services: • 1:1 Executive Consulting • Group Executive Coaching • Group Entrepreneurial Workshops and Training • Keynote Speaker _____ #linkedInsuperconnector #linkedinnetworking #linkedinforthewin #linkedinmarketer #thoughtleadershipmarketing #feleciawardmarketing

To drive engagement, build your personal brand and convert leads, you must be transparent and trustworthy; here’s one way you can increase your transparency on LinkedIn 👇 Firstly, let’s address why you need to increase transparency. According to a survey, 94% of customers are loyal to companies that operate with transparency. Need we say any more? There’s one feature on your LinkedIn profile which is probably getting neglected, and it can show your customers who you are and what you can do... 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. At first glance, many people might assume this section is purely for those looking for a new job, as it allows you to showcase your skills by adding samples of your work. However, the featured section is also a must for anyone looking to build their personal brand. In the featured section, you could add: ✔️ 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀. ✔️ 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲. ✔️ 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼, 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀. ✔️ 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿. ✔️ 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀). 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀: ➡️ Click the ‘View Profile’ and navigate to the ‘Add profile section’ button in your introduction section. ➡️ Tap on the ‘Recommended’ dropdown and click ‘Add Featured’. ➡️ On the ‘Featured’ page, select the ‘Add’ icon and upload your media, work samples or articles. ➡️ Then click ‘Save’. On the ‘Featured’ page, you can also reorder, edit the title and description or delete your samples. Is your featured section filled out? ✂--------------------------------------- If you like this post and want to see more LinkedIn strategies in your feed, please Ring the 🔔on my profile Follow #Trevisan Connect with me🔗 #businessdevelopment #LinkedInTraining #EmployeeAdvocacy #investing

🚀 Elevate Your LinkedIn Game with the Eisenhower Matrix 🚀 Do you find yourself logging onto LinkedIn and mindlessly scrolling, searching for a post to engage with? Perhaps you're crafting a post but feel it's not quite hitting the mark. Do you ever experience that sense of being LinkedIn-overwhelmed? If this resonates with you, let me introduce the Eisenhower Matrix! 🌐 📊 Understanding the Quadrants: - Quadrant 1 (Urgent & Important): - Purpose: Immediate action required. - Quadrant 2 (Not Urgent but Important): - Purpose: Strategic planning and focus. - Quadrant 3 (Urgent but Not Important): - Purpose: Demands attention but lacks significance. - Quadrant 4 (Not Urgent & Not Important): - Purpose: Distractions, low-value activities. 🔍 Practical LinkedIn Implementation: 1. Identify LinkedIn Tasks: List actions like posting, commenting, and networking. 2. Assign Quadrants: Categorize based on urgency and importance. 3. Prioritize: Focus on Q1 and Q2 for impactful LinkedIn engagement. 🎯 Examples in LinkedIn Action: - Posting: Share industry insights (Q2) vs. Urgent announcements (Q1). - Commenting: Engage in thoughtful industry discussions (Q2) vs. Responding to direct questions (Q1). 💡 LinkedIn Matrix Benefits: - Strategic Networking: Prioritize meaningful connections (Q2). - Thoughtful Engagement: Plan responses for maximum impact (Q2). - Avoid Distractions: Minimize time on non-essential tasks (Q3, Q4). If you're already implementing this with your LinkedIn content, please share your experience! If you're carrying out this practice outside of LinkedIn, feel free to share your insights! And if you're planning to start, let us know your thoughts and how your journey is unfolding. P.S. Thank you Willa Flax, Ed.D. for the encouragement! #LinkedInStrategy #SocialMediaProductivity #EisenhowerMatrix #CareerDevelopment #NetworkingTips #organizationskills #success

To drive engagement, build your personal brand and convert leads, you must be transparent and trustworthy; here’s one way you can increase your transparency on LinkedIn 👇 Firstly, let’s address why you need to increase transparency. According to a survey, 94% of customers are loyal to companies that operate with transparency. Need I say any more? There’s one feature on your LinkedIn profile which is probably getting neglected, and it can show your customers who you are and what you can do... 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. At first glance, many people might assume this section is purely for those looking for a new job, as it allows you to showcase your skills by adding samples of your work. However, the featured section is also a must for anyone looking to build their personal brand. In the featured section, you could add: ✔️ 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀. (...or your popularity!) ✔️ 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲. ✔️ 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼, 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀. ✔️ 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀, 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿. ✔️ 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀). 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀: ➡️ Click the ‘View Profile’ and navigate to the ‘Add profile section’ button in your introduction section. ➡️ Tap on the ‘Recommended’ dropdown and click ‘Add Featured’.   ➡️ On the ‘Featured’ page, select the ‘Add’ icon and upload your media, work samples or articles. ➡️ Then click ‘Save’. On the ‘Featured’ page, you can reorder, edit the title and description or delete your samples. Is your featured section filled out? ✂--------------------------------------- If you like this post and want to see more LinkedIn strategies in your feed, please Ring the 🔔on my profile Follow #Trevisan Connect with me🔗 #businessdevelopment #LinkedInTraining #EmployeeAdvocacy #investing

Every founder needs to hear this: LinkedIn engagements are: - a pain in the a$$. - very time-consuming. - your LinkedIn bottleneck. - one of the frogs you have to eat. And this is not a good use of your time. But as someone building a personal brand on LinkedIn, It is non-negotiable. Because, When you slack, you lose. And having the right engagement strategy not only helps you build relationships but also: - Grows your LinkedIn - Generate inbound leads - Build an active community - Market your brand/business - Displays you to a wider audience - Gives you more numbers on your posts But you don't have to do it all by yourself. Best to outsource this to a Virtual Assistant. And that could mean saving up to 60+ hours of your time per month. Ready to take this bottleneck off your shoulders? DM me "Engagements" and I'll see how to help you. 

"𝟯 𝗧𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗧𝗼 `𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁" These three tips exceed the "post and ghost" approach to getting visibility and engagement on your posts. 1. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 "𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰" 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟲𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 - your early engagement establishes momentum for visibility within the next 6 hours. 2. 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 - average hourly engagement helps set the growth increase for the next 18 hours. 3. 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟰 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻t - you can see subsequent growth duing the 2nd and 3rd day; this is an improvement over the last year. The overall philosophy is to not "set it and forget it."  Additional comments adding an additional insight or perspective can increase your post's reach.  I've found you're only one comment away from seriously good things happen for your business.  Remember, you never know who's going to see your post (or comment) well after you've published. Thanks to Richard van der Blom and his 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 report. I’m Jon Keel, “The Old Dog With New Tricks" • I help you move from the 99% who use LinkedIn ineffectively to the 1% who use it effectively. • Need a speaker for your next group meeting? DM me. • Liked this post? Ring the bell at the top of my profile, but follow me first. Jon Keel, • 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁. • 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁. #linkedin, # personal branding, #linkedin strategy, #linkedin marketing

Ever caught yourself endlessly scrolling on LinkedIn, wondering why you're even here? 🤔 You're busy, and aimless scrolling on LinkedIn without a clear goal might be eating into your valuable time. But remember, every minute on LinkedIn is an opportunity to grow your network and your business. So, how do you avoid falling into the rabbit hole? Ask yourself: 'Am I being productive? Or am I just being active?' Staying productive on LinkedIn means setting clear goals and strategies to see tangible results. If you're just active, you might not see the outcomes you desire. 👉 Grow Your Audience: ✓ Dedicate 60 min/day ✓ Connect with up to 100 new ideal clients/audience weekly ✓ DM 5 new connections/day with a personal introduction ✓ Post 2-3 times a week 👉 Increase Visibility: ✓ Spend 45 min/day ✓ Post 5+ times a week ✓ Network with industry leaders and existing clients/partners ✓ Engage actively in comments 👉 Social Selling: ✓ Spend 120min/day ✓ Post 2x a week. ✓ Add 100 connections/week. ✓ Initiate conversations in DMs (SayNoToThePitchSlap!) ✓ Engage with industry leaders' content. Each goal requires a unique strategy. Follow yours, and soon you'll be categorizing your LinkedIn time as: 'Productive'! 😎 --- PS: Struggling with your LinkedIn Strategy? I'm here to help! DM me to schedule your 30-min live workshop today! PSS: Booking now for February start dates!