Tag Archives: LinkedIn

Changes to LinkedIn: what do you think?

Ilise Benun on your online marketing plan

How has your profile been affected by the recent changes on LinkedIn? Is it better or worse? Continue reading

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LinkedIn as a Prelude to Follow Up

Ilise Benun on your online marketing plan

Here's a trend I've noticed... You attend a conference (I was at MYOB last week). You meet some new people during the networking reception and grab their card (or not -- as long as you vaguely remember their name, you … Continue reading

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Fire the deadbeats and find the dream clients (part 1)

Damien Golden

Successful freelancer, Damien Golden, explains how to find well-rounded, killer clients and get rid of the the high maintenance, low/no/slow pay ones. Continue reading

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How Not To Connect On LinkedIn

Copywriter and CFC veteran, Alisa Bonsignore, suggests what exactly to say when connecting on LinkedIn. Continue reading

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Your Online Marketing Plan

Ilise Benun on your online marketing plan

If you’re ready to define an online marketing plan that will take your creative design business to new heights, join me starting July 9 for Developing a Successful Online Marketing Plan. Continue reading

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Are You Getting Clients Through LinkedIn? Here's how.

Join Ilise Benun of Marketing Mentor on March 15 at 2 PM for "Are You Getting Clients Through Linked? Here's how," a live DesignCast where she'll show you how to find and reach out to your best prospects on LinkedIn. Continue reading

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How to spend your daily marketing hour?

In last week's peptalk/webinar, I suggested that creative professionals should spend 1 hour per day interacting with prospects. Here's how you can spend that hour. Continue reading

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Which LinkedIn Apps to Use?

Social media makes you seem to be all over the place and LinkedIn apps are especially good for creative professionals and their marketing. Continue reading

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LinkedIn for Creative Pros

In my free webcast this Thursday (Jan 12 at 3 PM ET but you'll get the recording if you can't make it live), I'll be giving my annual marketing "pep talk" and focusing especially on how creative professionals can use LinkedIn to find your best prospects. Continue reading

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Marketing Monday: LinkedIn question

Are you using LinkedIn to get clients? If not, you could be. Here's a question about how to add "strangers" to your network. Continue reading

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