As the world's largest professional network, LinkedIn offers unmatched opportunities for individuals and businesses to build communities, share expertise and values, market, and seek goods and services. Just like in real life, one of the key strategies when trying to connect with your …
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How to Maximize Your Personal Connections for Sales Leads
When it comes to maximizing business sales, you have to use every tool in your repertoire. That oftentimes means leveraging personal connections to acquire new leads, lock down sales, and maintain long-term, positive relationships with your clients or customers. Indeed, the best salespeople know …
5 Things to Grow Your Small Business into an Empire
Building a business empire from scratch is a dream for many entrepreneurs, and it is not an unrealistic goal: Apple Computers was founded in a garage in Los Altos, California by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and entrepreneur Tom Chapman built the global luxury fashion giant MatchesFashion from a …
5 Solopreneur Myths and the Truths Behind Them
If you’re looking at changing your career, you may be considering a trek into solopreneurship. Or maybe you’re just tired of working for someone else and want to do it on your own. Either way, it’s helpful to understand exactly what it means to be a solopreneur. This enables you to make the best …
Effective Conversation Starters for Virtual Networking
The pandemic has sparked a new wave of how we interact both in our jobs, and in our social life. When it comes to networking and following your career path, this can now be done virtually, from the comfort of your own home, from the office, or even at a coffee shop, from your laptop. In order to …
Marketing Tips That Can Elevate Your Small Business
It takes a lot of effort, time, money, and skills to elevate a small business. Small businesses have many challenges, including competition from big companies, which makes it hard to grow. However, it is easy to get to your target audience with effective marketing and make more sales, making it easy …