by Marietta Gentles Crawford | Mar 2, 2017 | LinkedIn Profile Development, Personal Branding, Quick Tips
You may already know it takes about seven seconds to make a good first impression, but are you considering this rule when it comes to your digital brand? LinkedIn is further putting this to the test with its new design. In case you haven’t noticed, LinkedIn has...
by Marietta Gentles Crawford | Apr 6, 2016 | LinkedIn Profile Development, Personal Branding, Quick Tips, Real Talk
LinkedIn’s Endorsements feature is like the extra parts left over after you assemble furniture. Sure, it’s a part of your profile, but do you give it much thought?The “Skills & Endorsements” section is supposed to be a way to validate your personal...
by Marietta Gentles Crawford | Jul 29, 2015 | LinkedIn Profile Development, Personal Branding, Quick Tips, Real Talk
There’s something about the word expert that can sometimes make you think of a used car salesperson. Sure, not all are bad. But you definitely have your eyebrow up as to whether or not you’re being bamboozled into buying a piece of junk that’s not worth the...
by Marietta Gentles Crawford | May 27, 2015 | LinkedIn Profile Development, Personal Branding, Quick Tips, Real Talk
Image courtesy of Shella Scarborough/Flickr Did you know that your LinkedIn profile will most likely be the first or second link that shows up when someone googles your name? Yup, that means recruiters, colleagues, and exes have probably checked out your profile at...
by Marietta Gentles Crawford | Mar 19, 2015 | LinkedIn Profile Development, Personal Branding
“To connect or not to connect, that is the question.” In my best Shakespeare voice, I present to you the conundrum of sending LinkedIn invitations and social networking. With all the known and unknown rules, it can be easy to just do nothing. But...
by Marietta Gentles Crawford | Dec 4, 2014 | LinkedIn Profile Development, Personal Branding, Quick Tips, Real Talk
LinkedIn is like the Electric Slide. Everyone is doing it, but not everyone is doing it right (sorry to those who always throw off the person beside you because you’re directionally challenged). There’s something about the way people “network”...
