January 20, 2014

How LinkedIn Can Increase Your Business Development Results in 2014 – Dean R. DeLisle

How LinkedIn Can Increase Your Business Development Results in 2014 – Dean R. DeLisle This topic takes me back to my tech days in business development, […]
November 13, 2011

Creating Success for the New Year – Prepare for Your 2012 Annual Business Planning Session – By Dean R. DeLisle

One of the most important planning tools for a CEO or president is an end-of-year review and goal-setting meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to […]
June 8, 2011

Social Networks Never Sleep – by Dean R. DeLisle

One of my favorite things about Social Networks, especially LinkedIn is that they never sleep! So when we are working with Sales People they are so conditioned to blocking their Dials and connection time during prime business hours so they can catch their prospects picking up the phone.
May 24, 2011

2 Old – 2 New – Never 2 Tough with LinkedIn – by Dean R. DeLisle

Now many of you know what we mean by “2 Old – 2 New”, because if you are a client and if you have anything to do with sales or running a business we have coached you this process as a daily ritual.
April 13, 2011

Eight Great Social Networking Considerations to Post by (Value Based Posting) – by Dean DeLisle

Too many times we are plagued with useless posts on our social network sites. Everyone is so busy - so what do they really want to hear? Well, there are a few simple guidelines (much like blogging) that you will want to follow as best practices when posting. First and foremost think of the following questions before you post and your posts will rate higher in the news feeds and you will produce better results.
March 7, 2011

Hot new feature in LinkedIn saves mega time to find “Ultimate Network Opportunity” By Dean R. DeLisle

I just love the new search featured on the home page for LinkedIn. Typically when you only had a few minutes to interact with your network we would advise people to do a "Home Page Scan" which was always one of our 2 minute drills. This is simply when you scan your LinkedIn Home Page to be present with your network, then like or comment on posts you found helpful or where you wanted to be present with that person and their network. Simple right? Well LinkedIn heard our desire to have even deeper and more meaningful conversations with those in our network - quicker. If you look at the screen shot below you will notice right above your Home Page posts are some new options.
January 18, 2011

Call to Business Owners and Managers – Check in with Your Plan

Just a quick check-point with our business owners out there to make sure that you don't wait to long to check in on those new year […]
November 16, 2010

Social Immersion – Diving into Social Networks

By Dean R. DeLisle Social Networks have been the “IN” thing these past two years, especially when it comes to low-cost lead generation. It’s beyond the […]
October 11, 2010

If you only had a Social Minute – what move would you make?

By Dean R. DeLisle We always say to use just 20 minutes a day for your idea plan, but as we all seem to get unrealistically […]