by Karen Brown | Feb 24, 2016 | Networking skills, Personal branding
As you know, I’m on a mission to declutter my home and move towards a more decluttered life. So today, I took a look at my LinkedIn account. I’m an expert on LinkedIn and have even written several books on the subject, but that doesn’t mean that my...
by Karen Brown | Jul 13, 2015 | Networking skills
“Manners are boring!” declared my little boy at dinner. “Ok”, I said, “But what happens when you say please and thank you?” After a moment’s thought, my little one realised “I get what I want” Explaining good...
by Karen Brown | Apr 14, 2015 | Networking skills
Tomorrow I’m booked to attend the #Bizpartyinspires Conference in Dublin. The people who have booked to attend the conference are all part of a Twitter chat group that happens on Wednesday nights, so it will be really great to put faces to Twitter handles and...
by Karen Brown | Apr 13, 2015 | Author Platform, LinkedIn network, Networking skills
Whether you’re using LinkedIn for business or for finding the next job, networking is essential to achieve both aims. The place to network on LinkedIn is via LinkedIn groups. There are over 2 million groups on LinkedIn, with the largest group being made up of...
by Karen Brown | Sep 21, 2014 | Author Platform, LinkedIn profiles, Networking skills
Here’s a quick tip that may help you spot a fake Linkedin profile. Last night, I was checking my LinkedIn account and saw I had an invitation to connect. After checking the person’s profile I decided to accept the invitation. It looked real enough, having...
by Karen Brown | Apr 13, 2014 | Author Platform, LinkedIn network, Networking skills
Many, many years ago, whilst I was working as a Community Nurse, I got to know one of my colleagues and one day, we got chatting about husbands andcareers. As we were talking, I found out that a friend of her husbands worked for Oracle, the big database company. It...
