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Jul 29, 15 •
6163 Views •
LinkedIn, Social Media, Strategies •
David J.P. Fisher •
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Editor’s Note: According to Fisher, you can teach an old dog new tricks. At least when using LinkedIn! For many of us who participate in social media for business, this can come up. A central challenge can be when we don’t “think” we...




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May 15, 15 •
5973 Views •
LinkedIn, Social Media •
Jay Palter •
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Editor’s Note: Jay Palter covers a topic we discuss often here on The DigitalFA. Moreover, it is one that is nearly timeless as using LinkedIn effectively is at the crux of online and traditional networking. It is one social network very connected to...




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May 1, 15 •
6474 Views •
LinkedIn, Social Media •
David J.P. Fisher •
No Comments
Editor’s Note: It is important to remember that being digital is not all or nothing. In fact – most of us remember the pre-social media years in business. David Fisher illustrates that one can bridge the analog to digital world quite easily...




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Apr 2, 15 •
5145 Views •
LinkedIn, Social Media •
David J.P. Fisher •
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Editor’s Note: Mr. Fisher reminds us to think like a reporter. Yes. He also aptly points out – attention spans are not dwindling due to any dumbing down of society. We are being drowned in information regardless of our age. Our brains provide self-defense...




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Mar 20, 15 •
4188 Views •
LinkedIn, Social Media •
Maria Marsala •
No Comments
Editor’s Note: It seems simple, even silly perhaps. However, regardless of how always-on we get, there will instances of outages for Internet connectivity, or as Ms. Marsala outlines below, an account being offline, that will send us into a panic. We...




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Jan 14, 15 •
15125 Views •
LinkedIn •
David J.P. Fisher •
2 Comments
Editor’s Note: If you missed it, Mr. Fisher outlined how to get started with LinkedIn Groups as a very effective component of your social media strategy. However, getting setup is only the initial step. Setting yourself up for success means understanding...




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Jan 12, 15 •
5990 Views •
LinkedIn •
David J.P. Fisher •
1 Comment
Editor’s Note: We hear this question a lot – “I’ve setup my LinkedIn profile – now what?” That is one of the perceived obstacles to using LinkedIn as a key component of your social media initiatives – how do you “do” something on LinkedIn?...




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Dec 8, 14 •
5941 Views •
LinkedIn, Social Media •
Andrea Schlapia •
1 Comment
Editor’s Note: One of the secrets of social media (well, we believe it is obvious but underleveraged) is you really don’t have to be everywhere at once. Instead, you choose where it makes sense for you to stake your claim and be consistently active. If...




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Oct 24, 14 •
4614 Views •
Internet Marketing, LinkedIn, Social Media, Strategies •
David J.P. Fisher •
No Comments
Editor’s Note: LinkedIn is easily the pervasive hub of digital activity in financial services, perhaps surpassed only by work on websites (the latter being the important “owned media” in our digital marketing initiatives). In our view, LinkedIn is also...




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Sep 22, 14 •
55862 Views •
Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, Twitter •
Jay Palter •
No Comments
Editor’s Note: We’ve been anticipating more discussion on cutting through the noise on social media to valuable information and connections – which of course is how we develop rapport, building new and strengthening existing relationships. After all,...



