by Monica Wiant | Jul 1, 2019 | Business, Social Media
LinkedIn is the social media extension of your professional self. If you identify as transgender, here are some tips to help you update your profile to match your authentic identity and enhance your personal brand. Note that these instructions are for the desktop...
by Monica Wiant | Jun 20, 2019 | Business, Social Media
When I created my LinkedIn profile in 2008, I’m pretty sure I did exactly this: open a copy of my résumé, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, done. I did a lot of odd things on social media in 2008, like playing Farmville and writing Facebook updates in the third person. Monica...
by Monica Wiant | Jun 20, 2017 | Business, Leadership, Social Media
Blogging is a great way for leaders to communicate with employees. It fosters community, conversation, learning, and relationships that cross the org chart. If you’re stuck on “What do I write about?” here are a few suggestions. Include a link to an interesting news...
by Monica Wiant | Jun 11, 2015 | Business, Personal
Dear Evie & Felix, You get asked this question a lot. You’ll hear it many more times in your life, and people will expect you to answer with the name of a job. Before you do that, I want you to stop and think about the question. It’s actually...
by Monica Wiant | Mar 31, 2015 | Business, Social Media
Did you hear about the CFO who got fired over his YouTube rant? What about the PR exec who torpedoed her career with an inappropriate tweet? You probably didn’t hear about the banker who met his mentor on an internal social network, the unemployed marketer who found...
by Monica Wiant | Feb 26, 2015 | Business, Social Media
“I don’t know this person; why did he add me?” “We worked together 10 years ago. Does that still count?” “What about the weirdos?” Every time I teach a LinkedIn class, I hear variations of the question “Who belongs in my network?” The simple answer: Whomever you...
