This post was sponsored by Regions Bank, member FDIC. All opinions are my own. I recently attended a tremendous event called “Making Moves While Giving Back”, a Regions Next Step – Real Talk event series at the Gathering Spot in Atlanta. It had some of the brightest and best young leaders in the city, such as Gwen Cole, Joey Womack, Briana Holmes, and Labriah Lee talking about how they have taken control of their lives professionally while also being able to give back philanthropically in the community. For anyone wanting to lead a “boss” life personally, professionally and philanthropically, this event filled the bill because it really got to the root of how to be a good decision maker in your financial life including great advice on how to reach the goals that you want to achieve. Here are four financial lessons I took away that you’ll want to keep by your nightstand: Learn How To Say No Sounds like a ...
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How To Use LinkedIn To Make More Money
Most of our articles strictly talk about personal finance, but I thought it would be cool to teach you about how to use the Social Media platform LinkedIn to help you make more money either with your career or your business. Many business owners and individuals that I help at Hyperchat Social (Try Hyperchat Today) often ask about how to generate leads or get a pay raise at work. We know that lead generation is the end all be all problem for most business owners or individuals trying to grow their income. What’s surprising is how many business owners don’t take advantage of free leads that may be right under your nose because you just didn’t realize how to get those leads. Since the beginning of 2017, LinkedIn decided to completely overhaul their platform and interface with LinkedIn users. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to you that LinkedIn is feverishly trying to figure out how to create more recurring ...
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Why Do You Stick Your Tongue Down My Throat?
I recently attended a conference and was able to hear Josh Brogan speak about social media. The entire speech was entertaining, but one statement he made during the speech stuck out to me when he discussed the new world of Linked In. He shared a comment something to the effect of I accept you as a connection and you stick your tongue down my throat. I laughed at first, but then I thought to myself, “What in the world has happened with some basic etiquette?” Since I have roughly 5,000 followers myself, people ask to get connected to me all of the time. Here’s a recent scenario of what happened, and then I’ll share my three very simple tips for LinkedIn etiquette because apparently companies aren’t training their sales people anything except to be robots and just keep clicking the send button. An individual on LinkedIn asked to be connected with me. I chose to accept the connection (as I’m ...
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