The sentence I most dread: Can you leave me a professional rating?

The sentence I most dread in business social media: "Can you leave me a professional rating?"

As I write this, I am connected to 7,272 connections across several platforms. Yet, too people who ask me to talk about them are people who have blindly connected to me and then ask me what I think of them.

Face it: If I don't know you, then how can I review you?

For those of you will persist and clog my in box with requests, here's a blanket endorsement:  "I like you. I stand here and behold the inner goodness with in you. I support you in having powerful and prosperous professional relationships." If you give me a mailing address, I will send you a certificate that explains this for all to see and a gold star for your forehead.

But I can't say anything specific and won't rate you on a one to ten scale because frankly, I am not aware of your work, work ethic or your output. I can't offer a fair assessment, and I'm not comfortable with you paying someone's make a million dollar web scheme for me to tell you this.

If you want a fair assessment, get to know me and let me know you by your deeds.

January's LinkedIn Seminars

Thank you to everyone who have signed up for my conference calls about LinkedIn.

I have truly enjoyed the opportunity to teach what I know, make new friends and empower people.

Start your new year off by improving your profile on this powerful tool for business! Learn real tips, tools and techniques that make a difference in how you come across using this.

Here are the links with all the details and the ability to register for each:

1/3/13: http://linkedin2013.eventbrite.com

1/24/13: http://freelinkedinseminar.eventbrite.com

Getting Linked Up With Linkedin

While many business professionals know they need to be on the social media platform LinkedIn, a majority of users are failing to use this tool to its fullest potential. 

Don't miss the opportunity to learn more about using Linkedin to make vital connections, learn about inside business opportunities, prospect and close sales or talk with someone inside a company who can help get you a job. 

This 75 Minute FREE Conference Call is your opportunity to learn how to position your profile to take advantage of these opportunities and more.

During the call, you will learn about these key elements: 

• The one sin where you are making a instant poor first impression - no matter what excuse you make.
• How to think about LinkedIn in a different, more effective way.
• How to get the people you want to connect to you, even if they aren’t on LinkedIn.
• How to make a better first impression when asking people to connect with you.
• Techniques to build your creability, leadership and name recognition.

All session participants will recieve our free check list to review against their profiles. 

Plus, the first 25 sign ups will recieve an additional one on one 30 minute FREE evaluation call where we review and evaluate your Linkedin Profile. 

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