Since LinkedIn started back in 2002 I have trained more than 5000 individuals and hundreds of groups both online and offline. It’s been so rewarding to see people go from the question, “I’m on LinkedIn. Now, what do I do?” to “Wow! I can see this is one of the most amazing sites I have ever visited!” But how can you, get from that first question to that second, powerful statement? Here’s how.

The Offer

This year I am coming out with my 14th book, “Networking is Dead: Making Connections that Matter.” As a special offer to precede the release I am offering 20 companies the opportunity to get my Networlding Train-the-Trainer LinkedIn Program at half price. Here is what you receive:

• 500 “Graduate to LinkedIn” books or 250 “Graduate to LinkedIn” book and 250 “50 Ways to Better Social Media” books
• the Networlding Train-the-Trainer LinkedIn Program – for up to five trainers in your company (delivered through webinars)
• follow-up group coaching sessions offered for the price of individual group coaching sessions (delivered through webinars or tele-sessions)

Following are previews of both “Graduate to LinkedIn” and “50 Ways to Better Social Media”:

This book offers the most valuable, yet easy-to-understand strategies and tactics for using LinkedIn.

Download the Graduate to LinkedIn Free Pre-Book Now

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Make your life easier through this great “pre-book” that shows how to get the most out of your social media.

Download the 50 Ways Social Media Free Pre-Book Now

Use these books to start conversations that open up relationships more effectively to close better deals faster. These beautiful book gifts can be used inside your organization for your employees as well as outside for prospects and customers/clients.

Don’t wait another minute wondering how to use one of the most powerful tools in the world to help you move from 6 Degrees of Separation to 2 Degrees. Collapse your sales cycle. Call me at 312-560-0982 or email me or click here to connect.

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Check out our new, 12-Part, Young Professionals Onboarding Series

What are the top skills employers want their college graduates to have? At Networlding we have been studying this question for the last five years. We found the top 12 skills that the majority of employers say they wished college grads had but either have little or no skills in these areas.

We responded to this insightful research we found (http://budurl.com/NewJobCandidate) and spent the last year designing 12 focused videos to address this training gap.

Bonus

We also found that companies were dramatically increasing their interest in teaching their new, younger hires how to graduate from just using Facebook to also using LinkedIn as a tool to help grow a more professional company brand as well grow new business opportunities. In response to this need, we created an additional three bonus videos on LinkedIn. I have been one of the top LinkedIn trainers since LinkedIn started May 5th 2003. I was asked a couple of years later to fly out to Mountain View and present to the entire organization and meet with their CMO at that time, Patrick Crane, to talk about helping young professionals learn how to start and grow their professional careers on LinkedIn.

This bonus series has all the best strategies and tactics for your young professionals I have trained, coached and tested over the years.

Following is the overview of some of the highlights of the learning series with a preview of three of the training modules:

Communication Skills

• Letter and email writing tips
• Social Media correspondence best practices
• Phone 101, How to get people to understand what you want them to do
• Build a presentation that clearly identifies goals, strategies and outcomes expected
• Proven techniques to build a presentation
• How to get your message across and support with facts
• Learn how to communicate with your boss and superiors
• Proven strategies to communicate with your colleagues

Strong work ethic

• Know what your job description is expecting you to do
• Identify what you think a strong work ethic is
• Know what your employer thinks a strong work ethic is
• What is “working hard”?
• Do you know what your “Time wasters” are and do you have a strategy to overcome them?
• Time Management 101 Identify how you manage your time and prove it
• Learn how to identify when others throw you off track
• Simple strategies to build a reputation as someone who gets things done on time

Teamwork skills

• Understand what your team mates expect of you
• Know what you should expect from your team mates
• Learn how to participate in a meeting
• Learn how to participate in and manage a meeting
• How to set and follow up on deliverables for meetings
• Learn how to report to your team what you’ve accomplished

Problem Solving skills

• Learn how to recognize what is a problem
• 5 questions to ask to learn what the heart of a problem is
• How to sell your case that the problem needs to go away
• Simple techniques to get others behind solving the problem
• How to build a solution that is cross department/cross functional

This series provides your employees with all the above and more:

• 12 Power Point learning modules, lasting about 30 minutes each
• Bonus: three LinkedIn tutorials focused on profile excellence and strategies for growing your company brand
• Optional and at no extra charge: A follow-up webinar to facilitate deeper learning

Here are three videos to watch now:

Traing Video #1: Interpersonal Communications



Training Video #3: Effective Time Management



LinkedIn Bonus Video 3



If you are interested in information on ordering all 15 videos which also includes a complementary, interactive webinar led by me, please email me melissa@networlding.com or call 312-560-0982

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• LinkedIn Share Button Now On More Than 100,000 Websites (hubspot.com)
• Not Customizing your LinkedIn Public Profile URL Can Limit Your Effectiveness (linked4ministry.wordpress.com)
• LinkedIn company page and follow company feature (marketing.yell.com)

When:  Tuesday, January 30th, 11:30 – 1 p.m.

Where: Metropolitan Club

What: Lunch with Melissa and a copy of one of her latest books on social media for authors.

Cost: $25 includes lunch and a book

• What Chicago Social Media Eats (blogcritics.org)
• New “Anti-Social Networking” App for the iPhone and Android Helps Entrepreneurs, Professionals Make the Most of Business Events and Conferences (pr.com)

Is This Your Year to Write a Book?

Here’s what past attendees had to say about my past workshops:

“I attended the writer’s workshop  and didn’t know what to expect but I was so motivated after I left the seminar to move forward with my dream of writing a book. The writer’s workshop helped me to get off the fence and start to put my dreams into a real action plan. The insight that Melissa Giovagnoli provides the participants is priceless having authored over 10 books.

The exercises that we did in the seminar gave you a realistic view of where you need to go next with your book and also all the resources that are available to you. The best part of the seminar was the interaction with other prospective authors and the honest and direct feedback you receive from all the participants. I would highly recommend the workshop who is thinking about writing a book.”

-Billy Dexter
Partner at Heidrick & Struggles and is a member of the global Diversity Services

“The worst thing that can be said about Melissa is that she cannot be cloned as a service provider since she’s a champion at teaching AND she continues to be accessible and giving way past normal expectations in follow-up activities. As a trainer myself, it’s easy to both see and be captured by Melissa’s passion and talent for helping people release their “inner writer”. She has that knack for motivating people to to move ahead with what they learn and count on her to be their biggest cheerleader!”

-Linda Bolinger, Founder and CEO, Boardroom Bound.

“Melissa is a true professional and expert in the field of publishing! She delivers on what she says she will do in a timely manner and is always available to answer questions often providing insight and direction to achieve the best results”.

-Lisa Dietlin, President, Lisa M. Dietlin and Assoc.

Don’t let me persuade you – Check out this video from our last book writing workshop

Like all businesses, social networks will soon have to confront the balance sheets. However, if they can weather the economic storm, the future could be extremely prosperous. The real social networking boom may still happen.

By Dave Lee, Technology reporter, BBC News

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I believe that if social networks continue to build the audience and create useful ways for their members to give information and get information, the dollars will follow.

Michael J. Wolf is a former president and chief operating officer of MTV Networks.

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My bottomline is that social networking is a trend that is going to evolve for years, not a fad that will end anytime soon. The real trick is focusing on creating One-Degree or Two-Degree relationships grounded in trust with qualified prospects. Whether you have an organization in the B-to-C or B-to-B space you can grow larger networks than ever before much faster as you collapse what used to be more of a Tertiary Network of loose ties. Monetizing those relationships is just a conversation or two away than five or six or even seven cold calls.

Melissa Giovagnoli
CEO, Networlding