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Unique Challenges Associated with Employee and Partner Engagement with Sharon McIntosh

Mon, 27 Apr 2015 17:28:16 +0000

Talking about addressing the unique challenges associated with employee and partner engagement as Lori Ruff welcomes Sharon McIntosh from And Then Communications. Sharon also previews her appearance at the upcoming AMPlify Employee Advocacy Conference coming up in Boston.

Social Media Speaker and Strategy Consultant Neal Schaffer

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 06:30:32 +0000

Social Media Speaker and Strategy Consultant Neal Schaffer speaks to Lori Ruff prior to his upcoming AMPlify presentation on How to Help Your Fans Amplify Your Content.

Enhancing Content Marketing Tools to Become a Thought Leader

Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:36:44 +0000

Lori Ruff speaks with Mitchell Levy, Thought Leader Architect of THiNKaha, and Chief Aha Instigator for the Aha Amplifier, about the unique ways of enhancing content marketing and using Google Hangouts, articles, ebooks, etc. to become a thought leader!

Credit Unions and Customer Engagement with Myles Bristowe

Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:16:14 +0000

Lori Ruff discusses Credit Unions and Customer Engagement with Myles Bristowe. Myles is the Marketing Principal and VP of Consumer Engagement at PSCU.

Myles also leads the award winning “Make Your Money Matter” movement for the credit union industry, which leverages the power of social media to attract, engage and convert Millennials into new local credit union members.

Employee Advocacy and Partner Engagement with Bradley Yeater

Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:11:21 +0000

GaggleAMP Marketing Manger Bradley Yeater shares details with Lori Ruff about AMPlify: The Employee Advocacy Conference, an event occurring in May in the Greater Boston area that addresses the unique challenges associated with employee and partner engagement.

Powering Social Sales and Social Communication Management Solutions with Richard

Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:45:54 +0000

rFactr CEO Richard Brasser is said to be the foremost expert in helping companies the effectiveness and influence of their salesforce through strategic use of social communication. Lori Ruff talks to Richard about powering social sales and the SocialPort platform, a social communication management system that allows organizations to quickly and easily share content on social platforms.

Social Media Connecting with Musicians and Artists with Dani Felt

Mon, 09 Mar 2015 16:45:24 +0000

Talking Social Media Connecting with Musicians and Artists as tCreative Spotlights Co-Founder Dani Felt is back to tell us about her new social media platform made to help musicians, producers, songwriters and the like communicate and network with each other, as well as new book.

Speaker. Mentor. Hip Hop Artist. Travis Lloyd on Overcoming Emotional Trauma

Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:48:29 +0000

Speaker. Mentor. Hip Hop Artist. Travis Lloyd speaks to Mike O Neil about his newest book Overcoming Emotional Trauma: Life Beyond Survival Mode, which depicts his own personal hurt and pain as a former foster youth.

Why Iron Sharpens Iron? Masterminds and Making Entrepreneurs with Aaron Walker

Mon, 23 Feb 2015 22:14:17 +0000

Mike O Neil discuss Masterminds and Making Entrepreneurs with Life and Business coach Aaron T. Walker from View From The Top. We learn why Mastermind Groups Are A Game Changer and we learn about one that Aaron runs called Iron Sharpens Iron.

Social Media Tools and Technology with Ian Cleary

Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:50:50 +0000

Mike O Neil discusses social media tools and technology with Award Winning Tech Blogger and Social Media Tools Guy Ian Cleary, the Founder of RazorSocial.

Social Collaboration and Communication for Business with Russell Lindquist

Mon, 09 Feb 2015 04:47:42 +0000

Mike O Neil discusses Social Collaboration and Communication for Business with Russell Lindquist, the Director of Midwest Sales at Jive Software.

Author U Extravaganza; How to Find the Most Fascinating People on LinkedIn

Mon, 02 Feb 2015 20:29:37 +0000

Previewing Author U Extravaganza with Author and Publishing Expert Judith Briles, which offers a learning and working networking event with book marketing strategists, publicists, and Internet gurus. Plus, Brittany Walters- Bearden from AtLargePr discussses How to Find the Most Fascinating People on LinkedIn.

Team Training For Growing Businesses with Max Yoder

Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:19:30 +0000

Talking about Team Training For Growing Businesses as Mike O Neil speaks with Max Yoder, the CEO of Lesson.ly and founder of The First Fund. Lesson.ly is software designed to build, share, and track training materials.

ALPFA Career Connects and Getting Ahead With LinkedIn with Paula Garcia and Soph

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:26:03 +0000

Mike O Neil and Lori Ruff speak with Paula Garcia, the Marketing Manager at Assette, VP of Marketing at ALPFA Boston and her ALPFA Boston colleague Sophia Moon , the Creative Director at JaggerMoon Creative Group.

How LinkedIn Marketers Need to be More Involved with Blogs

Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:09:19 +0000

Marketing Consultant, College Educator and Author Mark Schaefer is back to speak with Mike O Neil and Lori Ruff to discuss how LinkedIn Marketers need to be more involved with blogs.

Integrated Digital Marketing Training and Social Selling; RockTheWorld with Link

Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:43:09 +0000

Mike and Lori share plans for touring the country with their Social 2-Day Training Event called Integrate Social – The Integrated Digital Marketing and Social Selling Training Event. Plus, we get a preview of their newest book Integrated Alliances ... RockTheWorld with LinkedIn v2.1: A Multi-Platinum Profile Plus a Classic Rock Soundtrack.

Evolutionizing How Sales People Have Engaged With LinkedIn in 2014

Tue, 23 Dec 2014 02:41:28 +0000

Autmoated lead generation, social media and email marketing are just sme of the factors that have been evolutionizing how sales people have engaged with LinkedIn. Mike and Lori look back at the past year of the radio show and they have learned about this change with the guests that appeared on the radio show this year.

Increasing the R in ROI with Steven Groves and Guy Powell

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 21:35:48 +0000

The ROI of Social Media Authors Steven Groves and Guy Powell are back to discuss their joint venture, ProRelevant. ProRelevant provides marketing experts, brand marketers and brand strategists with software tools to analyze how their consumers make purchase decisions so that they can improve how they market their products.

Privacy By Design with Sharon Polsky

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 21:30:15 +0000

Lori speaks with Sharon Polsky, MAPP, the President of AMINA Corp. and President of the Privacy and Access Council of Canada. She speaks about privacy implications and unintended consequences of emerging laws, technologies and global trends upon individuals and organizations.

Dov Baron on Being Fiercely Loyal

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:40:23 +0000

Mike and Lori welcome Speaker, Author, President Authentic Paragon Alliance and The Authentic Speaker Academy for Leadership, Dov Baron. We learn about his new book, Fiercely Loyal. In his book, he dives deep in to the what, why, and how of keeping your top players from jumping ship and going to the competition.

Research and Discovery Collaboration for the Healthcare Industry With Mannix Akl

Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:45:27 +0000

Research and Discovery Collaboration for the Healthcare Industry With Mannix Aklian – Visual Assay Founder and CEO of Label Independent. We learn about their Visual Assay platform, which captures experiment data as its designed and executed, allowing scientists to manage, track and share assay data in real time.

Content Marketing and Social Media Tools with Rajan Shankar

Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:02:19 +0000

Talking Content Marketing and Social Media Tools as Mike speaks with Rajan Shankar, General Manager at Suyati. Rajan discusses how some of these tools promotes employee advocacy, recruitment and more.

Professional Networking, Big Data and Predicitve Analytics with Courtney Klepsch

Mon, 03 Nov 2014 22:54:48 +0000

Professional Networking, Big Data and Predicitve Analytics with LinkedIn as Mike welcomes Courtney Klepsch, ‎ the Director of Marketing at Bootstrap Incubation.

Productivity and Office Workflow Expert Robby Slaughter

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:53:55 +0000

Productivity and Office Workflow Expert Robby Slaughter (and prinicipal from AccelaWork) discusses his work with Mike about workplace productivity, employee workflow, team dynamics and organizational efficiency.

Publishing Content vs. Gathering Data with Douglas Karr

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:07:58 +0000

Publishing Content vs. Gathering Data as Mike welcomes us to Douglas Karr, the founder of The Marketing Technology Blog, Author of Corporate Blogging for Dummies, and the President and CEO of DK New Media.

Enabling Effective, Consistent Communication and Content Collaboration with Anil

Tue, 30 Sep 2014 04:08:51 +0000

Enabling Effective and Consistent Communication and Content Collaboration as Lori speaks with WittyParrot CEO Anil Jwalanna. We learn why WittyParrot was built to help knowledge workers and customer-facing professionals to easily find, use and reuse relevant content to communicate consistently and responsively.

Becoming The Successful Professional with Patricia Haddock

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:08:08 +0000

Becoming The Successful Professional as Lori speaks with the author of the Successful Professional blog and the author of the e-book 10 Tips to Get Things Done Better, Faster, Easier, Patricia Haddock. Patricia specializes in Inbound Content Marketing and Product /Service Development

Inside Sales Professionals CEO Larry Reeves

Tue, 09 Sep 2014 21:56:59 +0000

Mike speaks with Larry Reeves, the CEO of The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) in a special uncensored conversation that followed when we kept the recorder running.

Managing the Valuation, Growth and Sale of Your Business with Doug Baumwall

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:18:32 +0000

Managing the Valuation, Growth and Sale of Your Business as Mike talks with Google Apps Certified Deployment Specialist and Premier Reseller for USA Corp, Doug Baumwall

Entrepreneurship Through Inside Sales

Mon, 18 Aug 2014 05:50:15 +0000

Discussing Entrepreneurship Through Inside Sales as Mike speaks with Larry Reeves, the CEO of The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP).

Strategic Communication: Crisis Communication, Reputation Management and Brand S

Tue, 12 Aug 2014 03:11:55 +0000

Talking Strategic Communication, crisis communication reputation management and brand strategy, with Trezanay Atkins, President of Ignis Strategic Communication.

LinkedIn for Recruiting; Sales and Recruiting Automation with Donato Diorio

Tue, 05 Aug 2014 17:52:20 +0000

LinkedIn for Recruiting; Sales and Recruiting Automation as Mike speaks with Donato Diorio, the CEO at Broadlook Technologies and Acting CEO at RingLead. Ralph Barsi from Acheivers joins Mike to talk success measurement in our expert segment.

Sales Development, Social Selling and Employee Engagement with Ralph Barsi

Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:42:32 +0000

Talking Sales Development, Social Selling and Employee Engagement as Mike speaks with the Senior Director, Sales Development at Achievers, Ralph Barsi. Achievers helps businesses bolster employee engagement, recognition, and alignment

Sales Training and Sales Performance with Steve Richard

Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:49:19 +0000

Talking Sales Training and Sales Performance and Mike welcomes Vorsight co-founder and sales thought leader, Steve Richard, to share some tips on improving your sales process.

TLDs and Social Networks with PeopleBrowsr and Scott Milener

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 18:16:59 +0000

Talking TLDs and Social Networks with Scott Milener, Senior VP at PeopleBrowsr, which offers enterprise, government and Top Level Domain owners with the ability to launch their own social networks and analyze and engage the members of those network.

Social Sales Expert Julio Viscovich

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 20:14:29 +0000

Lori speaks with Scott Milener, the Senior VP of Social Strategy at PeopleBrowsr, which helps enterprise, government and Top Level Domain owners with the ability to launch their own social networks and analyse and engage the members of those networks.

More Professional Training and Coaching with Lauren Bailey

Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:37:38 +0000

Professional Training and Coaching with Lauren Bailey, the President of Factor 8. We learn more behind the person voted as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Leaders in Inside Sales for 2013 by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals.

Professional Training and Coaching with Lauren Bailey

Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:17:00 +0000

Discussing Professional Training and Coaching as Mike and Lori welcome Lauren Bailey, the President of Factor 8. Lauren was voted as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Leaders in Inside Sales for 2013 by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals and spoke at their Leadership Summit in Chicago on Behind the Scenes of an Inside Sales Benchmark - Why Some Companies Win.

Social Selling Influencer Jamie Shanks

Mon, 09 Jun 2014 20:12:59 +0000

Social Selling Influencer Jamie Shanks, Managing Partner at Sales for Life, discusses Social Selling , Social Selling Training, Social Lead Generation and Social Recruiting.

Collaboration and Communications Solutions with Chris Parker and Shannon Grube

Mon, 02 Jun 2014 07:27:00 +0000

Talking Collaboration and Communications Solutions, Comprehensive Assessments, Vendor-Neutral Recommendations and Project Management as Mike and Lori welcome BlackFin Square CEO Shannon Grube and COO Chris Parker.

Business Networking with the CityHour App with Lance Seymour

Mon, 19 May 2014 18:09:57 +0000

Mike and Lori speak with Lance Seymour, the Chief Marketing Officer for TrueBear and makers of the CityHour app. The CityHour app is designed to organize valuable business contacts by scheduling meetings with people where you are when you are available.

Creating Sales Wins and Success with Hoopla CEO Mike Smalls

Mon, 12 May 2014 21:06:36 +0000

Creating Sales Wins and Success with Hoopla CEO Mike Smalls, who talks to Mike following his Motivating Millenials presentation at the AA-ISP Leadership Summit 2014 in Chicago

The Value of Conferences and The Price of Business with Jeff Perkins

Wed, 07 May 2014 17:04:00 +0000

Mike and Lori discuss The Value of Conferences plus welcome Kevin Price, from the Price of Business radio show on KTEK 1110 AM Houston and Editor of USDailyReview.com, from the Podcast Pavilion at New Media Expo in Las Vegas. Also, Jeff Perkins from PGI joins Mike for this months expert commentary.

Audio and Web Meeting Solutions with Jeff Perkins

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:57:56 +0000

Talking cutting-edge audio and web meeting solutions as Mike speaks with Jeff Perkins, the Vice President of Global Online Marketing at PGi.

Implementing Digital Strategies with Sundeep Kapur

Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:14:02 +0000

Implementing Digital Strategies with Sundeep Kapur, the head of Digital Strategies at Allied Solutions. Sundeep works with businesses across multiple industries, helping them to enable technology and services to brand, and personalize and speak to consumers more effectively.

Getting Your Small Business Edge with Brian Moran

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:25:02 +0000

Getting Your Small Business Edge with Brian Moran, Founder and CEO of SmallBusinessEdge, a Source for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs to get advice on starting, growing and managing their business.

Customer Relationship Management with John Paul Narowski

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 21:54:04 +0000

Talkiing Customer Relationship Management with John Paul Narowski, the Founder of KarmaCRM, a web based small business crm software that helps you consolidate your sales contacts.

Successful Targeting and Winning Business with Ian Altman

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 04:37:59 +0000

Successful Targeting and Winning Business as Mike and Lori speak with Ian Altman, the author of Upside Down Selling and the CEO of Grow My Revenue, LLC

Big Data, Cloud Services and Social Media

Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:21:33 +0000

We are introduced to integrated sales platform Kitedesk with its CRO Sean Burke. KiteDesk integrates big data, cloud services and social media to improve marketing, sales and hiring.

Social Stylist and Videologist Grant Crowell

Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:08:22 +0000

Mike and Lori welcome Social Stylist and Videologist Grant Crowell , the host and producer of the podcast show, Super Socialize Me! that features interviews with social stylists who share communications tips for social networking for a successful, happy, per-fessional life.

Sales Engagement: LinkedIn to Live Hive and Laura Lilquist

Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:04:26 +0000

Talking Sales Engagement as Mike and Lori get LinkedIn to Laura Lilyquist, the Vice President of Marketing at Live Hive, a sales engagement platform for modern sales professionals.

LinkedIn to Landing Page Optimization and SEO with Tim Ash

Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:17:13 +0000

Mike and Lori discuss Landing Page Optimization and SEO withTim Ash, CEO of SiteTuners, Chair of Conversion Conference and host of WebmasterRadio.FM series LPO: Landing Page Optimization. We also hear expert commentary with Bryan Kramer from BlueMatter.

Linked Into Sports and Entertainment with Andrea Ocampo

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:46:46 +0000

Linked Into Sports and Entertainment as Mike speaks with Florida Panthers in-game host and Miami radio personality Andrea Ocampo. Andrea is an avid blogger via Media Gypsy, a lifestyle, fashion and entertainment blog she launched last year.

Marketing Consultant, College Educator and Author Mark Schaefer

Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:21:50 +0000

Marketing Consultant, College Educator and Author Mark Schaefer joins Mike and Lori to discuss his specialist work in social media training and clients include both start-ups and global brands such as IBM, ATandT, Johnson and Johnson, and the UK government.

Mark Ferrasci of The Music Pulse

Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:27:26 +0000

Mike and Lori speak with Mark Ferrasci of The Music Pulse, a program he hosts on Google + Keeping track of the pulse of all things music via reviews, interviews, opinions and more.

Integrated and New Media Marketing with Bryan Kramer

Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:50:39 +0000

Integrated and New Media Marketing with Bryan Kramer, the President and CEO of PureMatter Brand Marketing and Interactive. Bryan discusses work with top brand clients as well as his feelings on reciprocity and the idea of giving and maybe you will get.

Enterprise Social Media Message Amplification

Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:45:35 +0000

We learn about Enterprise Social Media Message Amplification with GaggleAMP as Mike and Lori welcome back company president and founder Glenn Gaudet.

Job Searching and Career Enrichment with Absolutely Abby

Tue, 07 Jan 2014 05:42:37 +0000

Talking Job Searching and Career Enrichment with Absolutely Abby as Mike and Lori speak with Talent Acquisition Leader, Career Success Speaker and Author Abby Kohut aka AbsolutelyAbby.

Profitable Social Media with Warren Whitlock

Mon, 30 Dec 2013 03:21:09 +0000

Talking Profitable Social Media with Warren Whitlock, Author of Profitable Social Media: Business Results Without Playing Games Twitter Revolution: How Social Media and Mobile Marketing is Changing the Way We Do Business and Market Online, He discusses how he helps businesses and authors improve the results of their offline and online marketing programs.

Real Time Marketing Labs 2013

Tue, 17 Dec 2013 04:52:22 +0000

Mike and Lori are on location at Real Time Marketing Labs 2013 and they speak with Mark and Cheryl Burgess – Managing Partners of Blue Focus Marketing. Plus, Social Marketing Strategist, Keynote Speaker and Brand Evangelist Ted Rubin and Amy Vernon, the Head Honcho of Amy Vernon LLC

Online-to-Offline Loyalty with Peter Vogel

Mon, 09 Dec 2013 18:49:00 +0000

Talking Online-to-Offline Loyalty as Mike catches up with Peter Vogel, the founder of Plink , an online-to-offline rewards program that motivates members to make offline purchases.

How Most Successful Businesses Harness the Power of Social

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:59:40 +0000

How Most Successful Businesses Harness the Power of Social with the Managing Director of Evolve! Mark Fidelman. Mark is a dynamic speaker, Forbes columnist and author of the book Socialized!: How the Most Successful Businesses Harness the Power of Social .

LinkBuilding and BrandBuilding

Tue, 26 Nov 2013 18:18:08 +0000

Talking LinkBuilding with Brian Bowers, who Leads SEO at BB&T Bank from SES San Francisco 2013 and BrandBuilding with Betabrand CEO Chris Lindland on location from Real Time Marketing Labs.

More on Developing an Integrated Social-Search Strategy

Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:56:08 +0000

Talking More on Developing an Integrated Social-Search Strategy in part two of our interview with Dan Cristo, Catalyst’s Director of SEO Innovation, following his discussion on the integration of Social Media and SEO in his presentation at SES San Francisco 2013. We also speak with Robert Moore, President and Founder of the Internet Media Lab on location from the Realtime Marketing Lab event in New York.

Search and Social Marketing with Market Motive; Data Driven Smartphone Experienc

Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:12:48 +0000

Talking Search and Social Marketing with Scott Milrad, Director of Online Education at Market Motive Training Institute on location from SES San Francisco 2013. We also hear Lori speak with Founder, Chief Analytics Officer for Extractable, who spoke on an eMetrics Summit 2013 panel on Data Driven Smartphone Experience Optimization.

B2B Rising: The Revolution in Marketing; Why Buyer Predictability is the New Ga

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 20:22:19 +0000

From B2B Rising: The Revolution in Marketing as Lori speaks with Mark Sanborn, CSP, CPAE, president of Sanborn and Associates and the author of the bestselling book The Fred Factor: How Passion In Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary. Mark and Lori are also joined by BMA Colorado President Matt Dirks. We also discuss Why Buyer Predictability is the New Game Changer from DemandCon 2013 with buyer persona expert Tony Zambito.

Developing an Integrated Social-Search Strategy

Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:24:28 +0000

Developing an Integrated Social-Search Strategy as Lori speaks with Dan Cristo, Catalyst's Director of SEO Innovation, following his discussion on the integration of Social Media and SEO in his presentation at SES San Francisco 2013.

B2B Social Rising with Aaron Kennedy, Sandra Zoratti and Al Maag

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:54:36 +0000

On location from the BMA Colorado regional conference B2B Rising, Lori speaks with Aaron Kennedy (CMO of the state of Colorado) Sandra Zorratti (Author, Precision Marketing: Maximizing Revenue Through Relevance and Vice President, Marketing, Executive Briefs and Education, Ricoh), Al Maag (Executive Director for BMA National and Principal of MaagComm+).

Mobile Technology Evolution and Media Consumption with Michael Becker

Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:18:26 +0000

Talking Mobile Technology Evolution and Media Consumption with Michael Becker, Advisor and honorary member of the North American board of directors for the Mobile Marketing Association and currently Marketing Development and Strategic Advisor for North America for Somo.

Creative Spotlights Co-Founder Dani Felt on 5th Monday

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:39:49 +0000

5th Monday is back on NEW RockTheWorld with Linked as we speak with Creative Spotlights co-founder Dani Felt. She tells us about how she is helping artists everywhere while following her own passion as a singer/songwriter.

Renaming SEO, Strategy Analyzing with Marketing Dashboards and Campaign Reportin

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:25:41 +0000

Renaming SEO, Strategy Analyzing with Marketing Dashboards and Campaign Reporting as Lori speaks with the CEO of Engine Ready, Jamie Smith, following multiple presentations on Spy vs. Spy: Competitive Analysis and Paid Search Analytics and Multi Touch Attribution Analysis at SES San Francisco 2013.

Previewing SES San Francisco 2013 with Grant Simmons

Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:58:36 +0000

Previewing SES San Francisco 2013 as Lori Ruff speaks with Grant Simmons, Director of SEO and Social Product, The Search Agency, who will speak on How to Become a Leading SEO Mechanic.

Tradeshow Networking, LinkedIn and Big Red Bicycles

Tue, 06 Aug 2013 06:41:23 +0000

Talking Tradeshow Networking, LinkedIn and Big Red Bicycles as Mike and Lori speaks with our very own host of Webcology and founder of Digital Always Media , Jim Hedger. Plus, Social Media Strategist at Peak Potentials Training Justin French is back to talk FourSquare bonuses.

Kaila Picard: What is Bohemian Disco?

Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:21:45 +0000

Montreal-based songstress Kaila Picard talks to Mike about her use of Linkedin when it came to releasing her self-titled mini-album showcasing a highly individual style she terms bohemian disco. Kaila fuses disco, soul, pop, and blues in refreshing fashion, and Kaila’s strong soulful voice frames songs that are by turns bold and contemplative.

Regional LinkedIn Networking and Using LinkedIn Groups

Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:34:15 +0000

Regional LinkedIn Networking with Jay Blankenship, the Director of Digital Sales Development for BH Media Group/World Media Enterprise. Lori also discusses Using LinkedIn Groups with PR and Media Veteran Richard Berman.

Changes to LinkedIn Interface; How to Expand LinkedIn Market Reach

Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:36:54 +0000

Changes to LinkedIn Interface as LinkedIn quietly launched a new user interface and is slowly rolling it out to their more than 200 million members over the next several months. Mike and Lori also offer tips on How to Expand LinkedIn Market Reach. Finally, some expert commentary from John Corcoran when it comes to sharing your blog on LinkedIn.

Saying it Better with Kare Anderson; Using LinkedIn for PR

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:08:04 +0000

Mike and Lori speak with Kare Anderson is a co-founder of the Say it Better Center and author of Getting What You Want and Resolving Conflict Sooner. Also we learn about Using LinkedIn for PR in our expert segment with media/PR veteran Richard Berman.

Social Marketing with GaggleAMP

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:53:06 +0000

We learn about the social marketing platform that lets companies Amplify their social media reach by leveraging individual employees, customers and partners called GaggleAMP with the company president and founder Glenn Gaudet.

Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:34:08 +0000

Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies as we hear from Social Media Consultant and Speaker Andrea Vahl. She uses her Improv comedy skills to blog as a slightly cranky character, Grandma Mary – Social Media Edutainer on her site at www.AndreaVahl.com.

Reinventing and Defining Your Brand with Dorie Clark

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:18:41 +0000

Dorie Clark, strategy consultant and author of the forthcoming Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future, discusses her work in helping businesses increase sales and attract new clients by enhancing their reputation as industry leaders.

Stan Slap on Management and Leadership

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:07:39 +0000

Stan Slap discusses Management and Leadership and how his company Slap Company specializes on delivering results through comprehensive consulting solutions that target enterprise-wide issues and individual training programs that can reach every manager in a company.

Royalty-Free Music for Radio Advertising

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:45:26 +0000

Talking Royalty-Free Music for Radio Advertising with Radio Advertising Expert and Radio Talent Coach Dan O Connell. Dan runs the Dan O'Day site for radio professionals which features free articles and advice as well as downloadable software.

Mistakes Entrepreneurs Should Avoid Making with John Corcoran; How To Make a Goo

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:56:29 +0000

Mistakes Entrepreneurs Should Avoid Making with John Corcoran as Mike and Lori speak with attorney and business advisor John Corcoran. He has worked in Hollywood, as a Writer at the White House for President Bill Clinton and as a Speechwriter to the Governor of California. Plus, PR and Media Veteran Richard Berman is back to tell us how to make a good pitch.

Joel Comm Back in the Saddle Again; Why You Should Add Rapportive to Your Gmail

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:03:47 +0000

Found out where noted entrepreneur, bestselling author, public speaker, social media evangelist, and mobile marketing innovator Joel Comm has been as he fills in Mike and Lori. Plus, an expert segment on Why You Should Add Rapportive (a Gmail add-on that displays social media info about contacts as you email them) to Make Gmail Even Better.

Allergy-Free Chef Lauren Hoover-West

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:09:47 +0000

Talking Allergy Friendly Product Development with Allergy-free Chef Lauren Hoover-West. Chef Lauren is a published author for food allergies/sensitivities from wheat, dairy and sugar and other health issues including: celiacs disease, autism and diabetes.

Social Media Campaign Development and Social Media Tools

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:32:38 +0000

Talking Social Media Campaign Development as Mike and Lori speak with Tara Coomans, the founder and Chief Brainstormer at Akamai Marketing. We also feature an expert segment on social media tools with the Internet Marketing and Social Media Strategist at Peak Potentials Training Justin French.

College Recruiting Consulting and Research; Optimizing Blog Images for Pinterest

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:19:33 +0000

College Recruiting Consulting and Research with Robert Shindell, the director of content and resource development at InternBridge. InternBridge provides surveys to sell research, publications, Webinars, workshops, and consulting for companies that want to improve their internship programs. We also get an expert segment on Optimizing Blog Images for Pinterest.

New Media Pioneer Jeff Classic Popka

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:54:57 +0000

New Media Pioneer Jeff Classic Popka shares with us his work on his radio program, featuring interviews with industry professionals and great independent music. He gives his take on constantly evolving new media including blogs, podcasts, Internet radio stations and more.

Fan Pages for Twitter; Looking for LinkedIn Groups

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:36:58 +0000

Mike and Lori welcome Product Visionary, Creative Director and Social Business expert Henry Min. He is the founder of Nestivity, which helps you create Fan Pages for Twitter, and specializes in providing tools to transform your account into a community. In our expert segment, we discuss Looking for LinkedIn Groups.

Digital Interviewing with HireVue; Listening for Lead Generation

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:54:11 +0000

Discussing Digital Interviewing with David Bradford, the Executive Chairman of HireVue, a leading on-demand digital interviewing platform provider. Also, an expert segment on Listening for Lead Generation.

Discovering, Meet and Collaborating with Business Professionals in Real-Time wit

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:47:40 +0000

Discovering, Meet and Collaborating with Business Professionals in Real-Time as Mike and Lori talk to the team behind the mobile meeting platform Trendr: Founder and CEO Michael Beddows, Co-Founder and CMO Peter Davison and Co-Founder and CRO George Stamatis.

Global Search Consulting with Jeff Appelbaum

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:50:54 +0000

Talking Global Search Consulting with Jeff Appelbaum, the EVP and COO at The Agency Worldwide. Also, in our expert segment, Mike and Lori speak with Barham Nour-Omid of Nestivity, a Twitter client set to be launching at South by Southwest 2013.

Creatives and Business with the LinkedIn Rockstars Official Photographer

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:04:32 +0000

We hear from the official photographer of the LinkedIn Rockstars, who also happens to be the author of The Artists Business and Marketing ToolBox, Neil McKenzie. Neil also runs the website Creatives and Business, which provides Successful Art Business, Planning and Marketing Tools and Techniques You Can Use.

Startups Seeking Expert Entrepreneurial Advice

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:53:56 +0000

Learn about Clarity, Clarity is a web service that makes it easy for startups to get great entrepreneurial advice from veterans who have been successful in the past. Mike and Lori seek wisdom on Clarity with Dan Martell, tech industry veteran and who just happens to the Founder and CEO of Clarity.

Singer and Songwriter McKenna Andrews on 5th Monday

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:09:53 +0000

Fifth Monday is back and Mike and Lori welcome 16 Year Old Singer and Songwriter McKenna Andrews. Her song stylings have been compared to Miranda Lambert, Adele, Pink, Janice Joplin and Kelly Clarkson but in her own unique vocal style with the guitar riffs to match.

Your Marketing University with Marketing Strategy Architect Ely Delaney

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:51:33 +0000

Marketing Strategy Architect Ely Delaney tells us about Your Marketing University, where they teach small business owners how to market their business online and offline without spending a fortune.

Talking The Price of Business with Kevin Price

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:31:05 +0000

Mike and Lori welcome Kevin Price, from the Price of Business radio show on KTEK 1110 AM Houston and Editor of USDailyReview.com, from the Podcast Pavilion at New Media Expo 2013 in Las Vegas.

Vetta Star on 5th Monday

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 12:29:59 +0000

RockTheWorld with LinkedIn rocks in the New Year with a special 5th Monday episode with musical guests Vetta Star. Vetta Star is composed of drummer and vocalist Brandon Meagher, keyboardist and vocalist Joey Genetti, and guitarists Paul Edelman and Charlie Fitz. The four came together at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver in 2009, studying jazz and commercial music.

Balancing Life and Work with Gregory Marcus

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:34:45 +0000

Balancing Life and Work as we air some unaired footage, Mike and Lori continue their conversation with the author of Busting Your Corporate Idol: How To Reconnect With Values and Regain Control Of Your Life, Gregory Marcus.

Singing and Socializing in the SocialWebCafe with Deborah Anderson

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:27:44 +0000

We are learning about the SocialWebCafe with Deborah Anderson, a social media junkie, who is the owner of the SocialWebCafe and serves as the Community Building Strategist on the MyBlogGuest team. We learn about her work as a multi-faceted, as a successful Los Angeles Jazz singer, and how her social media techniques have helped gain her a large fan base online.

Long Term Value of Online Publishing and eBooks; LinkedIn Answers

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:28:09 +0000

Talking Long Term Value of Online Publishing and eBooks as Mike and Lori share with us some unaired footage of their interview with the founder of MBAWriters and Director at BT Consulting, Todd Rhoad. Todd offers his take the long-term value of online publishing and creating eBooks as part of your marketing strategy. Plus, an expert commentary with the team at Splash Media on LinkedIn Answers.

Year-End Ideas for Better LinkedIn Engagement; Passive Marketing

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:38:17 +0000

Lori shares some Year-End Ideas for Better LinkedIn Engagement with Followers, Groups and Companies. She also speaks with Mumbai India-based LinkedIn expert Sarfaraz Shaikh. Finally, our expert is with Robert Dempsey speaking about Passive Marketing.

Busting Your Corporate Idol with Gregory Marcus

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:00:10 +0000

Mike and Lori speak with the author of Busting Your Corporate Idol: How To Reconnect With Values and Regain Control Of Your Life, Gregory Marcus. The book is said to offer people who are working too much a different way to see the world, and provides an alternative that doesnt depend on a change in corporate culture or the adoption of a religious lifestyle.

Building Quality Information About Businesses with Jim Fowler

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:31:36 +0000

Building quality information about businesses as Mike and Lori welcome back Jim Fowler, CEO of InfoArmy, a new business information company that builds on Fowler's expertise in building quality information about businesses from people closest to the best information. We learn what Jim has moved on to since he left Jigsaw which got sold to Salesforce for 175 million dollars.

Integrating Social Media Profiles Across Platforms with Adam Justice

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:18:59 +0000

Mike and Lori discuss integrating social media profiles across platforms with Web Developer and Digital Marketing Strategist Adam Justice, the CEO of Social Media Sun.

Social Business Solutions to Leverage Business Contacts

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:10:01 +0000

Social Business Solutions to Leverage Business Contacts as Mike and Lori speak with technology executive and entrepreneur Al Campa, the CEO of Reachable.

All About the Music: 100 Episodes of RockTheWorld with LinkedIn

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:26:46 +0000

Its All About the Music as Mike and Lori celebrate 100 Episodes of RockTheWorld with LinkedIn. We sample some of the best intros and banter, music stories from past guests (Kelly Kim, Jill Konrath, Ben Miller and Ben Sullivan, Fred McMurray and Nile Nickel) and highlights with 5th Monday guests.(Xiren, Miriams Well and Perry Martin).

Cultural Awareness Training and Teaching Culture with Chris Smit

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:44:52 +0000

Cultural Awareness Training and Teaching Culture with Professional C-Level Coach, Social Media Manager and LinkedIn Expert Chris Smit. We learn about his Culture Matters training series, which offers Teaching Culture and Cultural Awareness Training for individuals and Organizations.

The MBA Value Proposition; Trifecta Marketing

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:45:22 +0000

Discussing The MBA Value Proposition and assisting MBAs through the maze of corporate leadership as Mike and Lori speak with the Director at BT Consulting, Todd Rhoad. We also hear about Trifecta Marketing with the CEO and Founder of Dempsey Marketing.

Connecting and Creating Strategic Alliances wirth Triberr

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:43:20 +0000

Connecting and Creating Strategic Alliances with Triberr as Mike and Lori speak with the creators of Triberr, Dino Dogan and Dan Cristo. Triberr is said to be a place to connect and create strategic alliances with other bloggers for the promotion of all.

Refining Brands and Social Media Strategy

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:13:25 +0000

Talking Refining Brands and Social Media Strategy with Brandon Painter, the president of JubeoSocial, which helps small to mid-sized businesses refine their brand and incorporate a social media strategy that propels them forward.

Video Calling LinkedIn Connections with HookFlash; Listening and Language on Lin

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:48:32 +0000

Mike and Lori interview Trent Johnsen of Hookflash, a new ipad/iphone app that allows you to video call any of your LinkedIn connections! Plus check out our expert commentary on Listening and Language on LinkedIn.

Internet Prophets with Reinvention Expert Steve Olsher

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:00:14 +0000

Discussion on the book Internet Prophets: The Worlds Leading Experts Reveal How to Profit Online with Reinvention Expert Steve Olsher, plus expert commentary on Trending in LinkedIn Groups.

The LinkedIn Coach Bruce Mubayiwa; Importance of Training and Learning

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:24:35 +0000

The LinkedIn Coach Bruce Mubayiwa discusses his work in LinkedIn Consulting, Coaching and Training. We also hear about the Importance of Training and Learning in our expert commentary with the Head of Content Creation and Script Production at Splash Media U, Mackenzie Garfield.

Canadian Singer Songwriter Erin Ford on 5th Monday

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:06:40 +0000

Canadian Singer Songwriter Erin Ford talks tothe LinkedIn Rockstars in our 5th Monday segment, and we feature exclusive tracks from her upcoming album with her group The Good Life, including Fire Nights and The Rest of Our Days.

LinkedIn Company Pages with Lana Khavinson

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:26:37 +0000

Mike and Lori discuss LinkedIn Company Pages with who better than the LinkedIn Senior Product Marketing Manager Lana Khavinson.

Sales Drive with Phil Polson

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:50:31 +0000

Mike and Lori speak with Phil Polson - Author of Sales Drive:the definitive no brainer street-smart guide to Sales Stardom! The book offers ways for getting more sales, a better conversion rate and building better relationships with your prospects.

LinkedIn and Screen Names; Electronic and Online Digital Signatures

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:29:55 +0000

LinkedIn and Screen Names in our Expert Commentary plus Mike and Lori speak with Tom Gonser, the founder of DocuSign, which specializes in providing software services for electronic signature and electronic contract execution.

12 Reasons Your Marketing Sucks; Brand Engagement and People Engagement

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:09:38 +0000

12 Reasons Your Marketing Sucks with Rufus Thibodeaux; Brand Engagement and People Engagement in our expert commentary with MacKenzie Garfield, Social Media Manager at Splash Media.

Using Social Media to Sell Your Jobs; ROI with LinkedIn

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:43:39 +0000

Using Social Media to Sell Your Jobs as Mike and Lori speak with SourceMob CEO Jeffery Giessner, plus how to generate ROI with LinkedIn in the expert commentary.

Twitter Brand Pages; Optimizing LinkedIn Page with Keywords

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:55:57 +0000

Talking Twitter Marketing and Twitter Brand Pages with the cofounder of Twylah Kelly Kim. We also discuss Optimizing LinkedIn Page with Keywords with Duncan Gilman, the On Air Educator at Splash Media U.

Optimized Cloud Hosting; Social Media Branding; Personality to Cut the Clutter

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:04:26 +0000

Optimized Cloud Hosting with Social Media Branding with Berrie Pelser from Digital Agenda Strategy Team. We also hear some expert commentary on Personality to Cut the Clutter.

Strategic Positioning; LinkedIn and SlideShare Marriage

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:11:34 +0000

We learn about Strategic Positioning, market entry, and crisis management with the Senior Vice President, Marketing and Social Media Jason Yormark. We also hear expert commentary on the LinkedIn and SlideShare Marriage with Online and Social Marketing Strategist Steven Groves.

Folk/Pop Songstress Megan Burtt

Tue, 29 May 2012 17:50:36 +0000

Folk/Pop Songstress Megan Burtt, whose new album is titled It Aint Love, joins Mike and Lori on this special 5th Monday edition to celebrate Memorial Day Weekend.

PostcardMania; Google Knowledge Graph

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:13:20 +0000

Mike and Lori speak with the Social Media Manager at PostcardMania, Ferris Stith, plus some expert commentary on the new Google Knowledge Graph.

Social Media Strategy Analysis and Recomendation

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:19:45 +0000

Talking Social Media Strategy Analysis and Recomendation with Sean Nicholson, the Director of Social Media Strategy at Intouch Solutions and Owner at SocMedSean.com and IntranetExperience.com.

Useful Social Media and Corporate Social Media Best Practice

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:40:15 +0000

Talking Useful Social Media and Corporate Social Media Best Practice. Nick Johnson, Founder of Useful Social Media, explains how you should be looking further than ROI to assess success

Perry Martin, Pink Flamingo and 5th Monday

Tue, 01 May 2012 18:51:51 +0000

Singer and Author Perry Martin discusses his new book Pretty Flamingo, a novel set largely in Australia in the late 1960s as a dramatic love story, inspired by actual events.

Culture Shock in China; Music Industry Stories

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:37:33 +0000

More Music Industry stories, Cultureshock in China and more as Mike and Lori interview Dan Stepel in an uncensored off-air conversation following our interview from last week.

Getting LinkedIn to China

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:08:09 +0000

Getting LinkedIn to China as Mike and Lori speak with China Consultant and LinkedIn Evangelist Dan Stepel. We hear about living abroad to the Chinese culture and how he has watched over 200 Bruce Springsteen concerts.

Managing Your Social Media Dashboard

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:39:07 +0000

Managing Your Social Media Dashboard as Mike and Lori speaks with the CEO of Dashburst, Dan Zeevi. Dash is made to discover, bookmark and share interesting new content and useful apps.

Are You Networked In or Networked Out?

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:41:13 +0000

Are You Networked In or Networked Out? Mike and Lori speak to the author Jorge Zuazola, who asks that very question in his book LinkedIn should reach 500 million users: Are you networked in or networked out?

Social Trust and Reputation

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:44:43 +0000

Mike and Lori talk to the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Social Trust and Reputation platform Connect.me, Drummond Reed.

Translating Global Business

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:54:20 +0000

Talking Translating Global Business as Mike and Lori speak with the Founder and CEO at Keepskor Tristan Louis, who specializes in helping develop and implement successful internet strategies for companies big and small.

Social CRMs with Jon Ferrara

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:25:34 +0000

Mike and Lori talk Social CRMs with Jon Ferrara from Nimble.com, makers of a platform that offers small businesses the best features of high-end CRM systems combined with the power of social media.

Scott Social Media Allen

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:57:54 +0000

Mike and Lori speak with Digital Marketing Strategist and Digital Media Mogul Scott Social Media Allen. Scott specializes in startup consulting, distributor acquisition, compliance monitoring, marketing and social media management.

Social Media Marketing and Education with Paul Slack

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:49:10 +0000

Talking Social Media Marketing and Education as Mike and Lori speak with Splash Media Co-Founder and Web Industry Veteran Paul Slack.

Building Dynamic Lead Generation with Erik Luhrs

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:24:15 +0000

Mike and Lori discuss Building Dynamic Lead Generation with Erik Luhrs, the creator of The GURUS Selling System and the author of BE DO SALE.

Progress Coaching and Employee Performance

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:40:52 +0000

Mike and Lori speak with Progress Coaching Creator and Employee Performance Strategist Tim Hagen, the President at Sales Progress.

Integrated Marketing and Sales with Shawn Elledge

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:11:22 +0000

Integrated Marketing and Sales talk as Mike and Lori talk to Shawn Elledge. Founder of Integrated Marketing Summit and Co Founder of DemandCon.

Charismatik on 5th Monday

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:24:00 +0000

Mike and Lori feature the Christian Rock group Charismatik on 5th Monday who recently released their debut indie project, Fighting the Good Fight. We hear from band member and lead lyricist Adam Miller.

Rocker Life Coach Tim Gillette

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:48:33 +0000

Mike and Lori speak with the Rocker Life Coach Tim Gillette, who shares his message of learning to live the life you always wanted by harnessing the entrepreneurial spirit and creating it.

Sales Success and Customer Loyalty

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:07:19 +0000

Sales Success and Customer Loyalty are on topic as Mike and Lori welcome Noah Rickun, a Gitomer Certified/Audience Approved Speaker who delivers customized and personalized seminars on sales and customer loyalty.

Selling to Big Companies

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:03:48 +0000

Selling to Big Companies with fresh sales strategies and learn new sales techniques that actually work with Bestselling author and speaker Jill Konrath.

Strategic Video Marketing

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:36:54 +0000

Strategic Video Marketing with YouTube expert Casey Zeman, He discusses how to Convert Leads to Sales with Video and best practices through proper Social Media and Online Marketing.

The Executive Side to Social Media

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:37:01 +0000

Discussing The Executive Side to Social Media with Whitney Parker, the Vice President of User Experience at Brazen Careerist and their director of marketing and communications Ashley Hoffman.

Interview Tactics and Being LinkedIn to Celebrity

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:13:14 +0000

Interview Tactics and Being LinkedIn to Celebrity with Media Expert, veteran Hollywood correspondent, speaker, media and presentational business coach and the author of the bestselling Interview Tactics! How to Survive the Media without Getting Clobbered! Gayl Murphy.

Evidence Based Entrepreneurship

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:44:55 +0000

Talking Evidence Based Entrepreneurship with the Executive VP of Business Development of the BusinessCatapult.com Kevin Johansen. The Business Catapult platform is a SaaS business development platform that helps entrepreneurs and investors.

Social CRMs and Social Media Engagement

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:43:06 +0000

Social CRMs and Social Media Engagement are on topic as Mike and Lori discuss Enterprise Social Networks with Maria Ogneva, Head of Community at Yammer.

Creating Multimedia Messages

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:47:59 +0000

Creating powerful multi-media messages with Tom Hakel and Chris Carmichael of GoldMail, the leading provider of Audio and Visual Messaging for email and business communications.

Networking on LinkedIn without Advertising or Marketing

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:02:37 +0000

Representing on LinkedIn without Advertising or Marketing as Mike and Lori speak with Viveka von Rosen and John Hellerman of Hellerman Baretz Communications, about how they help real estate professionals, finance professionals and others that have to be cautious on how they present themselves on LinkedIn.

Networking to Generate Net Revenue

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:33:01 +0000

Networking to Generate Net Revenue with Chad Massaker, CEO and President at Carceron. We also get to learn his interaction with rockstar celebrities while working as a nightclub bouncer. Also, Mike and Lori also offer a tip to advancing your LinkedIn networking on a local level.

GZM Project Management

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:49:57 +0000

GZM Project Management offers project management services that can help your team collaborate, stay on task, remain on budget and succeed at your project. We learn all about with it with company president Ben Miller and Vice President of Operations Ben Sullivan.

Miriams Well on 5th Monday

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:58:59 +0000

Its this 5th Monday Episode, Mike and Lori introduce us to blues-rock recording artist Miriams Well. We learn how a recent trip to South by Southwest helped to integrate social media for fan interaction.

The Future of Demand Generation with Steve Gershik

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:45:15 +0000

Mike and Lori discuss the current state of things in the demand generation industry, what companies are getting it right, and what to do if you are interested in demand generation and marketing automation with The Innovative Marketer, Steve Gershik.

Findability, Keyword Probability and Conversion

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:27:45 +0000

Talking Findability, Keyword Probability and Conversion as Mike and Lori speak with Website Conversion Expert Matt Dombrow, founding partner of Clixo providers of Search Marketing Solutions

PPC, Networking and Social Media Presence

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:58:37 +0000

PPC, Networking and Social Media Presence as Mike and Lori catch up with one of their new friends that they LinkedIn with following the Online Marketing Summit, Engine Ready CEO Jamie Smith. Jamie discusses How PPC Brings Small Business Big Results.

LinkedIn Network Quality; Technology Expert Nile Nickel

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:05:06 +0000

Mike and Lori give tips to how you can examine the quality and infrastructure of your LinkedIn network, plus they interview Technology Expert Nile Nickel and we hear some expert commentary from Steve Chihos on Change Agents.

Southland Technology Conference Preview

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:05:04 +0000

Project Management, Business Analysis, Quality Assurance, Strategic Technologies, Personal Development and Social Networking are the focus of the 2011 Southland Technology Conference. Conference Chair Lori Shapiro fills us in.

Coaching, Training and Networking with LinkedIn

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:22:40 +0000

Coaching, Training and Networking with LinkedIn with LinkedIn Coach and Trainer Jeff Brown. He discusses his work in LinkedIn and Networking training with local job seekers.

RockTheWorld with LinkedIn: One Year Later

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:41:36 +0000

Its the RockTheWorld First Anniversary as Mike and Lori look back at the some of the highlights of the show from the past year including:

Xiren Sounds Off to the LinkedIn Rockstars

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:48:02 +0000

Mike and Lori treat us to a special music interview with Denver, Colorado based musician Xiren (pronounced seer-rin) an internationally touring Irish-American rock/pop artist cut from the same cloth as U2, MUSE, Sting, and Peter Gabriel.

Sales Architect Michael Krause

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:50:54 +0000

Sales Architect Michael Krause is President and Chief Sales Architect at Sales Sense Solutions. This highly ranked LinkedIn user helps leaders and sales professionals increase sales through proven strategies, tactics and tools.

How Do You Get More Exposure on Facebook and Social Media?

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:50:40 +0000

Mike and Lori bring on Dennis Yu, co-founder and CEO of BlitzLocal.com, and get down to the techniques of getting you more exposure on Facebook and the rest of the social media space.

Data Protection and Information Risk Management

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:47:15 +0000

Mike and Lori discuss data protection and information risk management as they speak with Sharon Polsky, President of AMINA Consulting Corp and the National Chair at Canadian Association of Professional Access and Privacy Administrators.

Social Media Startups

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:46:00 +0000

Talking Social Media Startups with Chuks Onwuneme, who has developed Personify.it, a system and method for enhancing response and situational awareness for emergency responders using social media.

Chief Gardener in Charge Dino Dogan

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:28:33 +0000

Mike and Lori speak with The Chief Gardener in Charge at Triberr, a way for you to retweet other bloggers posts that you know and trust, and have them potentially do the same for you as well.

Adventures in Podcasting

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:56:12 +0000

Michael Surkan is the manager of the Linked:Seattle group on LinkedIn, and he talks to Mike and Lori about how podcasts, like the the one he hosts himself, can give job seekers a huge advantage over other applicants by providing instant credibility.

Career Coaching and Transitioning

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:05:42 +0000

Mike and Lori speak with Marky Stein, an internationally recognized career coach and author on the subjects of job interviewing and career transitioning. She also tell us about her work at the Workforce Institute at San Jose City College.

Direct Response and LinkedIn

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:25:59 +0000

Mike and Lori talk with Dan Ruzicka, an expert in the world of Infomercial Production, Media Buying, Video Production and Direct Response, about how he has used LinkedIn to build his online presence.

Organizational Change with Steve Chihos

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:15:31 +0000

Steve Chihos is the Organizational Change Leader for theBigRocks, LLC. He discusses how he deals with organizational change challenges of all sizes, types and dimensions that can shake an organization to its foundation.

Crowd Sourced and User-Generated Business Directories

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:09:50 +0000

In his last interview as Founder and CEO of Jigsaw, Jim Fowler tells about the creation of The Crowd-Sourced Business Directory that specializes in User-Generated Business Directories.

Email and Address Book Management

Tue, 24 May 2011 02:56:58 +0000

Learn about Xobni, which creates relationship statistics, contact information, threaded conversations, shared attachments, and information on that contact pulled from social networks, including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, with their director of marketing Britton Montalvo.

Online Marketing Strategy and Execution

Tue, 17 May 2011 01:38:57 +0000

Chris Tompkins is CEO and Founder of Go! Media International and we are an online marketing strategy and execution firm. His company follows these four objectives:Understanding your goals and targets - Creating a dynamic, customized online marketing campaign - Exploding your online visibility and credibility - Executing the entire campaign on your behalf.

How Informal Meetings Influence Your Business

Mon, 09 May 2011 23:37:53 +0000

Mike and Lori have Fred McMurray of Mandatek on once again. From how useful your smart phone can be for research, to what techniques can make or break your business meeting. They also talk about just how business relationships can be made after the meetings and informal networking keeps your business rolling.

Author U

Mon, 02 May 2011 16:22:43 +0000

Author U is a community of writers, authors, small and independent publishers. Founder Judith Briles tells us about working with Authors who seek strategies for creating, publishing and marketing their books.

Using Web 2.0 to Differentiate Yourself from Competitors

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:49:03 +0000

B2B High-Tech Content Specialist, Demand Generation and Marketing Automation Specialist, B2B Marketing Consultant Wendy Brache disucuses Using Web 2.0 to Differentiate Yourself from Competitors.

Customized Social Media URLs with Eddy Inserra

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:49:39 +0000

ItsMyURLs is an online service that simplifies your complete online presence by supplying our users with one central location that they post all of their social network profile links on, websites, blogs, etc. CEO and Founder Eddy Inserra takes us behind these Customized Social Media URLs.

Get Linked to Conquer with Rob Mendez

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:09:38 +0000

Rob Mendez tells us about Get Linked to Conquer system, whereby he offers secrets to effective social media marketing by creating brand awareness buzz that drives sales, and helps elevate their leadership position and competitive advantage by using Appreciation Marketing strategies.

Simplifying Social Media

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:05:28 +0000

Simplifying Social Media with Michelle Rempel, Managing Partner at Mediavine Marketing, which specializes in manages social media marketing campaigns for businesses and individuals. They discuss best practices for Twitter integration into your LinkedIn profile.

Linked Local Network on LinkedIn

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:46:03 +0000

Social Media Strategist, Co-Founder Fred MacMurray tells us all about his part in creating the Linked Local Network on LinkedIn, which creates and nurtures long lasting, mutually beneficial relationships that share information and resources.

Rocking Out With Russel Sparkman

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:03:15 +0000

Mike and Lori really light up the fuse with Russell Sparkman, President and CEO of Fusionspark Media, a leader in creating custom web content and web documentaries. Mike and Lori ere featured presenters at a 2-day retreat hosted by Fusion Spark and they discuss the upcoming Encore.

The ROI of Social Media Part 2

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:54:28 +0000

Conclusion of the interview with The ROI of Social Media Authors Steven Groves and Guy Powell describe how to strategically design, develop and implement a blended traditional and social marketing program that can be monitored, measured and connected to your bottom line.

The ROI of Social Media Part 1

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:02:17 +0000

The ROI of Social Media Authors Steven Groves and Guy Powell describe how to strategically design, develop and implement a blended traditional and social marketing program that can be monitored, measured and connected to your bottom line.

Social Media Lessons for Business

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:42:39 +0000

David Bullock, co-author of Barack 2.0, brings an engineers perspective to social media and offers insight into Social Media Lessons for Business of President Obama.

Socializing with LinkedIn with Joey Montez

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:36:51 +0000

Vice President of Sales at Infomedia Inc., Vice President of Sales at TextCastLive and Partner - Vice President of Sales at IM Direct Joey Montez gives his take on his experiences socializing with fellow professionals on LinkedIn.

Optimizing Company Profiles on LinkedIn

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:53 +0000

Mike and Lori broadcast from South Florida, with special guest Stephen Higgins, Social Media Manager for AutoNation. The 3 experts discuss LinkedIn company profiles and the optimization of individual LinkedIn profiles by looking at the Web sites you list, the job descriptions, your interests, your groups, even your picture. Its a best practices session.

LinkedIn Recommendations

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:29:10 +0000

Mike and Lori offers an amazing Tutorial on LinkedIn Recommendations - how to get them, write them, manage them and even how to change them. They also discuss how recommendations have been bused akin to stuffing the ballot box.

The SocioFiles

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:51 +0000

Mike and Lori interview the Founder of the Michael Parsons Project about SocioFiles, a new social media initiative for CEOs, small business owners and entrepreneurs. They discuss turning social media into something much more than social.

How Rock and Roll is Tied to LinkedIn

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:09:56 +0000

Matthew Schnedl is the Band Manager of The LinkedIn Rockstars at Integrated Alliances: Home of The LinkedIn Rockstar and The LinkedIn Diva.

He fills us in on his previous work as a former touring rock musician as well as his work with the LinkedIn training programs Mike and Lori host for sales performance enhancement.

Email Marketing Basics

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:18:42 +0000

Mike and Lori interview Jim Mueller from ReignNet, in an interview recorded earlier. The post-interview conversation was so compelling it aired prior on November 23, 2010 (see below). Jim presents concepts for building E-Mail marketing campaigns and programs and taking advantage of Social Media for promotion.

Affordable Apps Every Marketer Should Know About

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:59:07 +0000

Chris Kiersch, President of Image Soup, discusses meeting Mike and Lori at the Integrated Marketing Summit as well as an E-Mail marketing project he and Mike and Lori worked on together. Chris shares the experience sitting front row for Bob Dylan at the Integrated Marketing Summit in Kansas City.

Simple Tools for Small Business Websites

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:06:59 +0000

Mike and Lori welcome Jeff Kemp, creator of SiteSubscribe.com, as he presents some simple tools for small business websites, and blogs especially those based on WordPress.

Angel Capital Summit 2010

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:27:23 +0000

Kevin Johansen, CEO of Business Catapult and organizer of the Angel Capital Summit, discusses how online social networking boosted the success of this event. Its recorded live from the prestigious University of Denver, Daniels School of Business.

LinkedIn Profiles for Companies

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:21:02 +0000

Mike and Lori welcome JD Gershbein, President of Owlish Communications to the show to discuss LinkedIn Profiles for individuals, company profiles and brand imaging. JD is also an accomplished cartoonist and musician and a close friend of Mike and Lori.

Building Email Marketing Lists

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:18:15 +0000

Mike and Jim Mueller from ReignNet engage in an off camera, uncensored post-interview conversation about building E-Mail marketing lists. The original conversation, a great one as well, will be featured in a future episode.

LinkedIn Regional Groups with Rich Fiene

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:58:14 +0000

LinkedIn Regional Groups and how was it determined to add additional managers, the impact that the work on behalf of the group impact your business plus information on promotion, activities and networking opportunities.

Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling with Sam Richter

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:19:54 +0000

Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling with the author of the self titled book and Sales Intelligence expert Sam Richter. Sam is also Know More! founder and CEO and SVP/Chief Marketing Officer at ActiFi.

Social Network Sales Training with Dean DeLisle

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:07:36 +0000

Social Network Sales Training with Dean DeLisle, Social Network Sales Trainer and Coach, Author, Speaker and CEO at Forward Progress, a a company that responds to the needs and challenges of small and mid-size businesses.

Social Media Training and Consulting with Patrick O' Malley

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:48:49 +0000

Social Media Training and Consulting with Patrick O' Malley, a Social Media Innovator, Speaker, Consultant, and Corporate Trainer at 617-PATRICK Social Media Training and Consulting.

Social Media Founding Father Axel Schultze

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:24:51 +0000

Social Media Founding Father Axel Schultze, who is also the founder of the Social Media Academy and founder and CEO of Xeequa, speaks about his initial exposure to LinkedIn.

Tracking Social Media Traffic

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:06:00 +0000

Tracking Social Media Traffic for quality and quantity as Mike and Lori interview Emilio Basaldua of Unilyzer.com. Unilyzer is a Social Media Marketing Dashboard that tracks the quantity and quality of traffic from your social media marketing to your website.

Relationship Building and Converting Networking to Business

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:37:28 +0000

Don Cooper aka the Sales Heretic discusses posting blog articles in relevant groups. How do you recommend that people find groups relevant for them, plus he talks about relationship building and converting networking to potential business.

Social Media Privacy Awareness

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:53:38 +0000

Winn Schwartau from Mobile Active Defense is an absolute icon in the technology security and privacy world. The US and Canadian Governments have asked him to consult, plus he is on the board for a number of security corporations. Winn discusses privacy in terms of social media and our online lives.

Creating Individual Rich Business LinkedIn Profiles

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:07:33 +0000

Mike and Lori speak with TA McCann, the CEO and founder of Seattle-based Gist, a service which provides a complete view of the contacts in a users professional network by creating individual rich business profiles that includes news, status updates, and work details.

The Evolution of LinkedIn

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:21:54 +0000

Mike and Lori fill us in on the evolution of LinkedIn, and why recruiters have always loved the site and why people have always seen it as a resource for jobs. We also learn about some upcoming LinkedIn training sessions that Mike and Lori have lined up.