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Anatomy of a Win: How Michael Marchio Builds Strong Connections by Seeing His Network Differently career executives leadership linkedin features professional development profile sales social selling strategy success story young professionals Mar 21, 2023

Here at McMillion Consulting, we love cheering clients on and celebrating their wins. Our Anatomy of a Win series showcases stories from professionals who experienced a notable business victory as a result of implementing a tool or strategy they learned from our work together.

Michael Marchio is no...

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Why Soft Skills Matter in Today's Workplace career executives job seekers leadership professional development recruiting social selling strategy young professionals Mar 07, 2023

 A great attitude, leadership ability, a collaborative spirit—these are all things that any company would be lucky to find in an employee. And yet, they won’t show up in a GPA, an aptitude score, or a code test. “Soft skills,” as they’re known, might be difficult to measure, but they’re incredibly i...

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How to Read a LinkedIn Profile in Sales Navigator executives linkedin features profile quick tip recruiting sales social selling strategy Jan 03, 2023

New to Sales Navigator? If you’ve spent any amount of time on LinkedIn, using Sales Navigator will probably feel pretty intuitive. However, given the upgraded toolset this premium subscription offers, you’ll find that there are plenty of features and workflows for which the free version of LinkedIn ...

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Best of 2022: A Year in Review career strategy executives inmail leadership marketing mobile app networking professional development profile social selling team-building young professionals Dec 27, 2022

Another year flew by in a flash! From the inside scoop on Sales Navigator to some real talk about work-life balance and so much more, we covered a lot of ground here on LinkedInsider in 2022. 

Before we turn the page on this year, let’s take a look back at some of the most popular content. These 10...

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How to Level Up Your Social Selling Game on LinkedIn linkedin features professional development quick tip sales social selling strategy Oct 11, 2022

You want to be the best salesperson you can be, and I want to help you. After all, what are you doing if you’re not striving to improve? While there are all sorts of ways to revamp your sales technique, honing your social selling game is one of my top recommendations to create and improve traction. ...

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LinkedIn Top Hits: Networking from A to Z executives job seekers linkedin features marketing mobile app profile quick tip sales social selling strategy young professionals Aug 30, 2022

If you’re on LinkedIn, chances are, you probably have an interest in building your professional network. After all, at its core, that’s what LinkedIn is designed to support! If you’re a pro at working a room and making connections in person but struggle to build your network online, or if the whole ...

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Ask LinkedIn Lindsey: LinkedIn Tips for Students career job seekers linkedin features professional development profile quick tip social selling strategy young professionals Jul 05, 2022

Most of the clients I serve would only call themselves students in the sense that they’re lifelong learners. Still, I receive a surprising number of questions related to LinkedIn for students. In the spirit of helping my people help their people, I’ve decided to dedicate a full article to clearing u...

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How to Choose the Right Format for Your Meeting career company page executives inmail job seekers linkedin features marketing mobile app profile quick tip recruiting sales social selling strategy success story young professionals Jun 28, 2022

Since the pandemic, most of us have become quite accustomed to alternative meeting formats, whether that’s a phone call, a video call, or a good old fashioned face-to-face conversation. At this point, we’ve all slid into meeting norms—weekly Zoom check-ins, team conference calls, etc. The conversati...

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LinkedInsider Top Hits: Selling & Sales Navigator career company page executives job seekers linkedin marketing mobile app profile quick tip recruiting sales social selling strategy success story young professionals Jun 21, 2022

Whether or not your official title includes the word “sales,” most of us sell in some way. From pitching your product or service to a new customer to recruiting a new team member or getting buy-in on an idea, having sharp sales skills can help you achieve your professional goals. If you’re looki

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The Power Of Kindness And Other Pandemic Lessons I’ve Learned executives inmail linkedin features marketing quick tip recruiting sales social selling strategy May 31, 2022

There’s no question that you’ve faced a change of some kind in the past few years. Some people experienced big changes—moving from the office to the home office, managing gaps in childcare, recovering from an illness, or grieving the loss of a loved one. For others, change came in the form of a

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How To Take A Cue From Sales Navigator "Spotlights" executives inmail linkedin features marketing quick tip recruiting sales social selling strategy May 24, 2022

How much time would you save if you only reached out to people you knew would say “yes” to the job, product, or service you’re selling? Unfortunately, that’s not exactly how the prospecting process works. As we both know, you’re bound to have lots of prospects at the top of the funnel who never

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Turn Your Search Results Into Lead Lists With Sales Navigator executives linkedin features networking sales social selling strategy success story Apr 26, 2022

Not to play favorites, but if I had to choose my top LinkedIn subscription, Sales Navigator would win every time. Of all my clients who can benefit from a paid version of LinkedIn, I would say 80 to 90 percent of them choose Sales Navigator, too. (I even recommend this option to many recruiters

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