5on5 Expert Blog Series January 4th
Last week I started conducting the 5on5 Expert Blog Series. The impetus to create this series was hearing from people that they don’t know how to use linkedin effectively and in turn end up just signing up, partially finish their profile, connect to some friends and that’s the extent of it. So I came up with the idea to interview the power users and get their thoughts on how they use Linkedin and what they find as the powerful applications and features.
I have interviewed 4 out of the 5 experts, Andrew Ballenthin creator of BlogOff 1 and 2, Zhu Shen the Queen of Networking with over 9 million connections, Ben Benedetti created the group Film TV Professionals with over 23,000 members, and Lena West an award winning social media consultant and public speaker. The 5on5 Power Linkedin Users Blog Series will launch on January 4th and continue every Monday until February 1st. A white paper will be available as a free download with the extended interviews on our company websitewww.mindeliver.com beginning February 8th. You can subscribe to our blogs, whitepapers, and newsletter beginning in January 2010.
Here is a little about the 4 experts I’ve interviewed and the dates their blog will be available.
January 4th
Andrew Ballenthin is the founder of the Community Marketing Blog and President of Sol Solutions, an integrated marketing consultancy. With 18 years experience focusing on branding, promotions, online and offline marketing and work with over 15 countries, he brings out-of-the-box thinking to clients looking for change and growth. His focus during the last half of 2009 is on his first book, “Stop Chasing Chickens”. This engaging book will cover how to monetize social media by applying integrated marketing strategies and tactics.
January 11th
Zhu Shen,Ph.D., MBA is an award-winning business leader, author, media personality and thought leader in cross-Pacific life science business. She is the CEO of BioForesight, a strategic consulting company providing partnering, financing & outsourcing advisory, cross-cultural training, and media/public relations services to clients worldwide. She is an expert in social media, with over 9 million connections on her Linkedin network, and produced the DVD “The Art and Science of Networking and Social Media” which received rave reviews.
January 18th
Ben Benedetti has worked in the entertainment production industry for the past seventeen years as both a freelance producer and corporate executive. He has extensive experience in management and administration of all phases of production including network, studio operations, and facility’s management.
January 25th
Dominic Tong, MD is an enterprising and accomplished life sciences professional with nearly twenty years of diverse healthcare practice and management experience in the academic, public and private sectors, and clinical development and medical affairs experience in the biopharmaceutical and medical device space with the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.
February 1st
Lena West is an award-winning social media consultant, blogger, speaker, journalist and technologist. She is also the CEO and Chief Strategist at xynoMedia, a social media consulting, implementation and development firm that helps women-owned and led companies profit from the power of Social Media and the Internet.
Please share anyone you think is a power linkedin user and why.
