The following is a list of some of the top LinkedIn consultants, trainers, speakers and experts. These are some of the best of the best among the hundreds of experts in this space.
Nathan Kievman
Nathan Kievman is a highly sought after Digital Strategist, Speaker & Social Media Consultant & Trainer. With a heavy focus on LinkedIn and B2B social media initiatives. He uniquely bridges Business Strategy, Targeted Objectives and ROI with Social Media, Digital Media and Traditional Marketing Initiatives.
Mr. Kievman is also the Executive Editor of LI & Business, now with more than 14.5 Million subscribers, SocialMediaMags.com. Considered one of the leading authorities on Social Media and LinkedIn with a robust following as the owner of the number one LinkedIn Strategies Group on LinkedIn while having taught more than 35,000 people how to master the platform. He has authored three books on the topic, including the currently available, LinkedIn Mastery: An All Inclusive Guide to Mastering LinkedIn and presented as the keynote speaker on Social Media Strategy for the National Speakers Association winter meetings in 2011.
Companies hire Nathan for one of the following three reasons:
- To Launch a Digital or Social Media Company Initiative
- To Generate Leads through LinkedIn, Social & Digital Channels
- For Training on LinkedIn
He has consulted with Fortune 500 companies, INC 500 companies, well known business leaders, and many small to mid-sized businesses.
Lewis Howes
Social Media Education:
I am the co-author of the book: LinkedWorking and author of LinkedIn Master Strategies. These two resources give you everything you need to maximize LinkedIn for your professional career or business.
I speak at conferences on the topic of utilizing LinkedIn for your business, and host regular webinars on LinkedIn, as well as other social media for business topics.
If you would like to learn more about either book, speaking engagements, or webinars please go to www.lewishowes.com to learn more.
Sports Business:
I founded SportsNetworker.com because I saw a hole in the sports industry. There is an old way of thinking when it comes to the sports world, and many teams, leagues, and organizations are still unwilling to dive into online marketing and social media as a way to interact with customers and fans. SportsNetworker.com is a resource that covers the best tips and practices on social media in sports. We also host regular sports networking events around the world to help connect more people in the industry.
The Sports Executives Association (SEA) is a membership site that connects the tops sports professionals together, and creates ongoing education and training to help better understand the best way to increase business for your sports organization (among other things). To learn more about becoming a member, go to www.SportsExec.net
Magnetic Webinars, Shy Networking, and More:
If you want to use webinars in your business to generate more leads, sales, and income then head over to www.magneticwebinars.com for our free report.
If you find it hard to connect with new people and leverage others networks to receive more referrals and opportunities, then you will want to go to www.ShyNetworking.com to learn more about our networking course.
JD Gershbein
JD GERSHBEIN is the CEO of OWLISH COMMUNICATIONS and a specialist in the art and science of LinkedIn. Seamlessly blending his extensive background in business writing, sales, traditional marketing, communication theory, broadcasting, industrial psychology and neuroscience, JD is blazing a trail as one of most respected and influential social business strategists in the world. His innovative, revolutionary treatment of the LinkedIn profile and insights into the nature of social branding create true competitive advantage for the individuals and companies that retain him. Characterized by a razor-sharp wit and engaging sense of humor, JD has emerged as an A-list LinkedIn speaker and is hailed as one of the most original personalities in social media.
Known for fashioning compelling, high-impact LinkedIn profiles that build brand and create business opportunities for his clients, JD lends a distinctive voice to the medium.
“A robust, well-crafted LinkedIn profile articulates your value proposition and transforms your behavior,” he claims. “You are perceived more favorably and operate with an enhanced sense of professional self-esteem.” Considered a pioneer in the design and delivery of LinkedIn education, JD embraces a best practices approach to social branding via the LinkedIn profile and stresses fundamentals of effective communication and sound social network management in order to achieve real world business results.
JD is a globally known keynote speaker, panelist, workshop facilitator and media contributor. He has been featured on FOX TV News and WGN AM Radio, in the Chicago Tribune, and guested on business talk shows coast-to-coast. He blogs for NBC Chicago and contributes articles to Social Media Magazine and many other trade publications. JD is also Adjunct Professor of Marketing at the IIT Stuart Graduate School of Business in Chicago where he teaches the school’s first-ever social media course.
Neil Schafer
Neal Schaffer is a leader in helping businesses and professionals strategically leverage the potential of social media as a business tool.
An author, speaker, and social media strategy consultant, Neal has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business Week, Yahoo!, and the American Express Open Forum. A graduate of Amherst College, he is also fluent in Chinese and Japanese and currently resides in Irvine, California, where he proudly serves on the marketing committee for the United Way of Orange County.
Neal has published two books on LinkedIn:
“Maximizing LinkedIn for Sales and Social Media Marketing” (http://wind.mn/linksalesbook) was published in July, 2011.
Neal’s first book, “Windmill Networking: Maximizing LinkedIn,” (http://wind.mn/windbook) was a recipient of multiple industry awards and continues to be one of the best-selling books in its genre. Neal is currently working on his third book, tentatively titled “Windmill Networking: Maximizing Twitter.”
Neal is also a frequent social media conference speaker and is passionate about educating his audience with concrete takeaways and compelling, customized content to help them truly maximize social media. Neal has spoken before thousands of executives and professionals at nearly 100 events including:
* National social media marketing events: Online Marketing Summit, Gravity Summit, LavaCon 2.0, Gov2.5
* Business events: CBS Radio, Hartford & Rochester Business Journal
* Corporate webinars: Vocus, Nimble
* Professional associations: HBA, PRSA, IABC, YPO, CEO Trust, Social Media Club, FENG & NAHREP
As President of Windmills Marketing, a social media strategy consulting practice, Neal has led social media strategy creation, educational workshops, and implementation coaching for a range of B2B and B2C companies including a Fortune 50 software company, a multi-billion dollar nutritional supplements enterprise, and a popular Mexican-American musician.
Viveka VonRosen
WHY SHOULD YOU HIRE VIVEKA VON ROSEN TO DO YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA?
• Forbes Top Ten Women in Social Media: http://onforb.es/top10SMwomen
• Forbes Top 50 Most Influential People in Social Media: http://onforb.es/top50SM
• TopRank’s 25 Women Who Rock Social Media in 2011
• BigMoneyWeb’s 200 most fearless women on the web:
• Listed by Mari Smith as having the niche quality of a social media superstar: http://www.marismith.com/ten-qualities-of-social-media-superstars/
★★I AM IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH LINKEDIN CORPORATE★★
BUT WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
• I will get you and your company found on LinkedIn which will get you more business leads
• I will teach you the correct ways of creating business and relationships on Social Media
• I will help you craft your company story, so that your branding crosses all social and marketing mediums.
• I’m easy to understand so what I teach you will stick.
• I’ve taught over 10,000 business people so I know what I am talking about – see my 84 recommendations.
• I’ve made the mistakes so you don’t have to!
►WHAT DO I DO?: I train individuals & companies to create a more powerful social presence via seminars, webinars, implementation, one-on-one training and consultation.
► MISSION: Linking people into their potential, MAKING SOCIAL MEDIA WORK FOR YOU.
►If you are feeling OVERWHELMED by LINKEDIN and all its new features, please ask about the TRAINING WEBINARS and WORKSHOPS we provide. We provide training for basic as well as strategic use.
I WELCOME LINKEDIN INVITATIONS.
►Linked Into Business offers individuals, companies and groups LINKEDIN HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS and WEBINARS, and consulting as well as other social media presentations and trainings.
WHY I AM HERE ON LINKEDIN:
• To network with other active, intelligent and generous B2B networkers.
• To offer LinkedIn training & advice.
• Drive attendance to our entrepreneur’s WORKSHOPS, WEBINARS AND SEMINARS
Kristina Jaramillo
With over 100 million professional members in over 200 countries, LinkedIn offers small business owners and internet marketers unlimited opportunities to build, and nourish profitable relationships online.
However, out of the 100+ million people on LinkedIn, only a FEW successful companies and internet marketers are using LinkedIn to its’ fullest profit-making potential.
Do you want to know some of my top secrets on how to get more business using LinkedIn? As a Social Media Expert (not a self-proclaimed expert, the New York Times called me that) who specializes in LinkedIn, I’ve uncovered…”14 Underground Secrets to Making Money And Taking Complete and Total Control Of Your Industry and Niche on LinkedIn” Here I reveal mistakes that other LinkedIn experts are even making.
Scott Allen
I’ve spent most of my life either as an entrepreneur or working for/with them. I’ve had a few successes and a few more “learning opportunities”, across a wide variety of industries — software, consulting, retail, and more. I know a great deal about what works and what doesn’t, and I love to share that experience with other entrepreneurs.
I’m a big fan and avid user of social media — I started teaching people to use it for business way back in 2002 (we called it “online business networking” then), and wrote the first book on the business use of social media (The Virtual Handshake, 2005). You may not see me out in “virtual public” as much as some other social media pundits and practitioners, though — I also believe in having a life offline!
If you’re interested in growing your business, particular with a focus on doing so by improving your marketing strategy, drop me a line — I look forward to being of service to you.
Jason Alba
I am passionate about all things related to personal career management, from understanding the job search and career management environment to knowing what professionals could do to create some kind of job security.
My background is in web-based applications. Having lucked out with an internship at Simplot and working under an amazing visionary, to being the first IT manager of a medium-sized building maintenance company, I’ve always gravitated towards providing real, practical solutions in a web interface.
I got laid off in January of 2006 and started a job search, confident I would find something better than my last role. My job search was a mess, and I didn’t get anywhere, except frustrated.
I realized there was a huge gap between what was needed by professionals managing their careers and what was available to us. This is where JibberJobber was born, and I’ve been CEO since then.
I am not a certified career professional, job search coach, career coach, career counselor, resume writer, or anything else that would tell you I’m qualified to help you one-on-one. I’m one of you – a professional who wants to provide for my family. I combined my Internet application background with a real-world need, and provide technology to professionals who are career oriented.
Since I started JibberJobber I’ve had to become something of a marketer, and really enjoy all that I’ve learned and done to bring JibberJobber out. From blogging to writing articles to authoring two books (I’m on LinkedIn — Now What??? and coauthor of I’m on Facebook — Now What???), I’ve learned a ton about marketing. I now share what I’ve learned in speeches and workshops across the country.
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