It’s Simply Life

Episode 97 - Special Edition: Friday Live with Gary Travis

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In today’s special “Friday Live” episode, Lisa talks with Gary Travis. Gary has had exponential organic growth via LinkedIn over the past year and has created BloomingBound to help other entrepreneurs grow an engaged audience of their own. Gary's program was created after Gary had success growing his B2B SaaS platform that matched employees in Chicago with local volunteering opportunities.

Lisa and Gary discuss organic growth, creating engaged connections, and leveraging those connections to build a thriving business. 

 

Key Takeaways

 

  • Creating meaningful connections lead to long term success
  • Learn how to consistently write a compelling story
  • Don’t just try to sell; being authentic will lead to success
  • Always try to respond to comments
  • Time of day isn’t as important when posting as consistency is. Try to post daily
  • LinkedIn is a text-based platform; text posts will get the most views, followed second by pictures.
  • LinkedIn wants you to stay on their platform, so refrain from using links to other websites
  • Create a personal hashtag to build a truly engages following
  • In addition to your hashtag, use a few hashtags that capture the feeling of your post or story




    • Learn more about Gary: 

     

    Website

    LinkedIn

    Instagram



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