Episode 12

LinkedIn Local - Meet Your Community

How do you take a LinkedIn online community and move this to real life meet ups? Anna McAfee is the creator of #LinkedInLocal. It started innocently as a way for Anna to meet local connections and quickly struck a nerve and blew up globally. Over 2 years the community grew from the initial 4 cities to 1,000+ communities, in 1,000 cities and 100 countries run by LinkedIn users for LinkedIn users. The key moments in this episode are: 00:00 Welcome 00:58 #LinkedInLocal – the backstory 07:31 What makes a successful #LinkedInLocal meetup? 11:40 What are the benefits of building a community? 16:39 What ways do people go about building connection all wrong on LinkedIn? 21:34 Building a virtual village on LinkedIn Connect with Anna McAfee on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/annamcafee/ ABOUT MICHELLE J RAYMOND Michelle J Raymond is an international LinkedIn B2B Growth Coach. To continue the conversation, connect with Michelle on LinkedIn and let her know you are part of the community of podcast listeners. Connect with Michelle J Raymond on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellejraymond/ B2B Growth Co offers LinkedIn Training for teams to build personal and business brands and a LinkedIn Profile Recharge service for Founders/CEOs. Book a free intro call to learn more - https://calendly.com/michelle-j-raymond/book-an-intro-call-15mins

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Michelle J Raymond

Michelle J Raymond founded B2B Growth Co and has made her mark as a leading LinkedIn growth strategist. She offers comprehensive strategies and training to brands eager to harness LinkedIn for business growth through thought leadership, content marketing or social selling techniques.

With 20+ years’ experience in B2B sales, and almost a decade of social selling on LinkedIn, Michelle stands out for her significant LinkedIn contributions as the co-author of two globally acclaimed books: “Business Gold,” the first book exclusively dedicated to LinkedIn Company Pages, and “The LinkedIn Branding Book,” and her insightful podcast Social Media for B2B Growth.

Follow her YouTube channel @MichelleJRaymond for helpful how tos.