This slidedeck supplemented Dean DeLisle's discussion with the National Association of Dental Plans on how LinkedIn's network can benefit dental insurance professionals.

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Dean DeLisle
• Founder and CEO of Forward Progress, Inc.
• Train and Coach over 2,000 people per month
• Trained and Coached over 85,000 in Social Network Skills
• Over 30 years in Business Coaching, Consulting and Training
• Call Center, Internet, eMarketing, Event Management, Lead Generation,
Web Seminars, eLearning, eSelling
• Over Two Billion Dollars Sales, over 100 Million Leads
• Helped Thousands of People using Internet Based Lead Generation
• Financial Services, Real Estate, Professional Services, Legal, Accounting
Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Technical, Insurance, Agencies,
Auto, Retail, Banking Educational and Channel Sales…..

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Social Networks
Where Do You Stand Now?
YOU
ARE
HERE

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Social Network Efforts
Why do they often not work for organizations?

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Social Network Efforts
Why do they often not work for organizations?
MINDSET!MINDSET!

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The Issue with Social Networks

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The Issue with Social Networks

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The Popularity of Social Networks
• Cause
• Fear of Missing Out (FoMo)
• Need Connection
• Effect
• Facebook: Over $1.2B
• LinkedIn: Over 300M Members
• Twitter: Over 645M Active Users
• Google+: Over 300M Active Users

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Why Online Social Networks?
• Interactive
• People Respond Well
• Builds Trust
• Builds Community
• Viral Activity
• Sharing

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Referral Based Leads
Why are referral-based leads so great?

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Referral Based Leads
Why are referral-based leads so great?
They’re WarmThey’re Warm

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Social Networks We Already Know
• Ourselves
• Our Business
• NADP
• City/Country Clubs
• Chambers
• Industry Clubs
• Organizations
• Charities
• Religious/Health
• LinkedIn Groups

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How Many Contacts Do You Have That You Cannot
See?
• That know YOU?
• That trust YOU?
• That have done business with YOU?
• That would recommend YOU?

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How Many Contacts Do You Have That You Cannot
See?
• That know YOU?
• That trust YOU?
• That have done business with YOU?
• That would recommend YOU?

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How Many Contacts Do You Have That You Cannot
See?
• That know YOU?
• That trust YOU?
• That have done business with YOU?
• That would recommend YOU?

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How Many Contacts Do You Have That You Cannot
See?
• That know YOU?
• That trust YOU?
• That have done business with YOU?
• That would recommend YOU?

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How Many Contacts Do You Have That You Cannot
See?
• That know YOU?
• That trust YOU?
• That have done business with YOU?
• That would recommend YOU?

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Current Use of Social Networks?
• Blogs
• Articles
• Postings
• Status Updates
• Emails
• Video/Photo
• Links

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The LinkedIn Network

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2014 LinkedIn Stats - Growing
• LinkedIn Has Over 300 Million Members
• Average user has 240 “Connections”
• One degree from over 35,000 “Trusted Connections”
• Two degrees from over 3,200,000 “Trusted Connections”
• 160 Million unique visitors a month
• 1 million new members added per week
• 17.8 million members belong to groups
• 1.2 million comments and posts to groups weekly
• 2 billion people searches annually
• 2 million companies have a company page
OVER 1,000 to 1

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Your Professional Profile
• Complete Profile
• Be Clear
• What will you for others?
• Why & How?
• What do you want/need?

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Express Yourself

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Share Your Work

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Share Your Projects

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Share Your Published Work

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Share Skills and Manage Endorsements

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Adding Connections
Start the Conversation
• Are you on LinkedIn?
• Is it ok if we connect?
• Get social!

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Remember
1.Be personal
2.Reference meeting
3.Include personal info
4.Set appointment
5.Add phone number

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Your Posting
• When you post, you are talking!
• What does your audience want?
• What do they need?
• What are you passionate about?
• What will showcase your personality?
• What can you provide?

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Value Based Posting

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Value Based Posting

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Homepage Interaction

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Engage with Connections’ Activity

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Search and Message

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Search and Message

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Set the Hook

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Group Networking

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Assignment
• Fix Your Profiles – Look Good!
• Be Complete – Be Relevant
• What will you do for others?
• What do you want/need?
• Add new items!
• Be Social
• Have Meaningful Conversation
• Provide Value
• Be Present!

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Thank You!Thank You!

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