Your Personal Brand & Connections
Faith Ruto (MBA, ICF, EMCC)
TEDx Speaker | Global Keynote Speaker | Senior Career Coach at Career Returners | Executive Coach | CEO & Founder | Author ??I help leaders increase their Confidence, Impact and Personal Brand
Could you live without the Linkedin platform?
For the last two weeks, Linkedin LOCKED me out of the platform. I could not access my profile or see any Linkedin posts from others! It could have been better!
What happened??
I entered an incorrect password once, and then I was locked out! Linkedin informed me that my account would be verified (I had to submit a personal ID). It took several emails from me to get the account reinstated today!
What I learnt
1) No one will notice when you are no longer on Linkedin. Only one person reached out to me. Thank you,?Dr Djamila Amimer
2) Having your access to the platform removed without your consent will cause you anger, upsets, anxiety and stress! It will mess with your mental health!
3) Linkedin has ZERO customer support
4) Linkedin has NO email or phone number support line; it took them two weeks to address my urgent request!
5) Patience, resilience and hope are required!
What you could learn from my experience
1) Don't over-rely on ONE platform; I was able to stay in touch with my clients and community on Instagram @faithrutot21st and email
2) Check on your connections and network offline
3) Download your Linkedin connections - right NOW ??
4) If you are a business, maintain a mailing lists so that you can stay connected with your community outside Linkedin
We could all live without Linkedin, but I have learnt over the last few weeks that having access to the platform is very important for my business and my personal brand. Importantly for staying connected with my clients, friends and community and for my personal brand. I missed sharing my motivational content with you.
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Community & Connection
I have used Linkedin for many years to connect, collaborate and grow my speaking and coaching business?Transformation21st Limited ?www.faithruto.com .
I have used the platform to grow a community for women in leadership. Champion DEI causes and global agenda. Recently, I was chosen to represent UN Women UK at the CSW67 Convention. When using LinkedIn regularly, you get updates, e.g. news, industry insights & updates from your connections. Linkedin has the power to connect individuals from all works of life and business backgrounds. How are you using LinkedIn?
Visibility and Branding
It's true what they say, out of sight, out of mind! When you show up regularly on Linkedin, you get visible and noticed. I get a high % of my paid speaking gigs from Linkedin. Whether you are looking for a speaker for your team building, women in tech conferences and black history month celebration, you can book me to deliver an engaging in-person or online Keynote address.
How and when you use Linkedin matters; make sure your profile is current, and you are a contributor.
Remember, what happened to me was accidental, but Linkedin has no customer support, and the wait to be reinstated can be extremely frustrating!
It's a wonderful lesson that I have learnt, not to take being on LinkedIn for granted.
If you are not yet on my mailing list, come and join today?at www.faithruto.com or book a call in my calendar https://calendly.com/faith-ruto/30?month=2023-07
If I was to be disconnected forever from LinkedIn, I would miss all the nearly 6,000 connections.
Let's make more efforts to stay connected to one another online and offline. Drop me a DM and let me know what you are up to these days.
Take care and stay safe!
?????? Global Brand Strategy ?? AI-powered brand ?? Brand Marketing @Builder.ai ???? Gen-Z Mentor ?? Neurodiversity Champion ?? I brand + represent the underrepresented in Tech
1 年Oh no. That’s awful. Had no idea they had locked you out. Glad your back
Experienced Senior Communications Leader | ~ Visibility Strategist | ~ Speaker, Trainer, Coach | ~ 4x Author | #StartBeingVisible | ?? MildredTalabi.com
1 年LinkedIn your support service (or lack thereof) lets the app down pretty badly ??
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1 年All great thoughts and very actionable. I would add a little twist, which is to ask yourself what this gift of extra time away from the normal routine could give you. Perhaps it's writing that book you've been putting off. Could it be working on your YouTube channel? Or, maybe it's creating a new course. Whatever you decide, you'll be moving in a positive direction while you wait for the LinkedIn overlords to let you back in.
Charity CEO | Entrepreneur | Chancellor | Personal Branding, Sales, Marketing, AI + Customer Insights | Business Education for Startups + Scaleups | Women in STEM | Author, Speaker, Mentor
1 年Sounds like quite an ordeal to be locked out of LinkedIn. I’m glad you are back, Faith :)
Independent Non-Executive Director @ Cranswick | RemCo Chair| Founder @Solaris | Keynote Speaker| Inclusion and Love-Based Leadership Advocate
1 年Dear Faith Ruto MBA (ICF, EMCC and AC Certified) thank you for this insightful write up. Much appreciated. I have taken learnings from it.