Spaghetti on the Wall : Branding and Networking Methods That Stick!

Social marketing trailblazer, April Kelly, dishes up time-tested advice and practical tools that will help you build a personal brand and real networking connections that deliver results.

-- LEARN HOW TO --
• Identify key strengths, unique values, and passions
• Create realistic, specific goals
• Enhance and define a personal brand
• Apply the four paramount rules of networking
• Use social networking sites to build a valuable network
Taking control of your career now is essential, and the advice Kelly shares in Spaghetti on the Wall will help you effectively manage and develop the kind of personal brand that sticks.

April Kelly held senior management positions and leadership roles for both PayPal and LinkedIn from their start-up years through their rapid growth to industry powerhouses. April is also the author of Gratitude at Work: How to Say Thank You, Give Kudos, and Get the Best from Those You Lead.

April Kelly was working for PayPal before they were PayPal, laying the foundation and building the company from the ground up. In her next role, as the Senior Director of Customer Operations at LinkedIn, she would be placed in the center of another dot com revolution: professional networking. She started, staffed, and unlocked the door to the customer service center for LinkedIn in Omaha in late 2006. Today, the office supports over 100 million LinkedIn users worldwide. Currently, April is a Senior Consultant, Author, and Speaker at Luma Services. She is also actively pursuing her passion for art in the form of painting. Several of her pieces are hanging in art galleries nationwide. April is a firm believer in networking to build a personal brand. As with her first book, Gratitude at Work: How to Say Thank You, Give Kudos, and Get the Best from Those You Lead (also from WooHoo Press at WooHooPress.com), she practices what she preaches. Her professional life is supported and has advanced by quality networking. And her personal brand makes a strong statement about her and her contributions to the workplace and to the community at large.