The Thought Leadership Edge
Course Description
The Thought Leadership Edge program is designed to help business owners get noisy about their thought leadership focus as a way to find new customers. We’ll train you on the Thought Leadership Pyramid TLP™, BizHack's proven process to drive sales and build strategic partnerships using content. As part of this high-touch experiential training, you’ll upgrade your LinkedIn profile to make your more discoverable for your ideal customer, and you’ll practice sharing your thought leadership focus on the world’s largest professional network, LinkedIn.
Lead Instructor
LinkedIn marketing expert Sheryl Cattell, a veteran BizHack certified instructor, is the co-creator and lead instructor of the program. Cattell has 30 years of marketing experience working for multi-billion dollar companies across a range of industries.
Learning Objectives
- Identify and get noisy about your Thought Leadership Focus
- Connect and engage with your ideal customer using content and keywords
- Use LinkedIn as a learning tool to apply the Thought Leadership Pyramid TLP™
Summary
- 10 hours of recorded lessons with interactive quizzes and assessments
- Here's the Syllabus outlining what we cover
- You get 1-year access to course materials and members-only forums on LinkedIn
- The Sweet 16 items for a high-impact LinkedIn profile
- Tips to create timely relevant content to attract your ideal audience
Topics Covered
- Course Introduction
- Unit 1 – Becoming a Thought Leader
- Unit 2 – Channel Spotlight: Thought Leadership on LinkedIn
- Unit 3 – Level 1: The Foundation
- Unit 4 – Level 2: Know Your Target
- Unit 5 – Level 3: Get Discovered
- Unit 6 – LinkedIn All-Star Profile Upgrade
- Unit 7 – Level 4: Enter the Fray
- Unit 8 – Level 5: Take a Stand
- Unit 9 – Level 6: Get Noisy
- Unit 10 – Monitoring Metrics that Matter with Dan Grech
- Unit 11 – Bonus: Influencers, LinkedIn Ads, LinkedIn Premium
- Next Steps
Course Curriculum
- TLE unit 1 intro (7:46)
- TLE Async Unit 1 Slides
- TLE Unit 1.1 Why Thought Leadership Matters (7:49)
- TLE Uni 1.2 Thought Leader vs. Influencer (9:52)
- TLE Unit 1.3 How do you Rank as a Thought Leader_ (8:15)
- TLE Unit 1.4 The Thought Leadership Pyramid (4:04)
- TLE Unit 1.5 The Foundation (1:51)
- TLE Unit 1.6 Story of Me (13:50)
- TLE Unit 1.7 Places to Put Your Story of Me (2:01)
- TLE Unit 1.8 Core Purpose Quadrants (8:22)
- TLE Unit 1.9 Places to Put Thought Leadership Focus (1:22)
- TLE 2 Keyword Research (5:03)
- TLE Async Unit 2 Slides
- TLE unit 2 intro (1:40)
- TLE Unit 2.1 Level 2_ Know Your Target (1:26)
- TLE Unit 2.2 Persona Pairs (11:14)
- TLE Unit 2.3 Get Discovered (5:50)
- TLE Unit 2.4 Keyword Phrases (19:15)
- TLE Unit 2.5 Types of Keywords (3:39)
- TLE Unit 2.6 Hashtags (8:40)
- TLE Unit 2.7 Sweet 16 All Star LinkedIn Profile Tips (24:14)
- Unit 2 Persona Pairs Examples (9:26)
- TLE Unit 3 intro (2:52)
- TLE Unit 3.1 Enter the Fray (0:40)
- TLE Unit 3.10 Newsletters (1:48)
- TLE Unit 3.11 Pods for Increased Reach (3:01)
- TLE Unit 3.2 Becoming a Good (Social) Listener (10:25)
- TLE Unit 3.3 Competitive Research (4:50)
- TLE Unit 3.4 Level 5_ Take a Stand (21:18)
- TLE Unit 3.5 Content as a Marketing Campaign (4:19)
- TLE Unit 3.6 Using Content to Connect (4:58)
- TLE Unit 3.7 Spoke & Hub Content Strategy (8:25)
- TLE Unit 3.8 Sources for Content Ideas (9:53)
- TLE Unit 3.9 Writing Aids (17:02)
- TLE Async Unit 4 Slides
- TLE Unit 4 intro (2:45)
- TLE Unit 4.1 Creating Content For Impact (9:18)
- TLE Unit 4.2 Video First Content Strategy (2:44)
- TLE Unit 4.3 Keyword Content Mapping (8:34)
- TLE Unit 4.4 Maximize Reach with Pods (7:57)
- TLE Unit 4.5 Maximize Reach With Newsletters (9:30)
- TLE Unit 4.6 Maximize Conversions with Relationships (4:23)
- TLE Unit 4.7 Maximize Credibility with Social Proof (8:22)
- TLE Unit 4.8 Maximize Credibility with Reviews (11:58)
- TLE Unit 4.9 Maximize Credibility with Endorsements & Badges (4:47)
- TLE Unit 4.10 Maximize Credibility with Licesnses & Certifications (3:43)
- TLE Unit 4.11 Key Performance Indiciators (KPIs) l (10:52)
- TLE UNit 8 intro (4:11)
- TLE Unit 8 Lesson 1_ Level 5 - Take a Stand (21:18)
- TLE Unit 8 Lesson 2_ Content as a Marketing Campaign (4:19)
- TLE Unit 8 Lesson 3_ Using Content to Connect (4:58)
- TLE Unit 8 Lesson 4_ Spoke & Hub Content Strategy (8:25)
- TLE Unit 8 Lesson 5_ Sources for Content Ideas (9:53)
- TLE Unit 8 Lesson 6_ Writing Aids (17:02)
- TLE Unit 8 Lesson 7_ Call to Action (8:25)
- TLE Unit 8 Lesson 8_ Newsletters (1:48)
- TLE Unit 8 Lesson 9_ Pods for Increased Reach (3:01)
- TLE Unit 8.7 Call to Action I (8:25)
- TLE Unit 9 intro (4:44)
- TLE Unit 9 Lesson 10_ Maximize Credibility with Licenses & Certifications (3:43)
- TLE Unit 9 Lesson 1_ Creating Content For Impact (9:18)
- TLE Unit 9 Lesson 2_ Video First Content Strategy (2:44)
- TLE Unit 9 Lesson 3_ Keyword Content Mapping (8:34)
- TLE Unit 9 Lesson 4_ Maximize Reach With Pods (7:57)
- TLE Unit 9 Lesson 5_ Maximize Reach with Newsletters (9:30)
- TLE Unit 9 Lesson 6_ Maximize Conversions with Relationships (4:23)
- TLE Unit 9 Lesson 7_ Maximize Credibility with Social Proof (8:22)
- TLE Unit 9 Lesson 8_ Maximize Credibility with Reviews (11:58)
- TLE Unit 9 Lesson 9_ Maximize Credibility with Endorsements & Badges (4:47)
- TLE Unit 11 intro (6:15)
- TLE Unit 11 Lesson 1 Instagram Influencers (29:47)
- TLE Unit 11 Lesson 2 LinkedIn Advertising I (66:26)
- TLE Unit 11 Lesson 3 Targeting Audiences in Ads (3:13)
- TLE Unit 11 Lesson 4 Matched Audiences (4:36)
- TLE Unit 11 Lesson 5 Insight Tags (3:39)
- TLE Unit 11 Lesson 6 Premium Plans on LinkedIn (9:26)
- TLE Unit 11 Lesson 7 Recruiting Deep Dive (27:11)