Satisfaction Survey for Post Road Consulting

When it comes to personal branding, I always ask my coaching clients and my graduate students the question: "In your career, what do you, ultimately, want to be known as 'the guru of' or 'the go-to person for'?" Well, when it comes to all things LinkedIn-related, as far as I am concerned, the Guru of... and the Go-to Person for...LinkedIn is Sandra Long of Post Road Consulting! An excellent presenter, trainer, and facilitator, Sandra, literally, "wrote the book" on this subject, with her must-read masterwork, "LinkedIn for Personal Branding: The Ultimate Guide." So when it comes to building your brand -- both online and offline -- you can't make a better decision than to reach out to Sandra Long...as she, herself, is "the ultimate guide" in this area.

I have known Sandra for many years as a well connected LinkedIn Expert. I reached out to ask for recommendations on speakers for a conference I was organizing and she instantly mobilized her network of key influencers to speak. Her suggestions helped make the conference a great success. Sandra's presentation at the conference was particularly well-received to a full house and I am grateful for her ability to connect with people in so many ways and collaborate on these projects together.

Sandra provides high impact training, consulting, and webinar presentations to support Pitney Bowes' highly successful social selling program. Having worked together for the past 4 years Sandra's expertise in LinkedIn and social selling has not only helped to drive the program forward but she has also become a valuable partner in helping to transform the sales organization. I would highly recommend Sandra Long and the Post Road Consulting team to any sales or marketing organization

I was lucky to sit in on Sandra's LinkedIn presentation last summer at the NE/SAE Annual Conference at Ocean Edge Resort. Right then and there, I knew that she had a message that members of my association (New England Golf Course Owners Association - NEGCOA) needed to hear! Many folks out there think that LI is only helpful for those hiring or job hunting. Sandra drives home the fact that it is about networking and building connections. She showed our group ways in which utilizing LinkedIn could help them bring in more business. She was clear and convincing. Early polling results showed that she was a hit with our group. I'm sure she would be a great presenter for your next event!

Sandra presented on LinkedIn Personal Branding for our Women's Business Center in White Plains and got rave reviews. Our clients were thrilled to learn how to use LinkedIn to leverage their networks to grow their businesses. We highly recommend her! - Review is from Google. Submitted after a training session in White Plains NY workshop on Linkedin Personal Branding

Sandra Long and team have helped Climate Partners tremendously over the past few years getting our social media presence launched. She is smart & attentive, and always willing to help. We've even enjoyed being on the other side of the fence, helping her family with their HVAC. Highly recommend her and PRC!! Boom!

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Comment: I found Sandra to be a true professional. She provided a vision as to how best to present my credentials and experiences and worked with me to implement my new profile page. I am very pleased with the results

• How would you rank your overall satisfaction working with Post Road Consulting?
• Was the work performed in a professional and timely manner?
• How would you rate your comfort level in recommending Post Road Consulting to others for similar work?

Comment: Our company recently engaged Post Road Consulting to help our sales and marketing teams with their LinkedIn profiles. Owner/Trainer Sandra Long and Consultant Craig Patton provided step-by-step instruction while all associates updated their profiles, “live,” as they learned. Later, Sandra met with our VP of Sales for a second session about specific strategies and tactics for using LinkedIn for prospecting. She reminded everybody that, with so much information available online, customers have gained more control of the buying process. “If we don’t craft our own stories, we’ll be known for what others want to know us for,” Sandra advised. Helping that, she said, is our ability and willingness to be “thought leaders”: creating informational content that educates our target markets (as opposed to promotes to them), as well as commenting on and sharing others’ content. These are good lessons for making the most of this powerful social media platform.

Sandra spoke to us recently at the National Speakers Association, CT chapter and all I can say is WOW! She tailored the program to speakers and their challenges and delivered more than I could have imagined. Every person in the room was engaged, asking questions and taking notes. No one wanted the session to end. The feedback has been extraordinary! Our members left inspired and motivated and are now using LinkedIn to their fullest advantage. If you are planning an event and are looking for an expert to teach your staff best LinkedIn practices, look no further. We all recommend Sandra Long without reservation! I was even inspired to blow the dust off my own LinkedIn profile and get back in the game!

I had the pleasure of hosting Sandra Long at Fairfield Public Library for a Job Series program, LinkedIn and Your Career. We try to have at least one LinkedIn event per season. Sandra hit this out of the park. She was organized, connected with our job seeking patrons, and gave a tight program which came in at 75 minutes - my personal favorite length for evening programs. I highly recommend Sandra for speaking due to her expertise with LinkedIn and her warm and engaging speaking style.

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Comment: Wonderful experience working with Post Road Consulting. I highly recommend utilizing them for their services as they take their time to truly listen, engage, partner and work with the individual needs of the client. I worked with Heather who was terrific! Thank you!

Sandra recently spoke at an event for Pitney Bowes "Using LinkedIn to Build a Winning Personal Brand". The session was attended by employees around the world and it was very informative and interactive. I was impressed by Sandra's presence and presentation skills along with her in depth knowledge of how to use LinkedIn effectively as well as with the mobile application. She is a true professional !

I needed Post Road Consulting's help and I was delighted to work with Craig Patton. He helped me enhance my LinkedIn profile. It was a daunting task for me, as I don't like to write about myself. He had great energy and kept me focused on the task at hand. I am a kitchen designer and he added pictures of my work, so it really brought my profile to life. He was able to take my message and keep my authentic voice, but just polished it up for me. He had insightful comments and was a pleasure to work with.

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Comment: I am very impressed with the Post Road Consulting team. I heard Sandra speak in Chicago about using LinkedIn for personal and corporate branding. She is a great speaker and very knowledgeable about LinkedIn. I subsequently hired PRC for an Executive Profile upgrade service. I had an excellent experience working with Heather on my profile. She interviewed me, re-wrote my profile, added in marketing assets, and re-positioned my brand to align with my organization. I highly recommend Post Road Consulting.

Heather Salvatore did an excellent job upgrading my LinkedIn presence. I hired Post Road Consulting for an executive profile service. Heather is an excellent listener and writer. She started by interviewing me and then writing. I feel that she successfully re-positioned my profile so that it more accurately reflects my personal and corporate brand. I highly recommend Heather and Post Road Consulting.

I had the opportunity to first meet Sandra when she and I collaborated on a Social Selling class for Rutgers University as part of their Mini-MBA™ programs. I was immediately impressed by both her social selling experience as well as her ability to distill complex topics into easy-to-understand terms. I highly recommend her book for anyone looking to build their personal brand via LinkedIn. (Taken from Amazon)

We hired Sandra Long of Post Road Consulting for an Advanced LinkedIn workshop to advance our brand and thought leadership. Sandra helped our team think very differently about our positioning and opportunities from LinkedIn. There were dozens of great learnings that we instantly connected to our mission, including ideas around building trust and operating with gratitude. I highly recommend Sandra Long and Post Road Consulting for any strategic LinkedIn consulting or workshop.

Sandra delivers! I have had the pleasure of listening to Sandra speak on multiple occasions and hired her to work directly with our sales team in order to optimize our LinkedIn profiles. This was a highly productive, hands on work shop at our firm. Specific action items where discussed and implemented immediately. Due to technology, business today is moving at the speed of light. Social selling is key to any individuals relevance in the marketplace. Sandra's strategies open doors and provide a framework for using LinkedIn as a social selling tool.

Our organization had the pleasure of experiencing a couple of Sandra’s LinkedIn workshops for our employees. She has abundant energy and tremendous expertise in helping people build their brand, understanding the importance of networking, and successfully navigating the various nuances of LinkedIn. She epitomizes professionalism in her presentation and shows a genuine sincerity for the success of her audience.

Sandra does an excellent job providing “Social Selling” training and coaching for our Stamford office. We closed several transactions and added pipeline opportunities that are directly correlated to our focus on LinkedIn with Post Road Consulting support. We have worked with her company for two years. Our broker profiles are customer friendly and reflect company branding. Our team has learned to open new doors and connect into new opportunities more efficiently. Sandra also helped our office to upgrade and leverage LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator solution. I highly recommend Sandra Long and Post Road Consulting for any engagement including Social Selling (LinkedIn for Sales). She always goes “above and beyond” to help her clients achieve success. Our brokers have high praise for the personalized support!

I recently presented to a large, professional group of women on the benefits of creating a personal brand online via an optimized LinkedIn profile. I used Sandra's book as a give-away to a few lucky people. This book is loaded with relevant, topical and valuable information on the power of LinkedIn and how to optimize your LinkedIn profile for your personal brand. A great reference with examples and website links. I'd recommend it for college students, those who are seeking a new job or would like to advance or stand out in their current employment, entrepreneurs, second acts...really, anyone who is online and on LinkedIn or just getting started with LinkedIn.

Sandra and her team delivered two outstanding LinkedIn workshops for our students which really opened their eyes not only to the value of the LinkedIn tool, but to the many creative ways that it can be used to move their careers forward. She was so knowledgeable, gracious and engaging...we loved being able to have her here (twice!) What a treat for our great students

I am a member of a Speakers' Organization with Sandra, where I have seen her speak, chair meetings, and offer expert advice openly and authentically. Sandra is certainly a Social Media expert and anyone would gain from her expertise and experience as well as her open, friendly, and entertaining hands-on teaching style

Sandra and her team recently conducted a workshop at my company. Best, most valuable 3 hours spent at a workshop in a long time. Sandra researched our firm, investigated our biggest challenges such as lack of employer branding and recruiting in a noninvasive, quick, enjoyable manner. At the workshop, she and her team provided our company information (and hands on instruction) to be uploaded onto our personal pages for a top notch professional look! Our employees have now become brand ambassadors for our organization while simultaneously improving their personal image! All 20 attendees of this workshop had fantastic feedback and felt the 3 hour workshop was well worth their time! Since the workshop was so hands on, all participants walked away with a finished product for their LI profiles. We will be working more with PRC in 2017 for enhanced client prospecting/LI strategies, specifically for our sales team. Thank you Sandra, Heather and Craig for making me look good to my employees! I am considered an HR hero because of you!