Episode 118 with Linkedin Connection Expert and Founder of Leverage Up LLC Deanna Russo

Linkedin Connection Expert and Founder of Leverage Up LLC Deanna Russo joins this episode to talk about:

• How connection really works. 
• Getting to know people offline as well as online. 
• The intimidation factor. 
• A false expectation of who people really are.
• The two ways ways to decide to connect. 
• The power of leveraging up.
• Realizing Linkedin was more about connection and engagement.
• Times you have to disconnect.
• Knowing your ideal connections.
• The events of March 6, 1998 and the words her sister said to her in their last conversation.
• Her sister killed instantly in a car accident with a drunk driver.
• The drunk driver stopped by the police five hours previous.
• Speaking out against drunk driving and helping people who've walked similar roads.
• Her parents being the strongest people she's ever known.
• What the world missed by her sister not being in it.
• Ignoring people who tell you to "get over it."

Connect with Deanna on Linkedin and at www.leverageupllc.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/a70-cea8Aa4