Sarah Clay

Sarah Clay Social LinkedIn training

Author of 'Employee Advocacy on LinkedIn'. THE book to teach and empower your company how to increase your brand awareness on LinkedIn, create a better company culture and get more sales.

Author

Keynote speaker at internal corporate conferences empowering whole teams to adopt the concept of employee advocacy. This is just the start! By empowering employees to use LinkedIn as a way of building their own personal brand and establishing themselves as thought leaders is a process. Working closely with the marketing, business development and/or social media departments, I help create the company message as well as help that message get more reach on LinkedIn. Working closely with employees helping them through the process of employee advocacy, creating a symbiotic relationship between the company page and the personal profiles of those involved.

Keynote Speaker: employee advocacy

Training employees and entrepreneurs how to leverage LinkedIn for Brand awareness, personal branding, content creation and lead generation on LinkedIn.
#LinkedInSimplified
#LinkedInTraining
#LinkedInTips

LinkedIn trainer, LinkedIn instructor

Having sat through 6 years of law lectures I made it my mission not to be boring on stage and I'm told I bring an energy to the stage when I speak - whether it's virtual or in person. Having spoken at various events of all different sizes, I can prepare and deliver a high quality talk at short notice.
I can deliver clear 'how to' guides to help your audience take action or if you'd like a thought leadership piece about branding, communication, networking or employee advocacy and company culture then I'm there too!
Clients include: 
Deal Catalyst, Hays Macintyre accountants, Digital Women, Social Media Marketing World, Social Pulse, Agorapulse, LinkedIn Summit, You Are The Media, The British Business Show, The Excel Centre, Digital Women, VACT and more!

Public Speaker

Providing social media training, strategy and management to help people and businesses expand their customer base and make more sales.
#SocialMedia
#ContentCreation
#LeadGeneration

Social Media Strategist and Trainer

Having had huge successes managing social media for Nexus Studios in Shoreditch and Hotblack Desiato estate agents in North London, I decided to specialise in this area. I quit the day job to study Social Media Management with Digital Mums.  I graduated in October 2017 with 100% in all modules.

Social Media Marketing Manager

BNI Knightsbridge

Education Coordinator

LinkedIn For Entrepreneurs Club

Clubhouse Moderator

Nexus Studios

Ensuring the amazing and extremely varied work at Nexus Studios was made public I wrote press releases and ensured all new content was positioned in it's most advantageous publications, on the website and all the Nexus social media at the correct times. I established and maintained trade contacts, headed up the Social Media strategy and wrote new content for the Nexus Studios website.

Head Of Public Relations

Hotblack Desiato - Estate Agents

In order to maintain their position as long standing, local estate agents I created and implemented marketing and advertising campaigns for the three offices.  I created ideas and I worked with designers, printers, magazines etc to implement those ideas and ensure the company's presence in North London was strong and consistent. I also looked after Hotblack Desiato's social media: twitter, facebook and pinterest.

Marketing Executive

Petts and Clay Casting

Working with the wonderful Tree Petts, we cast actors for commercials, music videos, broadcast, short films etc.
Our speciality was street casting - not an easy way to find talent - but we did it!

Casting Director

Freelance

Setting up film shoots from hiring crew to booking studios, locations, caterers, props, camera equipment etc.  Ensuring everything stayed within an strict budget so constantly negotiating on prices, juggling money (usually thousands of pounds) to enable the shoot to happen on the given day.  Overseeing the post production process so working with post production houses, editors etc working on the project.  A great deal of tenacity, organisation and patience required throughout!

Production Manager/Producer

Hello! 🧡 Do you feel you need more visibility for your company page? You know you should be using LinkedIn more but don't know where you're going wrong? I've written a whole book about helping companies maximise their marketing efforts, create you as a personal brand AND bring their teams together. 

Who are you?

🟣 YOU'RE A CEO
     ➡ I help you optimise your company page to attract and sell to your ideal clients
     ➡️ I teach your whole team how to use employee advocacy to increase the reach of your company message
     ➡️ I'll help you reposition your profile to give you the gravitas you deserve - personal branding works!
    ➡️ We will manage your company page for you - full content service

🟣 YOU'RE A MARKETING OR PR AGENCY
 ➡️ I can help you deliver a better service to your clients as well as promote yourself on the platform

🟣 YOU'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR NEXT BIG ROLE
     ➡️ I'll work closely with you to reposition you to give you the best chance of getting the best job and the best pay

🟣 YOU'RE RUNNING A CONFERENCE OR INTERNAL EVENT
Hire me as your energetic speaker to:
  ➡️  Empower and inspire your teams to use LinkedIn to spread your company message
  ➡️  Help your attendees understand how they can use LinkedIn more effectively

🧑🏻‍🦰 ABOUT ME
- Trained as a lawyer - amazing life and business skills
- Produced TV and music videos - organising, negotiating, people management ++
- Ran marketing and PR departments then set up my own social media agency which led me to training people how to use LinkedIn

❓ WHY WORK WITH ME?
🔶 Years of Marketing, PR, social media and being a business owner means I bring many other skills to help you truly master LinkedIn:
       - design
       - branding
       - marketing
       - sales navigator
       - communication
       - content creation
       - employee advocacy programme manager

🔶 I'm an experienced conference speaker and a regular guest on podcasts, live and on line events -delivering learning in an exciting way for you and your team

🗣 WHAT DO MY CLIENTS SAY?
 ‘Sarah worked closely with our large team on boosting our reach. Within 2 weeks my engagement and impressions stats increased by 245%'

 ‘Sarah was able to explain the technical elements really simply to me and then worked with me to devise a plan tailored to my needs.’

📈 ARE YOU READY TO START?
Let's chat: https://calendly.com/sarahclaysocial/discovery-call-with-sarah-clay-about-linkedin
➡ DM me


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LinkedIn trainer
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Employee advocacy
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LinkedIn for corporates

He’s taller than he looks on screen!

In fact he’s a bit of a man mountain and look how tiny he makes me look! 

I had the absolute delight to meet one of my online heroes yesterday at the fabulous* SocialDay ® B2B conference. 

One thing which was no surprise at all was his personality 💜

I have known Joe Glover online for years and watched The Marketing Meet Up grow and grow. 

Without making him too big headed and saying how lovely, kind and generous he is online - he did not disappoint in person. 

True authenticity at it’s best!  

Although, Joe, you may want to lower your camera in future😂

* I will be talking about the amazing learnings from B2B Social Day in another post, because it is the BEST conference I attend. Thank you to Andy Lambert and Luan Wise 💜

Helping your company get more leads on LinkedIn using your best asset 🟧 Author ‘Employee Advocacy on LinkedIn’ 🟪 C-Suite personal branding expert 🟧 Keynote speaker 🟪 Cyclist 🚴‍♀️ Liveryman

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Talked. Trained. Rode. Learned. Some lovely catch-ups and some brand new connections! October went by in a flash. If we crossed paths, it was great to see you! 💜

Started October by swapping my laptop for my Lycra and rode across the mountains from Milan to Rome with Ride25 Ltd, raising funds for 1moreChild. 🚵‍♀️

Met brilliant business founders along the way, we were over 80 riders in total, pedalling, chatting and raising money. 🚴🏻‍♀️

🔸 A conference by the sea…yes please! Brighton SEO. 
So many takeaways: 
=>> Use the whole of the internet to get visibility on AI (yes including LinkedIn) and answering potential clients' questions will help you too (dare I say I told you so?!). 

🔸 Presented a special edition of LinkedIn especially for Project Managers at the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT ,  Tony Fleming won a book and it was great to see Lochmar MacKay who I first met on Ride25.

🔸 A very proud moment as my daughter Zella graduated from LAMDA - very proud mum! 🧡

🔸 Joined Robert Craven and the GYDA crew at the Tower of London, so many insights as usual and such a supportive group.

🔸 Met my new Toastmasters group at @Angel Speakers! The focus this month for me is to think about my TED X talk - apparently there's one in all of us! 🤩

🔸 Ran an online session with the University of Westminster to help their students find and connect with their ideal employers. 

🔸 And finally caught up with the The Worshipful Company of Marketors at a pub night lock in! Lots of useful tips and fun people.

Phew, lots of exciting things planned for November! How about you?

Sarah 🧡

What is an 'emoji palette'?

It's a phrase I created to help my clients use emojis in a purposeful and strategic way.

Rather than splatter a mix of different emojis all over the place, use a select group of emojis with thought and care.

We're talking about branding here. When you become known for using a certain group of emojis and people see those emojis, they will think of you.

Encouraging your colleagues to help choose and use a group of emojis is not only fun, it also gives them a sense of autonomy and unity.

Two companies I see doing this really well are:

🟣 SAAS company SourceWhale  - no prizes for guessing which emoji they use 🐳!

🟠 Global Licensing company Fanattik  who happen to have a 🧠 as their logo!

These companies use their 'one' emoji in their company page posts, personal profile posts and also in their headlines. Brilliant use of emojis for  rand recognition.

You can also use an emoji in your name. Not only is it really powerful from a branding POV, it also helps filter out the bots. Bots can't read emojis!

How far do you take your branding? Are you ready to embrace emojis?

Sarah 🧡

Your profile is more than words, it’s about your story, your values, your expertise.

Is your LinkedIn profile showing your whole story?

Does Your LinkedIn profile actually sell you?

🔸 Who you are
🔸  What you do
🔸   Why you're the person to work with

If it doesn’t?

Time for a refresh. 🫖

Sarah 🧡

Confession time - I have a bit of a girl crush. 

Eek yes, but on who? 

On Samantha Kelly! 

When Twitter was a thing (and a good, useful thing), and the Tweeting Goddess was everywhere, I always wanted to meet her. When I was working with Sharon Kearns, I was desperate for Sharon to introduce me to Samantha - but never dared ask! (You never knew that did you Sharon?!).

So I was super excited when Samantha asked me to be on her live show!

Here's the link: https://lnkd.in/eS8kYR3V

We're going to be talking about how to boost your career using LinkedIn. So if you're an employee in a company, not necessarily looking for a new job, join us at 1pm UK time tomorrow - Monday 10th November and we will help you.

Just sign up below and you'll get the link.

My biggest dilemma is 'what on earth shall I wear?' I mean it IS Samantha Kelly....

https://lnkd.in/eS8kYR3V

Horton Consulting LLC

Helping people discover their aha moments!

Team Building and Productivity & Problem Solving Workshops
Veteran Advocate assisting military Veterans transition into civilian work life
Certified Corporate Career Coach
Career Coach for individuals (career evaluation & assessments, interview prep, etc.)
Individual and Team Assessments

President

AdvisoryCloud

HR Advisor 

Milliken & Company

•	Primarily responsible for leading operational excellence initiatives related to HR and Talent Management including Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Diversity & Inclusion, Performance Management, HRIS, Technical Workforce & Project Management Office for multi-billion dollar, privately held global textile, floor covering and chemical products manufacturer.
•	Improved engagement and retention of diverse workforce and human capital assets via the establishment of a mentorship program including Women’s Mentorship Circle.
•	Improved productivity after reviewing department functionality and creating new roles including:
•      Established new Technical Workforce Manager role that engaged 4 Apprentices within 5 months
	College Program Manager to align recruiters with institutional/program targets, increase corporate/brand visibility, and eliminate duplication of efforts. 
	Director of HR Technology to better facilitate SAP HRIS (SuccessFactors) after building infrastructure and need for new role. 
•	Enhanced capacity, recruitment, and retention after assisting in the development of and co-facilitating first Unconscious Bias Training program to over 600 managers across the globe. 
•	Established Veteran Hiring Pipeline through partnership with Upstate Warrior Solution. 
•	Expanded well-functioning areas and reduced/eliminated issues by developing and tracking core metrics (Days to First Submission, Days to Fill, New Hire Satisfaction, etc.); analyzing Organizational Health results, establishing and gleaning feedback from focus groups, and designing projects based on all findings. 
•	Mitigated audit risk with OFCCP after implementing America’s Job Exchange.

Director, Talent & HR Technology

•	Primarily responsible for the successful daily operations and support to employees including HR Project Management Office, SAP HRIS, Data Analytics & Reporting, Acquisition Due Diligence, Associate Services/Employee Relations, HR Policy and Compliance.

Director,  Human Resource Operations

Managed key multi-functional Human Resource projects including strategic workforce planning and healthcare transition. Managed overall HR project portfolio. Developed Project Management methodology for HR and trained Project Management methodologies across HR community.
Managed HR overhead and project budgets.

PMO Manager, Human Resources

Sealed Air Corporation

Key member of team that developed new process to evaluate proposals before approval
Developed Process Playbook and facilitated monthly proposal review and evaluation meetings
Reviewed application portfolio and made recommendations on sun setting or growth path specifically for HR and Finance related systems.
Analyzed business requirements and determined software solution, resource and cost estimation based on best practice and company road map.

​IS Manager Architecture Governance & Portfolio Management

•	Managed and directed 6 globally based team members
•	Managed transition of PeopleSoft HRIS from newly acquired Diversey, Inc.
•	Justified, built and initiated training plan to build PeopleSoft HRIS configuration/support knowledge
•	Supported transition from SAP Payroll to ADP.
•      Created successions plans and supporting development plans for teams across IT.
•     Identified Business Analysis vendor and established first ever training in this area to improve project requirement identification

IS Manager in New Service Delivery for HR & Corporate Systems

Managed team of project managers and business analysts that work in SAP Finance and Costing.
Managed team of project managers and business analysts that work in SAP HR while shifting to Peoplesoft HCM.
Developed and implemented cross training for high demand skills which allowed for increased project throughput.
Increased use of proper project processes in HR area to reduce stress levels and increased project on time delivery.

IS Manager for New Service Delivery (Finance and HR Systems)

Oversaw IS New Service Delivery and Current Service Delivery portfolio of projects and proposals. Analyzed portfolio and provided guidance to NSD managers in improving project throughput.  
Initiated first Project Review Meeting which increased project visibility and project updates.

PMO Portfolio Manager

Ahold Information Services

Held various roles in increasing responsibility between 1997 and 2006.

Associate Developer, Developer, Project Lead/Lead Developer and Project Manager.

Team Lead

Advantica

Held various roles between 1991 - 1997 at Advantica.  Formerly known as Flagstar, TW Services and Spartan Foods.

Worked in both Denny's and Quincy's restaurant divisions.

Marketing Analyst and Financial Analyst

I'm a Project Management, IT, and HR professional—and the proud owner of a small coaching and training business—who thrives on helping people navigate career hurdles and discover their "Aha!" moments. 

I specialize in supporting individuals through career transitions, growth, and challenges, with a particular passion for serving Military Veterans and spouses as they transition into civilian careers.

As the wife of a South Carolina Army National Guard Veteran, I’m a dedicated advocate for the military community and deeply committed to helping Veterans translate their experiences, refine their job search tools, and succeed in the civilian workforce.

My work focuses on:

💡 Career Coaching – Whether you're changing careers, aiming for a promotion, or facing a workplace challenge, I provide strategic, actionable support to help you move forward.

💡 Business Coaching – As a Registered Corporate Coach™ (WABC), I help leaders align purpose with performance to meet goals and inspire teams.

💡 Veteran Career Advocacy – I assist with translating military experience, refining resumes and LinkedIn profiles, conducting mock interviews, and navigating salary negotiations.

💡 Veteran Hiring Programs – I help companies design, implement, and sustain Veteran hiring and retention strategies that deliver impact, not just intention.

💡 360° Feedback – As a certified practitioner of Center for Creative Leadership tools, I facilitate clear, confidential assessments that drive leadership development.

💡 DiSC® Assessments and Training – I’m certified by Wiley to help individuals and teams better understand behavioral preferences and communication styles.

💡Five Behaviors of a Team - I'm certified by Wiley as a certified training and practitioner of Five Behaviors of a Team based on Patrick Lencioni's little red book, "Five Dysfunctions of a Team."

💡 Training & Workshops – I design and facilitate interactive sessions focused on communication, collaboration, and team development.

💡 HR Consulting – I support small businesses, especially in the hospitality sector, with practical HR guidance and coaching tailored to their needs.

Explore free resources and connect with me here:
🌐 Website: https://www.discoveryouraha.com/resources/
🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/DiscoverYourAha

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