Hi! I'm Leslie.
I’m really passionate about helping you feel empowered and confident with your professional presence. In 2009, I launched PUNCH!media and I’ve worked with clients such as TVO, The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada, Investment Planning Counsel, JLL (Jones Lang Lasalle) and Guardian Life Insurance Company of America to PUNCH up their online presence.
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What PUNCH!media can do for you
I can help you to drive client engagement, increase conversion and/or dominate your niche as an expert.
Whether you’re in career transition, or looking to convert higher-paying clients, I will help you to feel confident that you’re using LinkedIn and Social Selling properly.
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Free Video Training
Generate more leads in your sales pipeline using Social Selling.

Free Cheat Sheet
Turn your team into Brand Ambassadors using LinkedIn.

Free Tip Sheet
Get 100% completion and manage your time using LinkedIn.
How much is a new opportunity worth to you?
PUNCH!media can help you with LinkedIn Profile Writing, LinkedIn Workshops and Social Selling Training (and much more).
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How to segment your audience for LinkedIn Company Pages.
Did you know that you can content to specific audiences on your LinkedIn Company page? You can tailor your reach to organization size, industry, function, seniority, geography, and language preference. The minimum threshold to use this functionality is a minimum of 300 followers. Here’s how to target an update on your Company Page: Click “Start…

How to let people know the proper way to pronounce your name on LinkedIn
You’d think a name like Leslie Hughes would be easy to pronounce, right? Throughout my entire life I’ve heard my surname pronounced “HEWJ-ess”, “HUG-hess” and even “HUGGIES”. Well, LinkedIn has recently launched a functionality where you can tell people how to pronounce your name. Want to add it to your profile? Here’s how: Copied directly…

Wishing you had 100,000 views on your profile or posts? Don’t be fooled by vanity metrics.
I’ll admit, I’m guilty of feeling inadequate when I see professionals announce “Look! I’ve had 100,000 views on my posts!”. Immediately my brain wonders: “What I’m doing wrong that MY posts are receiving that kind of reach?“ Years ago, I built a following of 5,000+ on Twitter. I felt really proud to have built such…