Comments on: Bling Bling for your LinkedIn Profile http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2008/11/05/bling-bling-for-your-linkedin-profile/ the blog behind the book Mon, 07 May 2012 23:10:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Adding Bullets to your LinkedIn Profile | I'm On LinkedIn - Now What??? http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2008/11/05/bling-bling-for-your-linkedin-profile/#comment-1019 Adding Bullets to your LinkedIn Profile | I'm On LinkedIn - Now What??? Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:00:18 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=236#comment-1019 [...] yeah, lest you think this is anything new, check out this post I did back in 2008, with some other symbols…. thanks to Lisa Hendrickson [...] [...] yeah, lest you think this is anything new, check out this post I did back in 2008, with some other symbols…. thanks to Lisa Hendrickson [...]

]]> By: Lisa Hendrickson http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2008/11/05/bling-bling-for-your-linkedin-profile/#comment-1017 Lisa Hendrickson Thu, 28 May 2009 14:52:33 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=236#comment-1017 Looks great Chris! I love the bling! Looks great Chris! I love the bling!

]]> By: Chris Carpinello http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2008/11/05/bling-bling-for-your-linkedin-profile/#comment-1016 Chris Carpinello Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:55:54 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=236#comment-1016 I've updated my LinkedIn profile with these symbols to effectively draw attention to list items. It's a great way to make them pop, preventing the dreaded "wall of text" syndrome I see all too often in profiles. http://www.linkedin.com/in/chriscarpinello I’ve updated my LinkedIn profile with these symbols to effectively draw attention to list items. It’s a great way to make them pop, preventing the dreaded “wall of text” syndrome I see all too often in profiles.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/chriscarpinello

]]> By: Paul Zagoridis http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2008/11/05/bling-bling-for-your-linkedin-profile/#comment-1015 Paul Zagoridis Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:01:13 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=236#comment-1015 They certainly add bling, and if you wish to restrict your connections to only use the LinkedIn platform then by all means use bullets everywhere. The problem occurs when people put bullets in their name and company fields. Many erroneously think this makes them stand out in searches. It makes them look like amateurs. Lisa Hendrickson uses bullets to good effect in her headline and summary. When exporting from LinkedIn those fields do not get exported by LinkedIn tools. The problem occurs when people put them in company or name fields. Anybody importing the data should specify UTF-8 encoding. That way non-english names will also import correctly (e.g. Hispanic names with accents). People should put only their names in the name fields: firstly to appear professional, but more importantly to develop connections with new people. Grow some connections outside and beyond LinkedIn make it easy on their address book. I'm the 10th most connected person in Australia and an open networker, so feel free to send me an invitation via <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulzag" rel="nofollow">my LinkedIn profile</a>. Jason if that's too spammy please delete this last paragraph or the whole comment. They certainly add bling, and if you wish to restrict your connections to only use the LinkedIn platform then by all means use bullets everywhere.

The problem occurs when people put bullets in their name and company fields. Many erroneously think this makes them stand out in searches. It makes them look like amateurs.

Lisa Hendrickson uses bullets to good effect in her headline and summary. When exporting from LinkedIn those fields do not get exported by LinkedIn tools.

The problem occurs when people put them in company or name fields. Anybody importing the data should specify UTF-8 encoding. That way non-english names will also import correctly (e.g. Hispanic names with accents).

People should put only their names in the name fields: firstly to appear professional, but more importantly to develop connections with new people. Grow some connections outside and beyond LinkedIn make it easy on their address book.

I’m the 10th most connected person in Australia and an open networker, so feel free to send me an invitation via my LinkedIn profile. Jason if that’s too spammy please delete this last paragraph or the whole comment.

]]> By: New Events section on Linkedin | Event Manager Blog http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2008/11/05/bling-bling-for-your-linkedin-profile/#comment-1014 New Events section on Linkedin | Event Manager Blog Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:29:05 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=236#comment-1014 [...] also ping Jason Alba, a Linkedin guru, to tell us his experience and [...] [...] also ping Jason Alba, a Linkedin guru, to tell us his experience and [...]

]]> By: Lisa Hendrickson http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2008/11/05/bling-bling-for-your-linkedin-profile/#comment-1013 Lisa Hendrickson Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:24:43 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=236#comment-1013 Check out my profile (www.linkedin.com/in/callthatgirl)...you'll see 100% content and the stars...yep, are attention grabbing. No, they are not for every person as Jason stated, but for someone who is starting up a business it has helped me gain attention in a small way. And kinda shows off my personality, that matches my branding too. I have to say it's the best professional online networking tool I've used, but it doesn't need to be so stuffy either. As for the exporting of the bling, when you do an export of your contacts, the bling doesn't show up, just the email and contact info. Mine didn't export the bling anyway. Check out my profile (www.linkedin.com/in/callthatgirl)…you’ll see 100% content and the stars…yep, are attention grabbing. No, they are not for every person as Jason stated, but for someone who is starting up a business it has helped me gain attention in a small way. And kinda shows off my personality, that matches my branding too. I have to say it’s the best professional online networking tool I’ve used, but it doesn’t need to be so stuffy either.

As for the exporting of the bling, when you do an export of your contacts, the bling doesn’t show up, just the email and contact info. Mine didn’t export the bling anyway.

]]> By: RecruiterGuy http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2008/11/05/bling-bling-for-your-linkedin-profile/#comment-1012 RecruiterGuy Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:47:56 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=236#comment-1012 These are another step towards taking away the effectiveness and 'grown up' feel of LinkedIn. In short... Moving more towards MySpace. LinkedIn - Suit/Tie networking Facebook - Khaki/Dockers networking MySpace - Cutoffs/Sandals (shirt optional) networking In my opinion the symbols serve no additional purpose other than grab some quick attention - but I believe the attention remains on the symbols and not the profile content. I could be wrong here and would love someone to clarify for me if so. :-) Additionally, import/export becomes a pain. I wouldn't blame anyone for using these little gems... but I'd question the reasoning if anything other than, "Hey, look what I can do." Just my $0.02. These are another step towards taking away the effectiveness and ‘grown up’ feel of LinkedIn. In short… Moving more towards MySpace.

LinkedIn – Suit/Tie networking
Facebook – Khaki/Dockers networking
MySpace – Cutoffs/Sandals (shirt optional) networking

In my opinion the symbols serve no additional purpose other than grab some quick attention – but I believe the attention remains on the symbols and not the profile content. I could be wrong here and would love someone to clarify for me if so. :-)

Additionally, import/export becomes a pain. I wouldn’t blame anyone for using these little gems… but I’d question the reasoning if anything other than, “Hey, look what I can do.”

Just my $0.02.

]]> By: Nancy B http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2008/11/05/bling-bling-for-your-linkedin-profile/#comment-1011 Nancy B Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:43:46 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=236#comment-1011 BUT... when you export this 'bling' and try and import your contacts into other tools, or use the information with some mail merge programs, the values don't translate. They end up as little open squares or small 'list' circles. They may be part of the brand in that format for that purpose, but to me it's an additional step to reuse the informaiton. BUT… when you export this ‘bling’ and try and import your contacts into other tools, or use the information with some mail merge programs, the values don’t translate. They end up as little open squares or small ‘list’ circles.

They may be part of the brand in that format for that purpose, but to me it’s an additional step to reuse the informaiton.

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