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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
I'm reading through the post on the LinkedIn professional headline and Peter Osborne's great feedback to those who have left comments (I'll probably close the comments in a while). One thing that jumps out is ... how to put this... BORING.
Why is it boring... that's the question I'm asking myself. ...
Posted in LinkedIn Introductions, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Yesterday I wrote about LinkedIn Professional Headlines as a marketing opportunity and said you could put yours in the comments and "I (we?) might critique it."
Then, I buckled down and went to work on some big deadlines.
THEN, people started putting their headlines in.... I critiqued three but had to get ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
So many times I see LinkedIn Professional Headlines that ... well, suck.
Yours probably sucks (unless you got my LinkedIn book or my LinkedIn DVD, as I talk about this quite a bit in those).
Here's a quick test:
(a) Does your LinkedIn Professional Headline have your TITLE?
(b) Does your LinkedIn Professional Headline ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 66 Comments »
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
LinkedIn for Job Seekers for $49.95 $25. Check out all the specials here.Thom Allen, a local friend, asked me to critique his LinkedIn Profile. On my LinkedIn DVD there are over 20 minutes of video where I critique five professionals' LinkedIn Profiles... it was one of the funner parts ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 10 Comments »
Monday, September 7th, 2009
Brad Attig is a career coach and a JibberJobber Partner - he has a good post titled A little LinkedIn Contraversy where he talks about what you should put in your "employment status" on LinkedIn. The concepts he brings up apply to the status as well as the LinkedIn Professional ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Friday, July 31st, 2009
When I first got my LinkedIn Profile "done," I thought I was good for a while. And really, I was.
But the more I dug into good great LinkedIn Profiles, the more I realized I could tweak this part or that part. In fact, there is a lot to tweak....but I ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
I posted a "discussion" on a LinkedIn Group yesterday to see what kind of feedback I got. I got an unexpected good thing (how do you say "unexpected good thing?") happen to me... can you spot it here?
Check out the first one, starting out as Highly talented... see who posted ...
Posted in LinkedIn Groups, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Yesterday I got a question on Twitter about my post on the LinkedIn Professional Headline, and what you should put there if you are in transition.
What a great question. I think it's okay to have something like either of these:
Option 1: lay your cards out on the table.
Project manager in ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
You know that little blurb below your name, on your LinkedIn Profile? They call it a "professional headline."
Most people just have their title, even if it's a non-descript, boring title. Probably because we like to identify ourselves by our title (cool if it's big, horrible if you are unemployed :p).
I ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 10 Comments »
