Archive for the ‘LinkedIn Companies’ Category

LinkedIn Company Profile & Marketing Professionals

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Recently I did a webcast recording for an awesome marketing company talking about LinkedIn Company Profiles. The presentation was on how a company can/should market on LinkedIn, and many people gravitate towards what they think the most important thing is: setting up a "Company Profile." Right after I did the recording I ...

LinkedIn: You Can Follow Companies

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

I have been at a conference most of the week and am sitting in the New Orleans airport (it's Saturday morning).... I heard about the new "follow company" feature on LinkedIn... you can read more details about it on this TechCrunch post. I haven't poked around but on the surface this ...

Why is there an impostor in my company in LinkedIn?

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

I got an email from a friend in Washington state asking why there is someone in her LinkedIn Company page that she doesn't know.  This is a very small company, she is an owner, and she would clearly know who she has hired and/or paid. The way you end up in ...

Think Like a Recruiter while on LinkedIn

Friday, December 18th, 2009

In the last post I talked about how to cheat the system by joining Groups (in regards to contacting people you find on LinkedIn). Here's another tactic, though, which I've used.  When I find a target contact I will use the internal messaging if I have to.  I like LinkedIn Introductions, ...

LinkedIn Companies – A Goldmine of Information

Friday, December 11th, 2009

This last week I've been working on "business development," or looking for key contacts in industries and companies that I want to communicate with. Specifically, I'm looking for channel partners to help me move forward with my outplacement offering.  I should say, it's more of an alternative, or even a supplement, ...

Add a Company to LinkedIn

Friday, April 17th, 2009

I have heard for a few months that you can add your own company to LinkedIn's Company section, which is an amazing (relatively) new addition.  I could never find the link to add a company, though... until recently. I'm pretty sure I found the link to add a new company in ...