Archive for the ‘LinkedIn Connections’ Category
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
My name is Jason. I go by Jason. You can call me Jay (or, "J"), but hardly anyone does. Rarely I've been called Jase.
I don't really care... call me whatever you want. Most people just call me... Jason.
But what about people with names that are commonly nick-named? William (Bill), Jonathan ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn Profiles, LinkedIn Recommendations | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
I went to a third degree contact's profile to critique it and I saw very little of the profile. In fact, in the search results I saw the picture of the person, and I didn't see that in the profile. I see a few things, and then this:
I miss how ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn Profiles, social networking | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Excellent article on the WSJ FINS site titled Has LinkedIn Killed the Rolodex?
I thought it was going to be an article showing that yes, indeed, LinkedIn makes a rolodex obsolete.
It wasn't.
It talked about LinkedIn as the tool that it is, but not as a real relationship tool. Some points of ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Someone I met in Minneapolis last month emailed to ask what to do if your LinkedIn account gets hacked... I didn't know but he reported back. He shared this part of the email he got from customer support:
Option 2: Regain access to the account by signing the following affidavit of ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn Maintenance, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Yesterday I alluded to the danger of pruning LinkedIn Connections.
I could be wrong and outdated, but the way it used to work is this:
You and I are connected.
You decided to disconnect from me.
YOU COULD NEVER, EVER RECONNECT WITH ME AGAIN.
Crazy, huh?
If you are thinking about cleaning up your network, I ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn Maintenance | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Here is a collection of questions I got from Cleo Parker... I'm seeing the question quite a bit more, which is something I expect since LinkedIn has seen growth, especially around the world. Her comments in bold...
>> As a more perpetual job seeker than I'd really like to be and ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn for Job Seekers | No Comments »
Friday, November 11th, 2011
As a LinkedIn Group Administrator I have the power to accept or decline access to my Group.
LinkedIn flags certain profiles as a help... here's a snapshot of three that are flagged:
I rarely take time to check those Profiles out. I just uncheck the box on the left (which I already ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn Groups, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Check out this (slightly edited) email I got from a buddy:
I am looking for a job and want to leverage LinkedIn? If I find someone that works at a company that I would want to work for but I don't know them, should I invite connect with them? Assuming so ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
I got a message from a first degree contact (I accept all invites, since I speak a lot and can't know or sit down with everyone who invites me) that said this:
Thats Nice hearing back from you Bruce well My name is Angela you knw that Lol , Am single ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn Spam | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
I've received emails from my first degree connections for a while. I am always curious to know how people do this. In the early days I had a note in my Summary that said something like "If you connect with me, I'm going to put you on my newsletter." I'd ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn for Job Seekers, LinkedIn Profiles, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
