Archive for the ‘LinkedIn Groups’ Category

Post to Multiple LinkedIn Groups (Jim Stroud)

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Check out this post on Recruiting Blogs by Jim Stroud on how to post to multiple LinkedIn Groups at the same time. (watch on YouTube here) Can you do this?  Youbetcha. Should you do this? Um.... well... um... what do you think?

How to find a job on LinkedIn

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

People are funny, aren't they?  They want to find a posted job, then apply for it, then interview for it, then, accept an awesome job offer, and then move out of "job mode." If there is anything you learn from this past recession I hope that it is that you need ...

Real LinkedIn Profiles vs Fake LinkedIn Profiles

Monday, December 5th, 2011

As a Group admin I go in and approve members of my Group on a regular basis. I don't want spammers in my Group, so I try to very quickly determine who is real and who isn't.  I wrote about this just a few weeks ago here: Want to Join a ...

Want to Join a LinkedIn Group? Get more than ONE CONNECTION!

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 ...

LinkedIn Profile Update: Summary + Newsletter

Friday, August 19th, 2011

Here's a quick change I just made on my Profile. I switched from Constant Contact to iContact (because a friend worked there - he doesn't anymore), and finally just moved my "newsletter" to my LinkedIn Group (where I can send an "announcement" every 8 days). So, I had to update the link ...

LinkedIn Profile: Do You Look Like a Spammer?

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

As a Group admin I get to approve requests to join my LinkedIn group.  Every time I do it I always skip a few ... usually those that LinkedIn warns me about. There are two things that jump out at me that make me think the person/account/Profile isn't a real person... ...

5 LinkedIn Tips You Didn’t Know (or did you?) – Fast Company

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Amber Mac wrote a short article on Fast Company with the five LinkedIn tips you didn' t know (see list here). The good news?  If you've been reading this blog, my LinkedIn book, or my LinkedIn DVD, you did know about them!  Here they are (see her article for her thoughts ...

Rumors: Is LinkedIn Reducing Free Features AGAIN?

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

On a LinkedIn Group I saw a message that indicated LinkedIn is reducing free account services (AGAIN)... this time it's a really big reduction. I just tested and there is no change for me, but maybe it just isn't rolled out in my account yet.  I honestly hope ...

How to Leave a LinkedIn Group (updated)

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Less than a year ago I wrote How (and Why) to Leave a LinkedIn Group. The steps to leave a LinkedIn Group have changed... here's how you leave a LinkedIn Group (as of right now): Click on Groups and then go to the Group page (you can get there various ways, this ...

Should I Open a LinkedIn Group?

Friday, January 14th, 2011

LinkedIn announced they would allow you to open a group so that people could see your contributions just by searching on Google (or any search engine). You can read LinkedIn's announcement about this here. Quoting from that post: In the new Open Groups, all discussions can be viewed by anyone on the ...