Archive for the ‘LinkedIn Groups’ Category
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?
Posted in LinkedIn Groups, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 2 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in LinkedIn for Job Seekers, LinkedIn Groups | No Comments »
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn for Job Seekers, LinkedIn Groups, LinkedIn Maintenance, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
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... ...
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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 ...
Posted in LinkedIn Applications, LinkedIn Groups, LinkedIn Maintenance, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn for Job Seekers, LinkedIn Groups, LinkedIn News | 8 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in LinkedIn Groups, Using LinkedIn | 6 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in LinkedIn Groups, Using LinkedIn | 6 Comments »
