Archive for the ‘social networking’ Category
Monday, August 30th, 2010
I read this post a few days ago: My Problem with LinkedIn.
The author (Tom Nixon) presents the idea that it's not really "the social network's fault," it's really our fault because we are using it wrong.
Tom suggests there are various types of LinkedIn users, including (see Tom's post for descriptions):
The ...
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
I just saw a blog post by VirtualJobCoach (the first competitor I had with JibberJobber, and some very good people :)) titled "The Trouble with LinkedIn: Bigger is not better"
In the post they argue that if you get a bigger network you are playing the numbers game and NOT "really ...
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
I have a beef with one of the perceived policies with LinkedIn.
Supposedly I'm only supposed to connect with people I "know and trust."
Both of these words can mean different things to different people - not even going to go there. Maybe Bill Clinton can weigh in on what "know" and ...
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Monday, June 28th, 2010
LinkedIn has a great opportunity to clean up spam on its network... it would be a very simple enhancement that would help the community self-police.
On a LinkedIn Profile page, on the right, there are a bunch of links:
The closest they get to deleting a contact is to "report profile photo ...
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
That is Peter Newfield's question on LinkedIn... there are 22 answers and it's really interesting.
Some say the early adopters are out because they just go look for shiny stuff, but the value is still definitely there.
Others say that LinkedIn moved Answers off the main menu and that has decreased the ...
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Monday, May 10th, 2010
I'm working on my third book, titled Eight Lunches. It's a cool idea and I'm actually looking at people to review the latest draft (more info and an excerpt here).
While I'm asking for people to review the draft and provide feedback that can help the book be more solid, I'm ...
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Friday, May 7th, 2010
Here's a question I got from someone asking about the value of Monster in a job search:
(1) With LinkedIn's new Company Follow feature, LI Recruiter/Premium Membership, LI Corporate Accounts and (2) of course the fact that most of its revenue comes from ads and job postings, (3) how is LinkedIn ...
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
This seems like a no-brainer but I've done a soft 180 on it since I read the email.
The question comes from Jennifer Armitstead, who just started a Utah County (think: 40 miles south of Salt Lake City) job club. This is one of two independent job clubs that I know ...
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
Preorder the LinkedIn for Job Seekers DVD here.
If you own a LinkedIn Group you have a quasi-opt-in newsletter available to you at no cost.
A LinkedIn Group own can go to the manage page and "send an announcement." This goes to all of the Group members except the ones who have ...
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Friday, April 2nd, 2010
Preorder the LinkedIn for Job Seekers DVD here.
I read a great post by Laurie Berenson that talks about how sometimes we fool ourselves into thinking that just because we are on LinkedIn (and Facebook and Twitter) we think we are doing a lot of networking.
The post is titled Don't get ...
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