Archive for the ‘social networking’ Category
Friday, April 26th, 2013
LinkedIn Contacts is one of the coolest things LinkedIn has released. They should have done it years ago. They really should have just acquired JibberJobber years ago, but oh well :)
LinkedIn Contacts is the closest thing to CRM that LinkedIn has released. It comes from some strategic acquisitions, one directly ...
Posted in LinkedIn Contacts, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 4 Comments »
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
I have a simple connection policy. Because I have such a public presence (with my articles, speaking, books, JibberJobber, etc.) I pretty much accept everyone who invites me to connect.
I know LinkedIn says to only accept invitations from people you know and trust, but I think that concept is fundamentally ...
Posted in LinkedIn for Job Seekers, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
If you haven't heard yet, I'm doing a webinar on Friday morning (9am MST) on how to create and execute a proactive strategy on LinkedIn. More details and signup button here. From that page:
In this webinar you will learn:
Where to find people on LinkedIn. There are many more places than the ...
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
I want you to be my evangelist.
And, you should want others to be your evangelist. If you don't agree, we have a problem :)
Anyway, let me explain the difference between Like, Share and Comments on statuses. This might impact how you ask others to share your stuff.
Check out this status ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 3 Comments »
Monday, November 5th, 2012
The QvQ debate (quality vs. quantity) is tiring. I don't care what you choose. And I'm not going to try to change your thinking.
Needed to get that out of the way so this doesn't become a post about which is better.
I just wanted to share ONE perspective from an inbound ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 4 Comments »
Thursday, November 1st, 2012
LinkedIn used to be a place employed people, business owners, etc. would go to "network" professionally.
Over time, with changes in their perceived brand, features, users, marketing, and how LinkedIn was actually used, things have changed.
What I'm hearing now is mostly that LinkedIn is the next-generation job board. This is good ...
Posted in social networking, Using LinkedIn | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
On Quora there is an awesome question: LinkedIn: Why hasn't anyone disrupted LinkedIn yet?
Actually, what's awesome is John Bischke's answer here.
In a nutshell John talks about the diff between LinkedIn and Facebook... and what could disrupt LinkedIn. I agree with everything he says.
I don't think any organization is going to be ...
Posted in social networking | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
Here's one of those "I'll get around to it when I have time." In the meantime I've lost thousands of branding opportunities.
This week I started a new Group (my second) called the Veteran Transition Alliance. I haven't advertised it out yet, don't even have a logo yet.
I do know that ...
Posted in LinkedIn Groups, social networking, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Check out this really interesting article on Forbes: LinkedIn is Disrupting the Corporate Recruiting Market
While it reads somewhat biased, the information is really interesting regarding LinkedIn's growth, finances (almost $1B in revenues this year? Companies are moving a lot of money away from you-know-who and putting it into LinkedIn), and ...
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post asking what number you were on LinkedIn. Apparently there were about 60 million signups back then, now there are over 160 million signups.
The Profile I use was the 5,108,340th member. A profile I signed up with earlier, that I had ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 9 Comments »
