Archive for the ‘social networking’ Category
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
I got an email from a forum I'm on linking to this blog post from Design Taxi: Report: Most of LinkedIn's Users Don't Use the Site.
What do you think?
Are you surprised?
I'm not.
Almost two years ago I wrote a blog post titled Fake Metrics, where I talk about the difference between ...
Posted in LinkedIn for Job Seekers, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 2 Comments »
Monday, February 14th, 2011
You may have heard debates about what is better, Facebook or LinkedIn or ____.
I don't get too involved in those talks for various reasons. Even though LinkedIn has 1/6th (more or less) the number of signups that Facebook has, it is still a strong, contender for what it does.
Can Facebook, ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
I get almost-canned invitations regularly that say:
I use LinkedIn to keep track of my professional network, and would like to add you.
I hate this, for two reasons.
First, no one uses LinkedIn to "keep track of their professional network," just by adding someone.
If you add me to your network, how do ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
LinkedIn recently announced they are giving Group owners the ability to make a LinkedIn Group public... and some people are getting really excited about it.
But what does that mean to you?
In a nutshell, if a LinkedIn Group switches from Private, where no one can access the Group unless they (a) ...
Posted in LinkedIn Groups, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
There are a thousand ways to do it right and a thousand ways to do it wrong. I wanted to share some thoughts from one I got this morning. This comes from Carol to one of my second degree contacts:
My question there is.... what next? If I'm Dan, what do ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn Introductions, social networking | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
I got this from an attendee of one of my recent LinkedIn workshops:
I've found an interesting use of Twitter. I've found some interesting profiles in LinkedIn with no common groups to me or logical introduction devices, but they have Twitter accounts. I go in and follow them on Twitter. So ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, social networking | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
I just got this message in an invitation to connect:
You probably know I designed JibberJobber.com as a tool to help organize and keep track of a job search - most of which is keeping track of network contacts. So I'm greatly biased here, but I want to make a distinction ...
Posted in social networking, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Just read an article on RecruitingBlogs by Hung Lee titled Who Owns Your LinkedIn Profile? What EVERYONE Needs To Know.
By the ominous title I'd suggest that you already know the answer... YOU DON'T.
Well, let's clarify that a bit. Lee's article is all about the ownership outside of LinkedIn's Terms of ...
Posted in social networking, Using LinkedIn | 6 Comments »
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
I get this regularly. I think this is poor logic and irresponsible connecting.
Just because we share a group means we should connect?
Please... please give me a better reason. Tell me how you found my Profile (same group - that's okay) and then tell me WHY it makes sense to connect.
I'd ...
Posted in LinkedIn Introductions, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 12 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in social networking, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
