Archive for the ‘Using LinkedIn’ Category

When Do You Update Your LinkedIn Profile?

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

I read a post on TechCrunch titled MySpace Lost Faith For All Things Mobile; Former VP John Faith Gone. (clever title Robin!) Check out this line, in the first paragraph: His resignation hasn’t been announced yet (nor has his LinkedIn profile been updated), but we’ve confirmed hallway rumors that... Wow... journalists are checking out ...

LinkedIn Profile Critique: Thom Allen

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

LinkedIn for Job Seekers for $49.95 $25. Check out all the specials here.Thom Allen, a local friend, asked me to critique his LinkedIn Profile.  On my LinkedIn DVD there are over 20 minutes of video where I critique five professionals' LinkedIn Profiles... it was one of the funner parts ...

How to Disconnect from Contacts in LinkedIn

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

LinkedIn for Job Seekers DVD for $49.95 $25. Check out all the specials here.I recently got the following email: >> I accidentally INVITED some people to LINKEDIN that I did not want to invite. They accepted !! I'm guessing you accidentally invited them because of importing from your email system.  What ...

LinkedIn Privacy Issue: People You May Know

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

LinkedIn for Job Seekers DVD for $49.95 $25. Check out all the specials here. Last year I wrote LinkedIn People You May Know Privacy Controversy.  I included a paraphrased response I got from someone at LinkedIn about how they gather this information. In the comments, though, the controversy continues... on the ...

LinkedIn Marketing Guide

Monday, February 15th, 2010

LinkedIn for Job Seekers for $49.95 $25. Check out all the specials here. Last week I found this LinkedIn Marketing Guide slideshare... it's pretty good.  It's not comprehensive but I learned some stuff while going through it.  I also enjoyed the case studies at the end. Enjoy! LinkedIn Marketing Guide View more documents ...

Looking at Profiles on LinkedIn

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Check out this cool post by Steve Duncan titled You need to look at more profiles.  Steve talks about how he got on someone's radar just because he looked at her LinkedIn Profile... Are you looking at enough Profiles of key people you want to network with? Or, do you check ...

Startups Raise Money Using LinkedIn?

Friday, January 29th, 2010

I am on a newsletter that Marc Freedman puts out where I learned about an Irish startup, Goshido, that got it's first round of financing by using LinkedIn. Only LinkedIn. And they apparently closed the round in eight days (having been looking at financing for the last 4 years, I find that ...

Perhaps My #1 LinkedIn Pet Peeve?

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Buy my LinkedIn DVD at 50% off (while supplies last).I saw a blog post from Thom Singer a few days ago and it really got under my skin.  Thom hit on something that has bothered me since DAY 1. You can see his post titled: The Misrepresenation of the Power of ...

LinkedIn DVD: Version 2 is Coming Soon

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

LinkedIn made some big interface changes, and I have to change the LinkedIn for Job Seekers. I was going to start recording the next version in March but I think it's time to start it now. Starting today I'm cutting the DVD price in half (if you purchased it for full ...

LinkedIn and Social Marketing Training?

Monday, January 18th, 2010

I recently announced a new monthly program I'm doing to share what I've learned about social marketing. Each month I'll focus on a different thing - LinkedIn, video, Yahoo and Google Groups, articles, Twitter, etc. We'll go in-depth... and address your needs (as well as we can). For more information, and the monthly ...