Archive for the ‘Using LinkedIn’ Category
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
On the JibberJobber blog I just wrote about a great write-up on Deb Dib's profile... in the company section!
The problem was that she went from a buyer at Macy's to an executive career coach... something I was trying to figure out. Was there something there she hadn't explained? Something she ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Well, maybe not "lots of e-mails," but you will likely get e-mails as people join your group. Here's what they see when they join:
When you click on the "Please notify the group manager" link, it opens an e-mail with your e-mail client (one of my pet peeves on the Internet) ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
Harry Joiner has an excellent post recommending you get a video, post it on YouTube, and then link to it from your LinkedIn profile.... !
Brilliant!
He links to Susan McKenna's LinkedIn profile... to get to her video is the second link.
Harry's point applies whether you are a professional in a job ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
How many LinkedIn connections do you have? Do you know them? Do they know you? More important, do you measure your network strength by the number of LinkedIn connections you have?
I hope not.
I see people brag about how many LinkedIn connections they have and I think SO ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
I was on a number of Groups but decided to get off of them because it was cluttering up my profile. And of course, I wanted to make sure that my JibberJobber Group logo wasn't buried with a bunch of other groups.
What I *should have* done was to stay ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Here's a great question I got a few days ago:
Can you get flagged by asking a question if you insert a link to a demo on the advanced part of the ask a question? Here is an example:
We are currently launching a web based fulfillment tool called IW Connect that ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
I get some great custom invitations. My favorites include those which say: "I look forward to getting your newsletter." Not because I'm looking to increase my newsletter base, rather because I know they actually read my profile! I get a grin every time I see this in ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
I was checking MLPF messages this morning and saw this snippet:
...I don't look at my LinkedIn network as a mass mailing list...
Very interesting statement. Sometimes I wonder if people think I do look at LinkedIn as a mass mailing list, based on my presentations on getting real value out ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
I'm not sure of this (I haven't tested it), so you might have to experiment with some of your favorite clients (or non-client contacts). But when someone recommends you make sure they choose the second option, with you as a service provider, like this:
It should be as easy as ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
I'm still trying to figure out the real value of LinkedIn Groups, as a group member. Right now I have 313 members of the JibberJobber Career Management group on LinkedIn, and some of them have asked the "now what" or "so what" question.
I told them I don't know :p ...
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