Archive for the ‘Using LinkedIn’ Category

LinkedIn Jobs - want to work at LinkedIn?

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

You can learn a lot about a company by the jobs posted... whether on their own website or on a job board.  Here are some open jobs at LinkedIn that I find interesting... what does this tell you about what direction LinkedIn is headed? By the way, LinkedIn, I know someone ...

Create a LinkedIn Profile in Minutes?

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

I just saw a link to this page from the LinkedIn twitter feed: Create a complete profile in minutes.  It says you can upload your resume and have your LinkedIn Profile up with just four clicks. I like the idea of simplicity, however, I still argue that your LinkedIn Profile SHOULD ...

I’m on LinkedIn — Now What???

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

The title of my book: I'm on LinkedIn -- Now What??? I've been told it's a great title... because it asks the same question you have asked... probably millions of people have asked... NOW WHAT??? (it's such a great title I find there are seminars across the country with the same ...

LinkedIn Polls - getting your question out

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Last week I wrote about using LinkedIn Polls.  Super cool opportunity to communicate with your network... today I want to show you what the communication options are.  Here is what you see when you create a poll: The option defaults to where the arrow is pointing... allowing you to pay for ...

Linkedin Polls - an experiment

Friday, June 5th, 2009

I have done one LinkedIn Poll before last week but decided to do another one... in the process I figured there was plenty to blog about (especially since the first step was very frustrating). FIrst, the question.  You only get 75 characters, which is really pathetic.  Here's what I wanted to ...

LinkedIn for Companies?

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

I am regularly asked about LinkedIn strategies for companies... not small companies... big companies. Here's an EXCELLENT article by Andrew Atalla called Social Media - Why It's Ok Not To Have A Social Media Strategy.  If you are curious about LinkedIn for companies, you must read this article. As I read the ...

Social Networking and Old People

Monday, June 1st, 2009

This post from Perfect Labor Storm 2.0 cracked me up... we've heard that the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is the over 30 crowd... check out this story to see who Ira taught at a workshop... how old they were, and how the old people laid down the smack on ...

If your LinkedIn Profile Picture Looks Like A Mug Shot…

Friday, May 29th, 2009

then change it! I was on a call with a professional image consultant a few weeks ago and we happened across someone's LinkedIn Profile - immediately she said "whoa, that guy needs to change his picture!" It didn't really jump out at me, but to her it was clearly not a good ...

LinkedIn Groups Discussion Tip

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

I posted a "discussion" on a LinkedIn Group yesterday to see what kind of feedback I got.  I got an unexpected good thing (how do you say "unexpected good thing?") happen to me... can you spot it here? Check out the first one, starting out as Highly talented... see who posted ...

LinkedIn Profile and Image on Yahoo Search Results

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Finally, finally!  I just did a search on Yahoo to see if my LinkedIn Profile would show up, if the picture would show up, and what else showed up.  I'm pleasantly surprised to see this: It's interesting that my LinkedIn Profile is the SECOND main hit on Yahoo.... it's the third ...