Archive for the ‘Using LinkedIn’ Category
Friday, July 30th, 2010
I just got a note about this and had to check it out... when trying to log into LinkedIn, after you put your username and password in, you go to a security page (I'm guessing they'll streamline that later so it's all on one page):
My first thought was DANG, one ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 18 Comments »
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
I'm reading through the post on the LinkedIn professional headline and Peter Osborne's great feedback to those who have left comments (I'll probably close the comments in a while). One thing that jumps out is ... how to put this... BORING.
Why is it boring... that's the question I'm asking myself. ...
Posted in LinkedIn Introductions, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Maria Elena Duron wrote the post: Being Consistent In Your Brand Doesn't Mean Be Annoying... it is a good read. She is talking about the frequency of your updates on sites like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
How much is too much? How much is too little?
She throws out the number 15, ...
Posted in LinkedIn Answers, LinkedIn Groups, Using LinkedIn | 6 Comments »
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
I have a beef with one of the perceived policies with LinkedIn.
Supposedly I'm only supposed to connect with people I "know and trust."
Both of these words can mean different things to different people - not even going to go there. Maybe Bill Clinton can weigh in on what "know" and ...
Posted in social networking, Using LinkedIn | 5 Comments »
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Yesterday I wrote about LinkedIn Professional Headlines as a marketing opportunity and said you could put yours in the comments and "I (we?) might critique it."
Then, I buckled down and went to work on some big deadlines.
THEN, people started putting their headlines in.... I critiqued three but had to get ...
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Comments are now closed. Need help with your Professional Headline? That's included in the LinkedIn Profile Critique (like this and this) Let me know if you want one. It is currently priced at $99.
So many times I see LinkedIn Professional Headlines that ... well, suck.
Yours probably ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 94 Comments »
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Check this out:
I try to NEVER share the number of contacts I have because some people use the number to erroneously judge the value or success of my strategy. So, take that number with a grain of salt. A few things I wanted to point out:
3.3k first degree connections means ...
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Yesterday I talked about the Who's Viewed My Profile stats on your LinkedIn homepage... let's go one step further. Two points to talk about... I clicked on the link that shows that 13 people viewed my LinkedIn Profile:
POINT 1
Many times you are quite anonymous when you look at someone else's ...
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Monday, July 5th, 2010
You know this part on the front page, right column, of your LinkedIn Profile:
I get a lot of questions about this... including this one:
A client of mine who is a paid member of LinkedIn receives information regarding how many times his profile is being viewed... e.g., his "profile has been ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 4 Comments »
Monday, June 28th, 2010
LinkedIn has a great opportunity to clean up spam on its network... it would be a very simple enhancement that would help the community self-police.
On a LinkedIn Profile page, on the right, there are a bunch of links:
The closest they get to deleting a contact is to "report profile photo ...
Posted in LinkedIn Groups, LinkedIn Profiles, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
