Archive for October, 2009
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
I was just browsing through a few first degree contacts on LinkedIn and found a guy who I had lunch with a couple of years ago. I wondered what he was up to and something caught my eye: in his LinkedIn Summary he has a "list of skills."
This is a ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
I just approved this unexpected and unsolicited LinkedIn Recommendation for my LinkedIn Profile. I really, really like it for a number of reasons (my comments in paranthesis):
Deiric McCann has endorsed your work as CEO at JibberJobber, LLC.
Dear Jason,
I've written this recommendation of your work to share with other LinkedIn users.
Details ...
Posted in LinkedIn Recommendations | 4 Comments »
Monday, October 12th, 2009
Last week I talked about Jeremiah Owyang's position on LinkedIn Recommendations. I mentioned I had some comments regarding Jacob Share's post (apparently no one is safe from my pontifications :p)... here is my feedback on one aspect of Jacob's post called Why LinkedIn Recommendations Really Are Valuable. He writes:
Not all ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 3 Comments »
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
I recently saw a post by Jacob Share, owner of Job Mob, called Why LinkedIn Recommendations Really Are Valuable. There are a number of points he makes that I want to comment on, but I'll do that in another post. Here I want to focus on where his post was ...
Posted in LinkedIn Recommendations, Using LinkedIn | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
LinkedIn just announced their Profile Organizer, which is a premium (upgrade) feature. I'll blog more about my opinion on upgrading in a future post, but today let's talk just about the LinkedIn Profile Organizer.
From the video below it looks like the purpose of a Profile Organizer is to:
Save (bookmark) ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | 3 Comments »
Monday, October 5th, 2009
I wrote LinkedIn Discussions – Noise vs. Real Value almost a year ago, talking about the amount of spam I was seeing in LinkedIn Groups. The thoughts there are just as relevant today as they were 10 months ago.
Bob Roman just asked a few followup questions, which I'll answer here. ...
Posted in LinkedIn Groups, Using LinkedIn | 2 Comments »
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Short answer: yes.
It might not be as easy as you think, especially if you are looking for easy money, or passive revenue. Don't use LinkedIn as the only tool to sell your $47 product... you'll have to sell a lot to make any real money, and to sell a lot ...
Posted in LinkedIn Answers, LinkedIn Groups, Using LinkedIn | 3 Comments »
