Archive for December, 2012
Friday, December 21st, 2012
In the last round of Profile Critiques that I do ($99 each, or included in the Jan 17th webinar on the new Profile), I've been recommending you move the Activities down and the Background (or Summary) up.
Well, I just got my Profile so I hadn't had a chance to see ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles | 3 Comments »
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
I am doing a webinar at 9am on January 17th to help you understand the new LinkedIn Webinar.
There are two huge changes that affect everyone:
First, the layout. The put the Activities (which is new) way up high... and bumped down your Summary... I don't like this. There are a bunch ...
Posted in LinkedIn News, LinkedIn Profiles | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
I want you to be my evangelist.
And, you should want others to be your evangelist. If you don't agree, we have a problem :)
Anyway, let me explain the difference between Like, Share and Comments on statuses. This might impact how you ask others to share your stuff.
Check out this status ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, social networking, Using LinkedIn | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
You know what I've hated over the years?
When someone gives me a LinkedIn Profile and... well, one of two problems might happen:
1. Sometimes (about 1/2 the time?) it would go to a page or Profile not found page. How frustrating it is to type in www.linkedin.com / in (which means ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles | No Comments »
Monday, December 17th, 2012
I think I blogged about special characters a few years ago. These are those funky things that look like fancy bullet points.
Well, instead of blogging about it again and having to remember what to search for in a few years I simply put some on my Profile. Go to my ...
Posted in LinkedIn Profiles | 1 Comment »
Friday, December 14th, 2012
I still don't have the LinkedIn Profile. (UPDATE 12/19 I woke up to the new Profile... yeah :) Now, time to play with it!)
This takes me back to elementary school when I was always the last one picked :(
I've seen the new one, and critiqued Profiles for people who have ...
Posted in LinkedIn News, LinkedIn Profiles | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
I am getting a bunch of emails today (and yesterday) about the notification that LinkedIn Apps are going away. This is kind of interesting. Here's the official page from LinkedIn that says they are going away. Make sure you click the app name on that page for an explanation of ...
Posted in LinkedIn News, LinkedIn Profiles, Using LinkedIn | 16 Comments »
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Almost three months ago I wrote this post: LinkedIn Invitations: I need an easier way to IGNORE (or flag)
With more spammers getting on LinkedIn, I really would like the ability to easily not accept (even Ignore, or better yet Block and report as Spam).
The first place I would love to ...
Posted in Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Here's a question I recently got from a reader. His question is in bold, my response is not.
>> Is it appropriate to make connections with 2nd degree people on the lists of your connections as long as you have a group in common or they have a contact email address ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn Introductions, Using LinkedIn | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Friday I showed you how to backup your LinkedIn Profile, which is something you might want to do once a year.
Here's something you might want to do as regularly as once a month: backup your first degree Contacts. Maybe once a month is too often... but do this at least ...
Posted in LinkedIn Connections, LinkedIn Maintenance, Using LinkedIn | No Comments »
