Archive for October, 2013
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
I'm in a Group with Sabrina Woods, who is a great thinker, and she posted a link to this post. I love all of the ideas and tips and thoughts from people who spend so much time teaching and training on LinkedIn:
20 Linkedin Experts Share their Strategies & 1 Linkedin ...
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Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
This is a pretty scathing post, but I think it is the pink elephant. LinkedIn has the power to do what the internet did to travel agents and car salespeople. Of course, there are still care salespeople, and there are still travel agents. But, LinkedIn HAS and will continue to ...
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Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
Great article on Forbes titled Five LinkedIn Strategies You Haven't Thought Of Before
I liked #1 - 4 (I don't like Polls yet... haven't for years. I think it is really weak).
I also liked Scott Mace's comments on the problems with LinkedIn, especially the lack of value in the upgrade. I ...
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Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
Check out this super awesome blog post from Reid Hoffman on a slide deck they created when looking or VC money in the early days of LinkedIn: LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs
I'm not sure anyone reading this blog is going to pitch to VCs, but ...
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Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
Check out this post from Mashable: 8 Innovative LinkedIn Marketing Campaigns
One is a Company page that is doing cool stuff (engaging a lot of LinkedIn users with questions/comments), some are API interfaces (which is hard to get approval for, I asked last week and I doubt I'll hear back from ...
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Friday, October 11th, 2013
Wednesday's post says to not expect any privacy. Having said that, Lindsey Pollak has a great post on the LinkedIn blog titled The Stealth Job Search: How to Job Hunt Privately on LinkedIn
In her post she shares five privacy settings that you should pay attention to. I think #1,2 and ...
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Spoiler alert: YOU CAN'T.
Check out this great post by Laura Smith-Proulx: TRYING TO MAKE YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE PRIVATE? IT WON’T HAPPEN
Part of the issue has to do with technology and tools, but the real issue has to do with what your network will do. What if you really could have ...
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