Australian recruiter Stan Relihan is host of The Connections Show on The Podcast Network, which features interviews with networking experts from all over the world. He has 15 episodes posted so far — here are some of the ones more specifically related to LinkedIn:
Connections #001 – It all started with a Challenge – [...]
Orlando Sentinel technology columnist Etan Horowitz suggests that tech gadgets should come with etiquette instructions. Regarding social networking, he suggests:
DO THINK LONG AND HARD before inviting someone to be your friend on a social networking site such as Facebook, MySpace or LinkedIn. If you are trying to befriend someone who might [...]
Yesterday’s San Jose Mercury News features an interview and bio of LinkedIn cofounder and VP of Product Strategy Allen Blue, discussing LinkedIn’s outlook for 2008, particularly their strategy regarding advertising on the site:
When we think about advertising, we think about advertising as a mechanism to bring value to users. LinkedIn is a tool for [...]
Bruce Hill tells the story of how he used LinkedIn to build real, valuable relationships in another continent. I also found Bruce’s story particularly fascinating because it echoes one of the ideas we introduced in The Virtual Handshake, which is that our collective experience with internet dating has laid the groundwork in our collective [...]
I know that we’d all like to think that LinkedIn is populated with people who know and trust each other, but any time you make a vehicle for communicating with several million people for free, you’re bound to have a few bad apples. It seems that a common payment transfer job scam, this particular [...]
The LinkedIn developers were busy this year! Since LinkedIn rarely actually announces new features officially, it’s a little difficult to build a comprehensive list, so I don’t claim for this to be. These are just the ones I’ve found most valuable:
January – LinkedIn Answers
LinkedIn’s first foray into public interaction started off on shaky ground, [...]
True networking is proactive, not just reactive, but LinkedIn’s basic introduction model is reactive. In other words, if Adam wants to meet Betty, and I know both of them, Adam can request for me to introduce him to Betty. But if I’m reading Betty’s profile one day (let’s say she just updated it), and think [...]
As we draw the year to a close, I thought it would be a good idea to do a wrap-up of some of the best posts of the year. I picked these through a combination of popularity and my personal preference. Enjoy!
Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn – Earlier in the year I ran a [...]
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Looking at Profiles on LinkedIn
08/02/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
Check out this cool post by Steve Duncan titled You need to look at more profiles . Steve talks about how he got on someone's radar just because he looked at her LinkedIn Profile… Are you looking at enough Profiles of key people you..
Poll Reveals Introverts Prefer LinkedIn!
04/02/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
January’s poll results are in – of people who claim to network in the real world infrequently, 85% say that they use LinkedIn heavily or modestly. I guess it is true – those that don’t like to get out of the house do..
LinkedIn Profile Customization
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LinkedIn just released a feature on customizing your profile – you may now alter the default order of the sections. I’m trying to find a compelling reason to do so or something to say about why this is phenomenal, but I really c..
Reorder the Sections on Your LinkedIn Profile: Now You’re in Control
02/02/10 The LinkedIn Blog
Starting today, we bring you the ability to reorder the sections on your LinkedIn profile via drag-and-drop. This enhancement, one of the more highly-requested features from our users, gives you the ability to highlight the skills, experti..
Startups Raise Money Using LinkedIn?
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I am on a newsletter that Marc Freedman puts out where I learned about an Irish startup, Goshido , that got it's first round of financing by using LinkedIn . Only LinkedIn. And they apparently closed the round in eight days (having been lo..
Five LinkedIn Articles From The Archive You Might Have Missed
28/01/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
While I published The LinkedIn Personal Trainer in June of 2007, I re-launched this blog in May of 2008 with a new look. It’s worked well, and readership is doing very well. But most of you weren’t there in 2008;-) And I wrote s..
LinkedIn Jobs Stimulus: Connecting Professionals with Job Opportunities
28/01/10 The LinkedIn Blog
In President Obama’s State of the Union last night, he highlighted our many shared aspirations, chief among which is finding a job that pays the bill and getting a chance to get ahead. We want to help you make this a reality, so today and ..
OPEN Forum, American Express’ community for small business owners is now OPEN for LinkedIn members
27/01/10 The LinkedIn Blog
Ed. note: This belongs to a series of posts on how web sites and services are integrating LinkedIn functionality using the recently launched LinkedIn API. Thanks to Marcy Shinder , Vice President at American Express OPEN, for this week’s p..
Startup Finds Funding via LinkedIn
26/01/10 Linked Intelligence
Although LinkedIn has become best known for recruiting and job search, angel and venture funding has more quietly been one of the most successful applications of LinkedIn. Even knowing that, in reading this story about how web collaboratio..
A better way to browse your LinkedIn connections
26/01/10 The LinkedIn Blog
As a company that’s based on the mantra “Relationships Matter”; we want to make it easier than ever for you to find, organize and stay in touch with your business connections. Over the next few weeks, you will start seeing improvements to ..
