One of the most common questions I see about how to use LinkedIn is “How do I introduce two people in my network to each other?”
This is a fundamental practice of good networking, but unfortunately, there’s not a built-in mechanism in LinkedIn for doing that (FYI, others and I have been suggesting that feature for [...]
It seems LinkedIn is a really hot topic in the blogosphere at the moment. Here’s my irregular roundup of some of my favorite recent posts:
20 Ways to Use LinkedIn Productively
Web Worker Daily has compiled a list of 20 ways to use LinkedIn:
Increase freelance work.
Find your dream job.
Boost your business.
Improve your Google results.
Check references for potential [...]
Recently, LinkedIn made some changes in the way invitations work, adding some automated consequences for sending invitations to people you don’t know (and who don’t want invitations from people they don’t know). In so doing, they changed the options as to how you can reply to an invitation you receive. You can now:
Accept
Say you don’t [...]
I hope this is the start of a trend…
One of my biggest frustrations with LinkedIn has been the fact that they have not made a practice of getting user input about new features before they’re rolled out – only after the cat’s out of the bag. This used to be just irritating, but increasingly, it [...]
I’ve been using LinkedIn Answers pretty heavily now since its launch. While I think it’s a really useful feature, it has a lot of room for improvement. Here are my top picks for features LinkedIn could add to Answers to make it supremely useful:
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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
02/02/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
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?
29/01/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
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 ..
