It’s very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the insulation of the internet allows us to be bitter, snarky, etc., with impunity. Perhaps in an anonymous environment like Slashdot that may be the case, but when all your interaction is tied to your very public identity, as on LinkedIn, guess what? [...]
Good advice. Even if you’re feeling desperate, no one wants to network with desperate people.
Yet another way to use LinkedIn I never would have thought of:
Who knows, Kim. Now that you’re there, you might actually find some more ways LinkedIn is useful.
3 per day? How about 3 ever???
Posting open LinkedIn connection requests on Twitter is:
Noise. It’s certainly not conversation or relationship-building.
Desperate. Ugh. Who wants to connect with desperate?
Ineffective. What’s the value of those trivial electronic links? Referrals require trust.
Seriously though, let’s talk a little bit about LinkedIn and SEO (search engine optimization).
Realistically:
If you have a distinctive name, you can easily dominate the search engines on searches for your name. Get your name, or some variation of it, as a domain. Which do you really want to send people to: your LinkedIn profile, which [...]
Why you should take recommendations with a grain of salt:
So some SEO company in Jacksonville got the brilliant idea that they could use LinkedIn for pure SEO purposes, and they set up this profile:
That’s pretty “black hat”. But it’s also completely, utterly DUMB.
See, this profile might just actually get ranked well for “search engine optimization Jacksonville”, but even if it did, so what? Do [...]
LinkedIn does sometimes seem to have a mind of its own:
No matter how well you think you know someone, it’s still better to personalize your invitations, even if it’s “Hi honey, let’s link!”
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Leveraging LinkedIn for Effective Projects
03/07/09 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
I’m really excited about creating this program – The Project Solvers and I have developed a workshop on Thursday July 16th for project teams and managers. Besides the usual questions about how to use LinkedIn, we’ll show p..
LinkedIn Jobs - want to work at LinkedIn?
03/07/09 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
You can learn a lot about a company by the jobs posted… whether on their own website or on a job board. Here are some open jobs at LinkedIn that I find interesting… what does this tell you about what direction LinkedIn is head..
Create a LinkedIn Profile in Minutes?
01/07/09 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I just saw a link to this page from the LinkedIn twitter feed: Create a complete profile in minutes . It says you can upload your resume and have your LinkedIn Profile up with just four clicks. I like the idea of simplicity, however, I st..
LinkedIn Book at a Presentation
30/06/09 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
Back in February my publisher booked a presentation for me in Silicon Valley and snapped this picture. I think we had about 80 people in this very small room - props to the 20 or so who were standing during the entire presentation (somethi..
Replying to LinkedIn Email is Hazardous to Your Relationships!
28/06/09 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
Someone sent you this terrific LinkedIn message – and you responded in great detail to this wonderful opportunity, but it’s gone nowhere – why? Later on you met up with them in-person at a networking event and asked about ..
Dreams do come true despite the layoff notice!
25/06/09 The LinkedIn Blog
[ Ed. note : This is a guest blog post from Ron Lapedis, Principal at Seacliff Partners and describes his journey from being laid off to becoming an entrepreneur with some help from his LinkedIn network] I am an entrepreneur who was always..
LinkedIn Gets a New Boss
25/06/09 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
Yesterday LinkedIn announced its new President, Jeff Weiner. You can read all about it on TechCrunch's post: Changing Of The Guard: Jeff Weiner Takes CEO Spot At LinkedIn . I don't really know Reid (although we've exchanged a couple of me..
Viewers Of This Profile Also Viewed…
25/06/09 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
A recent commenter on my “Someone’s Been Sitting In My Chair” article mentioned that they like to check into the people that viewers of a particular profile have also viewed. (Thanks Wil!-) My first reaction and reply back..
New LinkedIn CEO: Jeff Weiner has updated his profile
24/06/09 The LinkedIn Blog
Jeff Weiner has updated his profile from President to CEO of LinkedIn. Six months ago, Jeff started at LinkedIn running our day-to-day operations as President of the company. During that time we've achieved record operating and financial r..
How to overcome the financial challenge of professional networking
23/06/09 The LinkedIn Blog
[ Ed. note : This is a guest post by Dawn Jordan , former operations vice president at Bank of America, whose job was eliminated last year. Also, check out Dawn's blog series on the Wall Street Journal where she describes her quest for a j..
