The ONE Enhancement on LinkedIn that Would Change EVERYTHING

In its quest to deliver a more engagement-centered user experience, LinkedIn Corporation has made significant and sweeping improvements to its social networking platform. A more enabling technology with easier navigation, improved site aesthetics and innovations around content curation are sterling examples of LinkedIn’s commitment to strengthening the capabilities and marketing reach of its 200 million-plus [...]

Fare Thee Well, LinkedIn Answers

Another feature of LinkedIn has gone by the wayside. LinkedIn Answers, oft-touted as a destination for users seeking to advance a thought leadership platform, receive an objective viewpoint on a specific business challenge or commiserate with their fellow LinkedIn citizens on any number of nagging concerns, was retired on January 31, 2013. Given the systematic [...]

The NEW LinkedIn Profile: The Spotlight Shines on YOU

After a few sneak peeks, I finally and fully converted to the new LinkedIn profile view on December 11, 2012. Rather than do what so many citizen journalists do—that is, climb over each other to see who can get the word out the quickest—I wanted to take a step back, spend some quality time with [...]

Linked Inhibitions: “I’m on LinkedIn, BUT…”

For me, LinkedIn is a constant backdrop, a livelihood. It brings out my professional and personal best. I went in with zero inhibition, recognized its value immediately and quickly understood that my output would be directly proportional to input. My LinkedIn profile works when I sleep. I am proud of the network I have built and [...]

LinkedIn Endorsements vs. LinkedIn Recommendations: A Definitive Overview – Part III

In the first two parts of this blog series, I have illuminated the basic concepts of the new LinkedIn Skills & Expertise Endorsements, drawn contrasts and comparisons to Linkedin recommendations and addressed the reciprocal nature of both features. In this, the final installment of the series, I go inside the numbers to try to get [...]

LinkedIn Endorsements vs. LinkedIn Recommendations: A Definitive Overview – Part II

In Part I of this series, I delineated between the definitions of the LinkedIn endorsement and recommendation and established a framework for how the former finds its identification point on the LinkedIn profile page. In this post, I’d like to expand the comparison and explore the act of endorsing a LinkedIn connection, taking into account [...]

LinkedIn Endorsements vs. LinkedIn Recommendations: A Definitive Overview – Part I

I can’t recall a modification to the LinkedIn platform that has met with more confusion than the company’s unannounced and unheralded introduction of the LinkedIn Skills and Expertise Endorsement platform. Since its arrival, I have been fielding numerous questions from clients and colleagues on the utility and validity of this feature, and I’m sure there [...]

Your LinkedIn Profile vs. Your LinkedIn Presence

Over the course of my practice, I have found it necessary to clearly delineate between one’s LinkedIn profile and LinkedIn presence.  The two terms are used interchangeably, but are notably different. Let’s start with their respective definitions: Your LinkedIn profile is your point of access on the site. It is an electronic document warehousing your [...]

The Changing Role of the LinkedIn Strategist

I first became aware of Nathan Kievman in the spring of 2009, when I joined the Linked Strategies group. At that time, I had been doing LinkedIn-specific work for well over two years, and his name kept popping up on my screen with great regularity. So I reached out to connect on LinkedIn with Nate [...]

LinkedIn for Consultants

If you are a consultant you probably already know the power of the LinkedIn platform and you probably understand that LinkedIn is a consultant’s most powerful tool online today. Here is a model on how to use LinkedIn for maximum benefit. 1.) First, build influence. Create an influential baseline for yourself or for your organization. [...]

The LinkedIn Strategy

Every business needs to generate new leads consistently. Regardless if you are a business that focuses on B2B (business to business) or B2C (business to consumer), you are probably looking to hire, source new business, form strategic alliances or partnerships and/or get publicity. Unfortunately you, like many businesses, are not utilizing the power of LinkedIn. [...]

LinkedIn For Business

With over 160 million members, LinkedIn has the most influential, affluent, and educated audience than leading business sites. Using LinkedIn for Business just makes sense. 60+ million users are in the United States of America 5+ million users are in Canada 31+ million users are in Europe 13+ million users are in India 2+ million [...]

LinkedIn Insights: A Visit to LinkedIn’s Corporate Offices

Bill Gates said, “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” Few business owners take this advice of learning from their unhappy customers and LinkedIn is no exception. With the upmost appreciation for the platform (when it works) and the access it provides me to my markets and client’s markets, LinkedIn has a [...]

7 Hidden Secrets Behind Business Failure And What You Can Do To Prevent Them

“7 Hidden Secrets Behind Business Failure And What You Can Do To Prevent Them” presented by: Nathan Kievman (http://www.linkedin.com/in/nathankievman) and Hugh Stewart (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hughostewart) Nate Kievman the Founder of Linked Strategies and Hugh Stewart of the Confident Solutions Coach discuss the 7 ways business fail and what actions business owners can take to avoid disaster.

LinkedIn Strategies & Business Insights Webinar

How to Increase Conversions, Create Inbound Leads,LI Content Strategies & Company Page and the Best Practices using LinkedIn presented by: Nathan Kievman (http://www.linkedin.com/in/nathankievman) In this webinar you’re going to learn about: Increasing conversion rates from your LinkedIn Profile Creating inbound inquiries from your potential market Building your LinkedIn Content – Strategy & Daily Tasks simplified [...]

Reasons Why You Should Make Your “Company Page” on LinkedIn

How important is a company page on LinkedIn? Why should you make a company page in LinkedIn? Company pages have huge potential. Originally, they were nice to have and something you could easily set up, but they are advancing with new additions such as the “Follower” feature and “Status Updates” as new tools to help [...]

LinkedIn Statistics

Check out this LinkedIn Statistics video about LinkedIn and it’s potential! Please share it with your friends and leave your comments below. Click Here to Watch Slower Version Leave Your Comments Here          

Top 10 Ways to Use LinkedIn for Business

1.)    Link your status updates with your other social media accounts. Share status updates on your LinkedIn profile and link this with your other social media accounts such as twitter, facebook, etc. By doing this, you are increasing your market’s Top of Mind Awareness. 2.)    Start a  group for you brand or business Starting and [...]

Why Use LinkedIn to Increase Conversions and Create Inbound Leads?

LinkedIn, with over 135million members worldwide, is continuously growing a social network and platform. People use LinkedIn mostly because they want increase conversions and leads for their businesses. But not all people can see the great things LinkedIn can do for them and their businesses so I decided to write down the top reasons why [...]

Simple Tips to Maintaining Top of Mind Awareness through LinkedIn

LinkedIn is an amazing tool and it has many uses! If you are already heavily involved in LinkedIn, this is not new news for you, but what you may not know is how you can use the platform for maintaining top of mind awareness with your market. Without some guidance, this can be challenging to [...]

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