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 [...]

LinkedIn Profile Makeover Week Winner #5 – Michelle Gilstrap

Congratulations to Michelle Gilstrap, Executive Director at Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and winner of our fifth and final free LinkedIn profile makeover. Michelle’s LinkedIn profile has a long list of experience, recommendations and group memberships — so long that it maxed out the nifty plugin I was using to capture a screenshot of [...]

LinkedIn Profile Makeover Week Winner #4 – Bob Warren

Our next free LinkedIn profile makeover winner is… (the envelope, please!) Bob Warren, founder of ResumeBear, a phenomenal (and free) tool for job-seekers. I won’t even try to describe it in a sentence or two — I wouldn’t do it justice. Just go check it out if you’re in the job market. Bob is a [...]

LinkedIn Profile Makeover Week Winner #3 – Karen Briggs

[LinkedIn Profile Makeover Week In Collaboration with Linked Intelligence] Congrats to our third free profile makeover winner, Karen Briggs! Karen is a freelance journalist, editor and photographer facing a dilemma that so many people have when it comes to LinkedIn. Karen is actively working as a freelancer, but also looking for full-time work. How do [...]

LinkedIn Profile Makeover Week Winner #2 – Wayne Hurlbert

[LinkedIn Profile Makeover Week In Collaboration with Linked Intelligence] Congratulations to our Tuesday winner of a free LinkedIn profile makeover, Wayne Hurlbert, owner of Blog Business World, one of the oldest and most widely-read small business / entrepreneur blogs, and host of Blog Business Success, one of the longest-running shows on Blog Talk Radio. Wayne’s [...]

LinkedIn Profile Makeover Week Winner #1 – Steven Gonzalez

[LinkedIn Profile Makeover Week In Collaboration with Linked Intelligence] Our Monday winner for a free LinkedIn profile makeover is Steven Gonzalez, General Sales Manager at Radio One Philadelphia. Congratulations, Steven! We’ve got a “Before” screen capture of Steven’s LinkedIn profile below (click to zoom). As you’ll see, it’s pretty well filled out already, complete with [...]