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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The following is a list of some of the top LinkedIn consultants, trainers, speakers and experts. These are some of the best of the best among the hundreds of experts in this space. Nathan Kievman Nathan Kievman is a highly sought after Digital Strategist, Speaker & Social Media Consultant & Trainer. With a heavy focus [...]
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