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 [...]
Two months ago I shared that I had something exciting “brewing” that I would be sharing soon. Well, today I am ready to announce the details… I was asked to join a team of the absolute TOP MINDS in business and social media as the Executive Editor of Linkedin & Business Magazine. This group was banding together to [...]
Every day more and more individuals are using the internet and not just for sending emails. People have created whole businesses solely over the internet and are very successful. So much so that I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to revisit some well-known, yet easily forgotten etiquette tips. Here are 10 Commonly Overlooked [...]
With all the great updates and improvements that LinkedIn has been doing lately, there is one in particular that caught my attention the most. It’s the Who’s Viewed My Profile feature. There are several different analytics within this feature that will no doubt come in handy for you and keep you or your company going [...]
Several years ago, my young sister at the time (13 yrs old) was hit by a car and was paralyzed, she was a quadriplegic. For her (as there are varying degrees) meant she had no use of any limbs in any capacity. From a youthful snowboarder and ballerina at 5’11″ in 7th grade, she went from active and popular to an outcast, different and misunderstood.
Creating a system and plan of action is the most important thing someone can do on LinkedIn to drive business. If you don’t, you will spend all your time answering questions that are irrelevant to your end goals. In order, the following 7 steps will drive you the most business on LinkedIn: Know your objectives [...]
I was thinking about how so many people on LinkedIn are just confused about where to start. It is obvious from all of the questions we receive that LinkedIn users are not sure where how to best utilize this wonderful tool. A person’s time on LinkedIn can be wasted quickly if the strategies are done [...]
