Posts about the professional business network, LinkedIn
One of the least obvious steps in optimizing your professional profile on LinkedIn is in fact one of the most important, in terms of being findable for the services you are offering. That’s what LinkedIn calls your Professional Headline. It’s the set of words that sit just below your name on your Profile page. If…
Getting the Point About LinkedIn Whenever I get up to speak to a group about LinkedIn, I’m conscious that there will almost certainly be some people in the group who have decided they don’t like the platform and others who may not feel strongly for or against it, but just don’t see the point. Because…
This morning I updated my free downloadable guide, 5 Simple Steps for Getting Started on LinkedIn. The biggest challenge of the updating process was restricting myself to the basics of getting started. There is so much more to LinkedIn than is in this brief guide but I am convinced that those of us who have…
How I Discovered I Have a Local LinkedIn Network of Over a Quarter of a Million Speaking to groups in my part of the world over recent months I have found there are a lot of business professionals who know about LinkedIn and may even have a profile of sorts there but are not convinced…
I noticed today that at 951 the number of my direct connections on the professional networking platform LinkedIn is seriously nudging 1,000 and the total network, including second and third level connnections, has more or less overnight topped 15 million. A bit of a milestone that 15 million, so I thought I should not let…
Would you connect with someone on LinkedIn who does not want to speak with you? If it weren’t for my own experience over several years, I probably would not think that was a question worth asking. But consider this. LinkedIn is a professional business networking platform. It is not and never has been intended as…