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…
Too many platforms, too little time Long ago I lost count of all the possible social media platforms and tools a business might reasonably use. And in my email and on various newsfeeds I see more new ones being announced or talked about every day. That proliferation of possibilities probably helps explain why for many…
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…
How the LinkedIn Bloggers group, established in 2005 and operating since then on Yahoo Groups, will now be operating on LinkedIn Groups. A place to learn and share about social media and professional networking.