LinkedIn is a fabulous way to find new business partners, connections, and clients. Since LinkedIn is a business social media platform, it may make sense to write an invitation to connect that says something to the effect of : “Please join my network, and while you are at it, buy some of my product/service!” [...]
Recently I sought to connect with a new acquaintance on LinkedIn and had a chance to share some valuable information about LinkedIn company pages that I thought some of my readers would appreciate as well. I sent her this message: Let’s connect on LinkedIn and share. Also wondering why [company name] doesn’t have a LinkedIn [...]
When you are setting up your LinkedIn profile, there is a little ticker to the right that tells you how ‘complete’ your profile is. In order to reach 100%, you are supposed to procure recommendations. Now to get these recommendations it may be tempting to ask anybody and everybody you are connected to for [...]
This is definitely another time-saving temptation. You have a message you want to get out to a lot of people, you have the option of posting it to multiple groups, it seems logical that you should blanket your groups with your message. Unfortunately there are many things you are overlooking with this approach. [...]
Everything is going great for you online: you have your profile, you are making new connections, introducing people, and then BAM, something on the website confuses you. It seems simple enough to resolve. LinkedIn has a handy ‘LinkedIn Answers’ section where you can post questions. Actually, this is not the best way to [...]
LinkedIn Fallacy Number 6 We all hear about the importance of search engine optimization. We all want to be found online, so it makes sense to pack sites like your LinkedIn profile with keywords to maximize your ‘search-ability’, right? Not exactly. ‘Keyword Stuffing’ will certainly get your profile noticed, but not necessarily [...]
Profile pictures are so important on LinkedIn, and the rest of social media. As the LinkedIn Rockstars, we tell people frequently to use a quality picture to help attract people to click through the profile. We have even heard it described that taking a headshot is the digital equivalent of looking someone in the eyes. [...]
LinkedIn is all about business, right? So the interests you list should be all about business? Well… not quite. If the only interests you have are about business, that is one thing, but chances are you have a couple hobbies outside of the office. The interest section of LinkedIn is the opportunity [...]
Listen to the February 22, 2012 show! To be a good sales person, you need to be genuine. We are so excited, there are so many awesome things happening! On June 8 Roger Waters and The Wall are going to be at Rigley Field in Chicago, which is a favorite city of ours. It is, [...]
LinkedIn is a fabulous way to find new business partners, connections, and clients. Since LinkedIn is a business social media platform, it may make sense to write an invitation to connect that says something to the effect of : “Please join my network, and while you are at it, buy some of my product/service!” [...]
HONOLULU, HI (January 31, 2012) Technology News Bytes presents the second annual Hawaii Social Media Seminar in Honolulu at Dave & Busters on Wednesday, April 11 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The event features three speaking sessions by several of the nation’s most talented social media experts, including two of the social media gurus from Forbes’ [...]
Listen to the January 31, 2012 show! Adam is the perfect example of an atypical way to use LinkedIn. He is not in the business fields of most people on the site, but he has still managed to find some important connections Today was another 5th Monday of the month (the last one for a [...]
Recently I sought to connect with a new acquaintance on LinkedIn and had a chance to share some valuable information about LinkedIn company pages that I thought some of my readers would appreciate as well. I sent her this message: Let’s connect on LinkedIn and share. Also wondering why [company name] doesn’t have a LinkedIn [...]
