Archives for July, 2008
LinkedIn “I Don’t Know” Responses: How Do I Know if I’ve Received an IDK or How Many IDKs I’ve Received?
July 25th, 2008If someone has sent you an “I Don’t Know” (IDK) response to your LinkedIn Invitation, it is easy to find out who did it and contact them to try to resolve it through peaceful means.
Why Do So Many People Keep their LinkedIn Connections Private?
July 15th, 2008When you open an account at LinkedIn, the default setting is that your connections can be viewed by anyone. I used to have my connections open, until one day when I was doing some searching in a particular industry for companies to work, I noticed that all of the salespeople had decided to hide their [...]
Restricted by LinkedIn Because of Too Many I Don’t Know Invitation Responses? What Should You Do?
July 13th, 2008As I mentioned in my “What is a LinkedIn IDK?” post, once you reach the IDK threshold of 5 IDKs, your account will be restricted in that you will need to enter an E-Mail address for each invite. If you are a LinkedIn LION actively using invites to build up your network, this is obviously [...]
How Do I Become a LinkedIn LION?
July 12th, 2008Assuming that you understand what a LinkedIn Open Networker means from my “What is a LinkedIn LION?” post, and you want to use this terminology in your profile to increase your network as I mentioned in my “How Do I Grow My LinkedIn Network?” post, the next logical question you may have is “How Do [...]
What is a LinkedIn “IDK/I Don’t Know”? And Why Should I Care?
July 11th, 2008When you invite someone or receive an invite, the recepient has a choice of accepting the invite, saying they don’t know the invite, reporting spam, or simply archiving the invite without performing any action. If the invite is accepted, the two of you become immediately connected. If the invite is archived, you can always accept [...]
What is a LinkedIn LION?
July 11th, 2008LION, in the LinkedIn world, stands for Linked In Open Networker. I believe the term was first coined by the gentleman that began the Lions’ Lair at www.themetanetwork.com, Christian Mayaud (who is a top networker himself). You can find out more background through one of Stan Relihan’s podcast where he interviews Christian.
15 Ways to Grow Your LinkedIn Network
July 10th, 2008Everytime someone invites me to connect with them, I always send out a reply thanking them and also asking them to contact me should they ever need any help with LinkedIn. I have had so many people, either directly or indirectly, help me that I thought I should give something back to the community. Well, [...]
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