LinkedIn continues to be flooded by the unemployed and executive job seekers. This is not a new phenomenon, as everyone knows that all of the headhunters and recruiters are active on LinkedIn: establishing an intelligent LinkedIn presence with a consistent brand is free and invaluable career insurance that you can never have enough of. I’d like to write today on the new tactics that I see being taken by some aggressive job seekers and comment on their effectiveness (or lack thereof).
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I got sick of Twitter spam, and I decided to do something creative about it. And I think it’s working. You can help join the fight too. I don’t know if you have noticed recently, but Twitter spam has now gone beyond the mere obnoxious automated Direct Message. There has been a sudden uptick in spammers mentioning your name, along with a few others, together with a few words and a link. “Build a list bigger than Oprah’s!,” “New Affiliate Program,” etc. are usually the text with an affiliate link to try to sell you something. You will notice these …
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I was at a networking event last night where someone asked me if I was seeing more “spam” on LinkedIn. If you have been utilizing LinkedIn or Twitter for the last several weeks, you probably have noticed an uptick in the spam in any of the following ways:
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I developed the concept of Windmill Networking to help both professionals and businesses understand and leverage social media. Windmill Networking is a concept that, at the heart of it, is based on social networking. But because social media revolves around social networking sites, businesses really do need to understand the social aspects of how users use these sites in order to adapt and be successful in business. With that as the background, I offer some simple advice in today’s post revolving around understanding the five basic “S” concepts of social media marketing: Share, Support, Social, Strategy, and Sales.
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In my one of my first blog posts, I wrote about what a LinkedIn IDK is and why you should know. You have the ability to block people on Twitter and Facebook, and LinkedIn gives you a similar ability to block someone by disconnecting with someone, although in the case of LinkedIn you have to connect with them before you can block them (yes, I know, it sounds strange). But the policy on penalizing someone without either the sender or recipient knowing it, which is the case of replying to a LinkedIn Invitation with an “I Don’t Know” or IDK, …
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(This is the second in a two-part blog post on how to utilize LinkedIn for Executive Job Search. This first part looked at using LinkedIn in the “traditional” manner of utilizing Jobs Boards and searching out Hiring Managers. This second part will take a Windmill Networking approach to utilizing LinkedIn for Executive Job Search through a deeper understanding of social networking.) LinkedIn itself advertises that “Executives from all Fortune 500 companies are LinkedIn members.” But it is not enough to just sign up for the service and wait for things to happen. LinkedIn is, at its heart, a social networking …
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(This is the first in a two-part blog post on how to utilize LinkedIn for Executive Job Search. This first part will look at using LinkedIn in the “traditional” manner of utilizing Jobs Boards and searching out Hiring Managers, while the second part will take a Windmill Networking approach to utilizing LinkedIn for Executive Job Search through a deeper understanding of social networking and personal branding.) As a sales and business development executive who has personally experienced being in transition during this recession, I can relate to other executives and their current job search in this dismal economy. Not only …
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LinkedIn is a very interesting social networking site. On the one hand, the goal of LinkedIn is to connect people who already know each other to create a network based on “trusted relationships.” On the other hand, if you strive to develop too many relationships or perform too many other activities on the website, you are restricted. Some of these restrictions make sense and are an attempt to limit potential spamming. Other restrictions are clearly geared towards curbing the appetite of the super connected on LinkedIn. Today I want to take a look at the newest restriction that I have …
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An old friend recently sent me a question about the meaning of one’s Contact Settings on LinkedIn. I should say it is more of a frustration and a LinkedIn complaint than a question, but here it is: “Why do people bother writing that they are open to “business opportunities” on LinkedIn – if they never return or even look at InMail, etc? As a tool, LinkedIn seems to only be useful if the people you’re trying to reach are willing to be reached (despite what their profiles might say). It’s getting a tad frustrating trying to use to help our …
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If you are a participant in social media, I am assuming that one of your objectives in social networking is to connect with people from a personal or business perspective. Regardless of what social networking site you are on, without establishing social media credibility, you will not attract quality connections or business. I find many people are still in unfamiliar waters in social media regardless of whether they be on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, or any of the other sites out there, so I wanted to offer some advice to help you establish social media credibility based on not repeating many …
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