Today’s blog post is written by my guest Jennifer V. Miller. Jennifer is the founder and Managing Partner of SkillSource. She advises executives on how to improve workplace productivity via positive workplace dynamics. Jennifer blogs at The People Equation and considers her old-school professionalism a key to her personal brand. Follow her on Twitter: @JenniferVMiller . Where did our manners go? According to a Rasmussen poll taken last fall, 75% of adults polled said we’re getting less civilized as a population. In the workplace, the numbers are equally dismal: according to a Forbes.com article, author Christine Pearson cites research that says 96% of …
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With many newbies on Twitter these days, the etiquette of the social networking site is constantly changing. On the one hand, there is more social media marketing (= more spam) going on; at the same time, more people are understanding the potential for Windmill Networking on Twitter and are reaching out and creating meaningful conversations with others virtually. However, regardless of how long you’ve been on Twitter, you have probably noticed that you are getting more automated Direct Messages (DMs) from your new followers. And I believe it is coming from both the spammers as well as the newbies. Let …
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LinkedIn Introductions are an integral part of the social networking platform. After all, LinkedIn has given us the ability to search for someone and see how we are connected to them, and it is with this information that we can request an Introduction from our connection just as we request a referral from a friend in real life. Unfortunately, very few people actually ask for an Introduction on LinkedIn in the same manner that they ask for a introduction in a real-life. And this bothers me. Thus, I blog.
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I have seen a growing interest in LinkedIn Groups from my networking contacts recently, and in addition to the common questions of What LinkedIn Groups Should I Join? and How to Use LinkedIn Groups Effectively?, there is a growing interest as to what the proper etiquette and best practices should be after joining a group. As someone who is both a member of the maximum fifty LinkedIn groups while also owning two of my own groups, I can see things from both sides of the court, and would like to offer my own thoughts as to what the proper etiquette …
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As more and more people start to realize the value of contributing to the LinkedIn Answers feature through asking questions and providing answers, it is a good time to think about the proper etiquette for participating in the LinkedIn Answers forum. Now I am no Miss Proper, but there are a few things that I have noticed having experienced both ends of the stick that I would like to share with everyone and make some etiquette recommendations.
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