Archives for July, 2009
10 LinkedIn LIONs & Super Connectors You MUST Connect With!
July 17th, 2009There are many resources on the web for finding people to follow on Twitter. Just do a search for any particular type of person you want to follow (student entrepreneurs? job seeker advice? etc.) and chances are you will find a list. But why none for LinkedIn? Well, just as I have been the first [...]
LinkedIn Networking: 3 Ways to Find Great People to Connect With & Meet on LinkedIn
July 13th, 2009After networking with several great people over the last several days, which have in essence been conversations that seem more like a veritable cross-breeding of ideas, I believe that more and more people are starting to see the potential value of meeting new people on LinkedIn. Now, just because you are open to doing this [...]
What is a LinkedIn Expert?
June 10th, 2009Yesterday I wrote my own definition concerning what a social media expert is, so today I wanted to look specifically at what I feel makes a LinkedIn expert. Recently I was named a LinkedIn expert on the site of the LinkedIn and Social Media Training Company Integrated Alliance’s blog post. And on that same post [...]
Who Can I Invite to Join My LinkedIn Network?
April 30th, 2009Today I received a question from a LinkedIn newbie which reminded me that sometimes I need to get back to basics and answer simple questions that sometimes may be confusing to others. The question I got today, although worded differently, is someone that is worried about sending out invitations to people that were 2nd degree [...]
Can a LinkedIn LION or Open Networker be Selective?
April 22nd, 2009I received this question yesterday from an engineer who plans to start evangelizing LinkedIn to an engineering community who may not have the same view of Social Media like I do. As part of this person’s LinkedIn Objective, he wants to create his own brand of being the Pioneer of Connecting Engineers on LinkedIn. I [...]
I Have Lots of LinkedIn Connections…What Do I Do With Them? – Version 1.1
March 4th, 2009I got asked this today by a new connection, and I believe it is a question that a lot of you have, but don’t necessarily know who to ask. As you can imagine, there is no simple answer for this question, and it will depend on why you are on LinkedIn in the first place [...]
Why Do LinkedIn Invitations Bounce? – An Update
February 8th, 2009I wrote a post several months ago on “How Do I Know if My Intended Recepient Recived My LinkedIn Invitation?” that I updated today that also touched upon this subject, but an hour after I wrote that, I realized that recently a lot of my LinkedIn invitations have bounced. What is the statistical trend here? [...]
Was My LinkedIn Invitation Received? Did My LinkedIn Invitation Bounce? How Can I Find Out?
August 4th, 2008I recently got asked about how to manage LinkedIn invitations which bounce. Yes, sometimes those precious invitations that you send out do not get to their intended recepient because either 1) they changed companies/email addresses and never bothered to update their LinkedIn profile, 2) the e-mail address that they have in their profile is misspelled [...]
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 [...]
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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