The LinkedIn Personal Trainer

Breaking In To LinkedIn

Steve Tylock — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:09:45 +0000

How does one get started with LinkedIn? You’re coming from a place of no presence and want to get going as fast as possible, but really don’t want to spend all of your time with the system… Getting a quick and thorough, 90-minute introduction to LinkedIn is the entire reason “The LinkedIn Personal Trainer” exists, [...] Related posts:

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – Removing LinkedIn Connections

Connecting To Stranger Danger

Steve Tylock — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:41:31 +0000

One more point on the “be careful who you connect to” side of things – the person you connect to may not always be real. Computer World features an article this week on how “Robin Sage” was able to connect, friend, and follow on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter – with professionals in the security field. [...] Related posts:

Working Your Way Through LinkedIn Job Postings

Steve Tylock — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:30:11 +0000

I’m not sure how things are with you, but it looks like a good time to show everyone how to work with the job posting feature on LinkedIn. The system is very powerful for both the candidate and the employer – and I’ll show you how. Finding a posting That’s easy enough – just click [...] Related posts:

LinkedIn And Sexuality

Steve Tylock — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:05:29 +0000

Results from a recent Harris poll caught my attention this morning, and I know my readers are always ready for shocking results – and why should I keep from passing them along just because someone else did the polling!-) Read on to find out what the poll is saying – and not saying – about [...] No related posts.

The Incredible Shrinking Network

Steve Tylock — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:12:42 +0000

My LinkedIn network is getting smaller, how about yours? Oddly enough, after talking about how one can prune connections, I noticed that my “entire network” on LinkedIn has shrunk below 5 million. I don’t record those sorts of statistics because they really don’t mean much to me, but I remember it being in the 6 [...] Related posts:

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – Removing LinkedIn Connections

Steve Tylock — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:08:35 +0000

One of my readers, Ben, recently asked about disconnecting from an accidental connection, and I realize that this is still one of those “it’s obvious only after you point it out” sorts of situations. So let’s have a look – how do you remove a connection on LinkedIn? Hiding in plain sight The place to [...] Related posts:

Chrome Browser Users Most Responsive!

Steve Tylock — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:36:25 +0000

2011 is half over and I’ve got the scoop on the most explosive poll results of the year – users of the Chrome browser respond much more often than other browser users! Yes, you heard me – Chrome users responded twice as often as other browser users, inflating their results. I know you’d like to [...] Related posts:

LinkedIn Groups – Getting Social

Steve Tylock — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:34:13 +0000

LinkedIn recently offered a significant update to the groups function. Looking back – I covered the last update in September / October 2008, so it looks like the folks at LinkedIn reviewed that effort and turned it into an eighteen month update cycle. Let’s have a look. Friendlier interactions My 2008 review of LinkedIn group [...] Related posts:

Exposing LinkedIn Connection Myths – Part X

Steve Tylock — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:25:34 +0000

Connecting to thousands of people you don’t know … So let’s wrap this up – and answer the really big question – why does this matter?!? For that, we must return one more time into the breach… Accepting someone’s line Every LinkedIn user will at some point be accosted by people they don’t know suggesting [...] Related posts:

Exposing LinkedIn Connection Myths – Part IX

Steve Tylock — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:17:33 +0000

Connecting to thousands of people you don’t know gets you more sales leads, opportunities, and addresses for your database! Finally – let’s look at a few comments I’ve seen about connecting indiscriminately that might actually have more truth in them than the others. But do they count for you? Let’s see… An inequitable distribution Proponents [...] Related posts: