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	<title>The LinkedIn Personal Trainer</title>
	
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	<description>Using LinkedIn to find, get found, and network your way to success!</description>
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		<title>Employment Satisfaction Distraction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Tylock</dc:creator>
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		<description>With a second title of &amp;#8220;These online polls are tricky&amp;#8230;&amp;#8221; I thought it might be interesting to start the year off with an assessment of how people felt about their current employment situation. And what better way to do that than take a poll, right? Apparently most people are currently looking for a new opportunity [...]&lt;h3&gt;Related Posts&lt;/h3&gt;

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		<title>Fun And Games On LinkedIn!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Tylock</dc:creator>
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		<description>This is an exciting day &amp;#8211; a third party has released a game application for LinkedIn. I know steadfast users have been waiting to farm through LinkedIn just like they do in Facebook, or solve some crossword type puzzle, or even play a gangster style game, so this is a much anticipated release&amp;#8230; Chutes and [...]&lt;h3&gt;Related Posts&lt;/h3&gt;

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		<title>Connecting To The Competition</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLinkedinPersonalTrainer/~3/pYsy9rjEEDc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Tylock</dc:creator>
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		<description>Let&amp;#8217;s talk about some LinkedIn advice that I&amp;#8217;ve seen others offer &amp;#8211; connecting to people you compete against. And I&amp;#8217;m not meaning complementary services, situations where you&amp;#8217;ve partnered in the past, or best friends where you&amp;#8217;ve both entered the same field &amp;#8211; I mean the people that will take bread off your plate. You&amp;#8217;d think [...]&lt;h3&gt;Related Posts&lt;/h3&gt;

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		<title>Stop Bothering Me LinkedIn!</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLinkedinPersonalTrainer/~3/2--C1h7FGK8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2012/01/13/stop-bothering-me-linkedin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Tylock</dc:creator>
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		<description>Not mine &amp;#8211; but words I hear often enough. This phrase, or something like, is currently the number one comment or email topic I receive. It has been enough to push me into several articles about the subject &amp;#8211; and apparently one more. It isn&amp;#8217;t advice I like to give out, but if you&amp;#8217;ve had [...]&lt;h3&gt;Related Posts&lt;/h3&gt;

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		<title>Polar 2012 Economic Forecasts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Tylock</dc:creator>
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		<description>One thing&amp;#8217;s for certain, people are either optimistic or pessimistic about the economy for this coming year. There&amp;#8217;s no middle ground. Things will either get better &amp;#8211; or worse&amp;#8230; No middle ground That&amp;#8217;s right &amp;#8211; nobody thinks things will stay the same. Really &amp;#8211; have a look! Charts and such People have been badgering me [...]&lt;h3&gt;Related Posts&lt;/h3&gt;

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		<title>Top 10 Articles In 2011 On The LinkedIn Personal Trainer</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLinkedinPersonalTrainer/~3/qvGFkvjwhcI/</link>
		<comments>http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2011/12/29/top-10-articles-in-2011-on-the-linkedin-personal-trainer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Tylock</dc:creator>
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		<description>Let&amp;#8217;s take a moment to ring out 2011 and look back at some of the most read articles for the year. It&amp;#8217;s been an interesting one with the release of The Revised LinkedIn Personal Trainer and the public stock offering from LinkedIn. (The later of which didn&amp;#8217;t make much of an impact here&amp;#8230;) It&amp;#8217;s hard [...]&lt;h3&gt;Related Posts&lt;/h3&gt;
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		&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2009/02/25/the-linkedin-personal-trainer-overseas/" rel="bookmark"&gt;The LinkedIn Personal Trainer Overseas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- (11.6)--&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2010/08/03/favorite-linked-things/" rel="bookmark"&gt;Favorite Linked Things&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- (11.5)--&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2010/01/08/most-popular-articles-of-2009-on-the-linkedin-personal-trainer/" rel="bookmark"&gt;Most Popular Articles of 2009 on The LinkedIn Personal Trainer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- (11.4)--&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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		<title>Polling Your LinkedIn Group</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLinkedinPersonalTrainer/~3/kxhzZWGaKzU/</link>
		<comments>http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2011/12/23/polling-your-linkedin-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Tylock</dc:creator>
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		<description>I&amp;#8217;ve been regularly asked &amp;#8220;Can I poll just my group on LinkedIn?&amp;#8221; and have had to respond &amp;#8220;no&amp;#8221; &amp;#8211; before today;-) LinkedIn has linked the polling application to groups and now you can. It&amp;#8217;s not as nice as sliced break, but it&amp;#8217;s better than it was&amp;#8230; Easy to use Group polling is quite simple. Just [...]&lt;h3&gt;Related Posts&lt;/h3&gt;
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		&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2009/10/15/linkedin-sub-groups-just-like-a-group-but-special/" rel="bookmark"&gt;LinkedIn Sub-Groups &amp;#8211; Just Like A Group &amp;#8211; But Special&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- (6.2)--&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2011/07/13/linkedin-updates-my-group-digest-setting/" rel="bookmark"&gt;LinkedIn Updates My Group Digest Setting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- (6.1)--&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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		<title>The Most Over Hyped Advice About Overused LinkedIn Descriptors</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLinkedinPersonalTrainer/~3/TRahFSBUmAo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2011/12/19/the-most-over-hyped-advice-about-overused-linkedin-descriptors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Tylock</dc:creator>
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		<description>If you follow any of the mainstream media about LinkedIn you&amp;#8217;ve probably been hounded to &amp;#8220;remove these overused words from your profile!&amp;#8221; Please allow me to set your mind at easy &amp;#8211; there&amp;#8217;s no reason to worry. I&amp;#8217;d be happy if any one of you tells me you&amp;#8217;ve spent time on your profile and used [...]&lt;h3&gt;Related Posts&lt;/h3&gt;
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		<title>Repost – Twelve Days Of LinkedIn</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLinkedinPersonalTrainer/~3/HaM6oNi0n48/</link>
		<comments>http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2011/12/13/repost-twelve-days-of-linkedin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Tylock</dc:creator>
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		<description>Since it happens to be 12 days before the big day, I thought it might be fun to point out the &amp;#8220;Twelve Days of LinkedIn&amp;#8221; video. Short, unaccompanied, and hopefully worth a chuckle or two&amp;#8230; To your continued success, steve &amp;#8211; Steven Tylock http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetylock Related Posts Twelve Days Of LinkedIn Top 10 Articles In [...]&lt;h3&gt;Related Posts&lt;/h3&gt;
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		&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2011/12/29/top-10-articles-in-2011-on-the-linkedin-personal-trainer/" rel="bookmark"&gt;Top 10 Articles In 2011 On The LinkedIn Personal Trainer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- (9)--&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2010/08/03/favorite-linked-things/" rel="bookmark"&gt;Favorite Linked Things&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- (7)--&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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		<title>When Marketing Goes Awry</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheLinkedinPersonalTrainer/~3/k_ZfidrepFg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Tylock</dc:creator>
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		<description>The marketing folks at LinkedIn have apparently rolled out more than one update. Earlier in the week I showed how uninspiring I found their plea to use the profile-skills feature. They did it again before the ink was dry on that article &amp;#8211; you&amp;#8217;ll love this. Everybody&amp;#8217;s finding connections&amp;#8230; So, if users haven&amp;#8217;t been on [...]&lt;h3&gt;Related Posts&lt;/h3&gt;
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		&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2009/10/09/when-social-marketing-goes-bad-again/" rel="bookmark"&gt;When Social Marketing Goes Bad &amp;#8211; Again!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- (6.2)--&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2009/09/26/when-linkedin-social-marketing-goes-bad/" rel="bookmark"&gt;When (LinkedIn) Social Marketing Goes Bad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- (6)--&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/2009/12/11/beware-automated-personal-marketing/" rel="bookmark"&gt;Beware Automated Personal Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- (5.6)--&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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