Posted by stylock on 31 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: About the Service, Outside LinkedIn, Ways to Use LinkedIn
It was a nice gift to find that an article I worked on earlier in the year recently came out on the Microsoft site.
Read on to see the full link.
Posted by stylock on 28 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: About the Service
BusinessWeek is sporting a new article from Marianne Paskowski titled “What Does LinkedIn Really Get You?“ I don’t think she sees the value in LinkedIn…
One of the sources for the article would rather talk face to face than use this new-fangled social networking stuff. Another mentions they can re-connect to communities and people they’ve known. The last section talks about being rejected when asking to connect.
Well that’s it - She’s not connecting to people she knows and trusts… And when connected, she’s not seeing the use of setting up face to face meetings through introductions!
Posted by stylock on 18 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Groups, Ways to Use LinkedIn
I’ve been telling trainees about the use of LinkedIn to reach out to alumni for a while now, and decided to “field test” my advice;-)
Would the alumni from your Alma Mater really be open to your contact?
Absolutely - read on…
Posted by stylock on 12 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: About the Service
The note started “I’m sorry I didn’t reply sooner, email from LinkedIn is sent to an account I hardly ever read, and I don’t login to LinkedIn very often”…
What if it was a job offer, or a sale, or a business deal - would you let that drop into an email account you hardly ever read?
That’s not going to happen to you, right?
Posted by stylock on 08 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: About the Service
This hardly qualifies as a “scoop”, but I predict in the next few weeks we’ll see articles about the upswing in activity on LinkedIn.
The activity level when the financial crisis was reported in October made the news, and this current activity ought to be recognizable as well.
How do I know? Well…
Posted by stylock on 28 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Ways to Use LinkedIn
Sorry for the Suess-ism in the title, but this topic is very circular and the reference will put you in the right frame of mind!-)
Who’s “In” and “Out” of your network? And what networks are you in?
Read on…
Posted by stylock on 24 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Connections, Etiquette, Introductions, Ways to Use LinkedIn
This topic has come up a couple times when I’ve responded to people I don’t know who have invited me to connect. My standard reply is “We don’t know each other, but I’m happy to use this opening as the start of a relationship.”
Every once in a while one will write back saying “Oh - I really wanted to get in touch to ask about …”
Posted by stylock on 20 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: About the Service, Ways to Use LinkedIn
Every once in a while I’m met by a skeptic - they don’t see the value in LinkedIn. I have a standard process to convince them that LinkedIn is worth their time.
Let me take you through it…
Posted by stylock on 12 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Jobs, Outside LinkedIn, Ways to Use LinkedIn
After sending off a strongly worded note to a friend yesterday, I realized that the message applies to every business professional - and needed to make it out to the blog.
My friend wanted to help her brother who was just laid off, and was starting to network on his behalf.
The advice was simple - he needs to network at four different levels - and so do you!
Posted by stylock on 06 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Jobs, Profiles
Mark asks “should a consultant A) list every client as a ‘position’, or B) include one big position that mentions every client engagement?”
My answer was C - list a consulting job and effectively position the value proposition.
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