Linkedin new Privacy Policy

May 14, 2013 · 0 comments

Linked introduced a new privacy policy yesterday – you will have had an email about it, might have seen the video. You can read the whole policy here. Linkedin has also blogged about it. Looking at what commentators are writing (and few have written much at the moment) the main change is with regard to [...]

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Linkedin launches Mentions feature

April 7, 2013 · 0 comments

Linkedin has just (as of 4 April) quietly launched a ‘mentions’ feature on Linkedin status updates. Just like in Facebook, you can now start typing the name of one of your contacts to connect them to a status update you are preparing. This is what they say about it: How does it work? Begin by [...]

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Linkedin Discontinues Applications

4 March 2013

As part of the new profile work I’ve mentioned beore, Linkedin has also started to discontinue its applications. What does this mean for you? The Applications, or Apps, were what Linkedin used to increase its functionality and interact with other platforms. Here are some examples of apps that are (or are about to be) discontinued, [...]

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2013 Training Programme Update: Strategy, Linkedin, Twitter

4 March 2013

Here are the dates and details of further training sessions this year. Social Media Strategy in a (half) Day Monday 11 March – As the February session went so well we’ve squeezed in another date at Herman Miller. More Information and Booking Here: Linkedin for Professionals Workshops Thursdays 21 March, 16 May, 11 July at Herman Miller [...]

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Linkedin Company Status Updates – New Upload Feature

28 January 2013

If you’re running a company page on Linkedin you’ll note that it is now possible to upload documents to company page status updates (you’ll probably see an area at the top of the page when you visit, suggesting you try it out). To see how it looks, follow this link to my company page where [...]

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Twitter introduces an Archive of your Tweets

24 December 2012

I note that Twitter has introduced an option to access an archive of your tweets. This will be interesting for people who want to keep a record of what they have done in the past and compare it to their goal achievements, for example. On the blog post Twitter has written about the archiving tool, [...]

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Forget Giving Klout and ‘one click endorsements’ on Linkedin – where is your real reputation network?

4 October 2012

I’ve always been interested in how geeks online try and mirror real life for some time. Sentiment analysis of twitter, for example, or the measurement of influence with tools like Peerindex or Klout. Last week Linkedin introduced a system of endorsing its users using a single click, similar to how Klout asks you to do. [...]

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Linkedin Training Workshops: What we cover (with latest dates)

29 August 2012

Several of you have asked what we cover in the workshops, so here’s the new agenda:   Agenda 1.00     Arrivals, Refreshments 1.20    Introduction What is Linkedin Why Linkedin? Linkedin for Individuals Linkedin for Companies Aims of a Linkedin Strategy 1. Audit Review of Linkedin use – an example Activity: Who are we looking for? [...]

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Why Linkedin turning off Twitter updates is a good thing

2 July 2012

It has been interesting to see the discussions about the big Twitter-to-Linkedin switch off over the last few days since the announcements on Friday. I see the decision, whoever was behind it, to be great for users of each platform. There are a couple of reasons why this change is good for twitter users: If [...]

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Do you use Linkedin Answers? Have you had any success with it?

19 June 2012
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Yesterday I was giving some Linkedin training and the subject of Linkedin Answers came up. As a result we used the service to ask the question which titles this blog post: Do you use Linkedin Answers? Have you had any success with it? Asking the question gave me the opportunity to demonstrate how to use [...]

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