Now we are reading about how the Weather Channel is going social and how LinkedIn value dramatically increased after it introduced social features. I have been writing a bit about the invasion of social capabilities into all online tools. Fairly soon this will no longer be news. Now that is a yawer.  percent lead over Bing’s 15.3

Why should I complete my LinkedIn profile? It doesn’t matter what the excuse is, if you have a profile on LinkedIn, there is no good excuse for at least including a picture, writing a summary, including your education and a few details like a website, interests (business and personal) and adding a few connections. Try this.

Why should I complete my LinkedIn profile? It doesn’t matter what the excuse is, if you have a profile on LinkedIn, there is no good excuse for at least including a picture, writing a summary, including your education and a few details like a website, interests (business and personal) and adding a few connections.

Share this on LinkedIn. In academic libraries, there are usually so many levels of priorities. There are the priorities of the university. There are the priorities of the library. Each unit probably has its own priorities, as does each individual. Neither is a completely satisfying choice. But how? This is fantastic! Tweet This!

First off, it should be noted that the report includes both consumer social products like LinkedIn and Facebook used for business purposes and social tools geared specifically for organizations under the banner ‘enterprise social’ So what are the details? We are not suggesting that this is some sort of panacea.”.

When LinkedIn added social features, their use and market value went up. Awareness has released an interesting free report, 3 Keys to Influence: Understanding and Leveraging Social Capital. It began with some useful statistics: 90 percent of all purchases are subject to social influence. Fans of brands are 51 percent more likely to buy.

LinkedIn – Recruiting. So you think the Web won’t change the business you’re in? Do you believe that education, training, and instructional design organizations will carry on with business-as-usual, as people keep paying for traditional courses ? Google – Advertising. Craigslist – Classified Ads.

Our subsequent calls have been equally engaging, and we now have a LinkedIn discussion group limited to “alumni” of these calls. Brief announcements and notes about where we’ve been, and will be, holding forth in public conversations and other activities. Recent Activity. Raising the Bar". He serves as Global Research Director for OJL.

According to the Forbes list of Fast Tech 25 : their annual list of growth kings, the current champion is LinkedIn. was always a reluctant participant in LinkedIn. Its revenue rose 115% over the last 12 months and is accelerating. Its shares are up 144% since its IPO a year ago.  I have always been a fan of Apple products.

Share this on LinkedIn. So many of us struggle with determining priorities in teaching. Few of us have a workload that would allow us to do everything we would like to do. and we think: wow, I’d love to do that. But can we? And then that goes to the broad vs. deep argument. Neither option is particularly satisfying. model better?

Ok, we’re to my Top 3 Annoying Behaviors of People on LinkedIn. We’ve been taking this educational journey together to help people understand the LinkedIn environment and what other people think of behaviors that may not even get a second thought while we’re engaging from a computer with no one else in the room. Yeah for them!

It already has signed up the likes of SAP, Dropbox and LinkedIn. I have often wondered why we have not seen a newer, more mobile and more touch-centric descendant of Adobe’s portable document format, popularly known by its acronym – PDF. Of course, it doesn’t work with password protected PDFs.) Sign up for a free trial.

Incorporate data from outside sources such as Google Apps (email and contacts), Salesforce.com (accounts and status), Facebook or LinkedIn (contacts and relationships). The market for Enterprise 2.0 apps has taken off in the time since I first alerted consumer software entrepreneurs to this huge new opportunity ( “ Enterprise 2.0:

Share this on LinkedIn. Yesterday was my one-year anniversary of working at Portland State. I’d wanted to write a post yesterday reflecting on it, but I was driving three hours (to Bend, OR) to give a four-hour preconference. didn’t leave for a promotion. left because I was looking for new challenges. And I have gotten a lot done.

LinkedIn makes it easy to request introductions. Go to LinkedIn and look up John’s profile. find it more effective to make the phone call first, and then to use LinkedIn’s steps to an introduction. So after I make the phone call, I go back to LinkedIn and request the introduction. Do you mind introducing us?”.

You can push content directly to: Flickr, SlideShare, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and even twitter. Alfresco started in 2005 and has been offering open enterprise content management (ECM) to an increasing number of clients to where they are now the largest open source content management company in the world. would certainly agree.

I once had a conversation at a networking event where I asked the person if they were on LinkedIn. The next day when I arrived at work, I went onto LinkedIn to make sure I sent a personal note to everyone I had connected with the night before. He replied that he didn’t check LinkedIn; I should have sent him a regular email.

GroupWise also provides icon badges for emails from such tools as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Vibe. The first question I had was the relationship between GroupWise, Pulse and Teaming. The answer allowed Kari to explain how they have regrouped their collaboration product line. to really work. It comes with both GroupWise and Vibe. 

Want to pick up some tips on searching LinkedIn more effectively? The first webinar, Ten Top Tips for Searching LinkedIn, is available at batesinfo.com/meb123 or on YouTube. just posted the first of a series, MEB's 123s -- 20- to 30-minute webinars focusing on practical advice to info pros and knowledge workers.

Peter Bregman has an article from two years ago on the HBR Blog Network that got taken up on LinkedIn today, Two Lists You Should Look at Every Morning : List 1: Your focus list. Everyone claims to know what their priorities are. But do they know what to ignore? What to say "no" to? What NOT to do today? List 2: Your ignore list.

Here’s a great one about LinkedIn. How LinkedIn Works by Infographiclabs. LinkedIn 101 Using LinkedIn infographic triberrEverybody loves infographics.

Typing your job title in all caps on #LinkedIn does NOT make you look more important than your non-capitalizing peers. Humor Using LinkedIn LinkedIn ProfilesJordan Whitt (@jwwhitt) April 10, 2012. JennaNBaker you’re half right. should’ve qualified that with “unless your job title consists solely of acronyms.”

Share this on LinkedIn. You know you’re a real blogger when, no matter how absurdly busy the rest of your life is, the thing you can’t do that you miss the most is blogging. It’s been a crazy almost two months and isn’t looking to get any better in the near future. The lovely Megan Oakleaf was the PI. Tweet This!

They provide 3rd party testimonial proof that your LinkedIn profile is peer reviewed and credible.  LinkedIn 101 LinkedIn Training & Coaching Networking Skills LinkedIn Lori Ruff recommendations triberrI love recommendations. The worst is when I don’t even know a person. That just shouldn’t happen.

There is also a parallel conversation on FM’s strategic role going on right now on LinkedIn, in the “ Facilities Management Professionals International ” discussion group. April 2012. What is strategy? What does it mean for a business function to be “strategic”? Please read this month’s article and let me know what you think. Enjoy. Share It!

Our second and third calls were equally engaging, and we now have a LinkedIn discussion group limited to “alumni” of these calls. Recent Activity. Talking About Tomorrow. We have long wanted to engage more directly with smart practitioners and independent experts, as we all drive in parallel towards the future of work. Facilities Fusion 2012.

Late last week, LinkedIn announced an update to their  People You May Know  feature that they will be rolling out to users over the next few weeks. This is one of my favorite LinkedIn features — I’ve found it tremendously useful for reconnecting with former co-workers, clients, and especially networking acquaintances.

The likes of Monster and LinkedIn are only the starting point when it comes to using the internet to find talent, according to Elance CEO Fabio Rosati. But where is all this interest in online labor platforms heading over the coming years? How will the uptick in interest in the so-called ‘human cloud’ shape business?

Here are tips for protecting your information on LinkedIn. Your LinkedIn Profile: Only put information that you want the world to see on your LinkedIn profile.  LinkedIn is a professional network, and is all about building relationships and doing business together.  Security and social media have been in the news lately. 

The most often stated reason people tell me they have lost their LinkedIn account is when they are using a business name instead of their given name on LinkedIn. But here’s the real deal: LinkedIn WILL shut down your account if they find you using anything other than your name and lettered credentials in your name field.

That is why it is recommended that you use the blind carbon copy function ‘bcc’ on emails, and the same thing goes for LinkedIn. Linked Intelligence LinkedIn 101 LinkedIn Training & Coaching Pet Peeves Using LinkedIn LinkedIn Lori Ruff social media strategy triberrSome people refer to this as ‘netiquette’.

It's why I'm active in LinkedIn groups and other places because I like keeping the information and resources flowing. . A blog post this morning by Walter McKenzie got me thinking about career behavior--more specifically do we approach people with a "what's in it for me?" mentality or do we look beyond transactions? Not at all.

Trolling for information on LinkedIn. Over on the LinkedIn Personal Trainer blog I’ve previously dealt with “super-sekrit” information ). LinkedIn Privacy & Safety connections hacked LinkedIn safetyThose shark infested waters. But then the criminals find out – and there goes the neighborhood.

LinkedIn Field Notes: A Glimpse Inside Great Explorers' Notebooks | Brain Pickings. Noam Chomsky on the Purpose of Education | Brain Pickings. link]. Bunchball gamification for IBM Connections. Liz Keogh's blog » Cynefin for Devs. The nature of complexity? Predators needed! Theknowledgecore's Blog. link].

Interesting that when I did a search in LinkedIn for the title 'project manager' Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG and E&Y cumulatively have over 1,000 people currently in this role. What does this sound like? No, it's not a newly proposed format for earning your JD. Does one need to earn a PMP to be a competent PM?

At Signal SF, we have an extraordinary lineup of speakers from both the platform world (LinkedIn, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft) as well as from independent publishers and service providers (Federated Media, Girl’s Gone Child, Automattic, Lijit). PS, I have ten, and only ten, half price tickets available. So here goes.

At Signal SF, we have an extraordinary lineup of speakers from both the platform world (LinkedIn, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft) as well as from independent publishers and service providers (Federated Media, Girl’s Gone Child, Automattic, Lijit). PS, I have ten, and only ten, half price tickets available. ” ).

You see it at fast-moving companies like Facebook or LinkedIn. If the future of work is mobile and independent, featuring more accountability but less loyalty and rigidity, then what sorts of tools will this new reality demand? Or to think of the same question from a different angle, what tools will help speed our present toward that future?

Quick, what’s LinkedIn? ” But over the two years or so, LinkedIn has quietly built itself into a significant media business. And I’ve begun to notice the LinkedIn share button popping up all over the web – it isn’t quite the attention engine that Twitter has become, but its power is rising.

Without some persistent point of presence (blog, Twitter, LinkedIn), one is invisible online unless he or she is already famous. Tweet Imagine if we limited our conversations to only those in the same office. We would miss out on so many learning opportunities. Well it seems some people are still missing out. This is life in perpetual Beta.

The post is essentially about a new LinkedIn group that Paul formed in late January, called “Careers & Jobs (Open) CRE & Facilities Management." My colleague Paul Carder (a co-founder with me of Occupiers Journal Limited) has posted nice summary of the current job market, and job seekers, on his personal blog, at PaulCarder.com.

LinkedIn is the best way to find people who can be good clients and good sources of referrals – your buyers and decision-makers. showed him how to use LinkedIn to find Sales Vice Presidents in specific industries he works in and in his New York ZIP code. LinkedIn profiles give you clues to start to build trust in a relationship.

Xobni allows users to integrate Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Skype and other services with their Outlook inboxes. Contact management startup Xobni has raised a $10 million round of funding, according to an SEC filing. That brings total funding to $42 million , according to Crunchbase. ” Ok! Sign up for a free trial.

Contacts startup Rapportive has been acquired by LinkedIn, according to a  post on Rapportive’s blog  Wednesday. That includes social connections such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, as well as their address books. Uncategorized Facebook facebook-inc LinkedIn LinkedIn Corporation Rapportive social media Twitter twitter-inc

When you start you own LinkedIn group, you’re the Expert. Customer Communities Linked Intelligence LinkedIn Tools Social NetworkingGroups are a good way to get visibility, ask questions, and comment on discussions that other people have started.  Scan them to see if one of them fits your approach or specific area. 

Criminals have discovered that people do read messages from LinkedIn – and are using fake emails in an attempt to deliver viruses. Read more about it on  Virus Threat Through Fake LinkedIn Email. LinkedIn Privacy & SafetyTo your continued success, steve.

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Linkedin acquiring @Rapportive ! Here is another in a series of posts that provide access to my favorite tweets that contain links to useful information.    Some of these I did to link to things I found useful and others are RTs that I want to save for the same reason. hope this is also useful for you.  link]. link]. link].

Other players in the emerging reputation space include LinkedIn, Honestly.com and CubeDuel. A while back we released our Map of the ExaTrends of the Decade. We are now releasing a series of short videos delving into the ExaTrends, starting with Reputation Economy. Influence and Reputation are different.

Those include Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, Adam Bain, President of Revenue at Twitter, Neal Mohan, who leads Google’s ad products, and Ross Levinsohn, who runs Yahoo! Over at the FM blog , I just posted the draft agenda for the first of five conferences I’ll be chairing as part of my day job at Federated Media.

Just what does it take to be “in” someone’s network on LinkedIn? For the longest time now it has meant three degrees of connectivity, and it appears that LinkedIn is flirting with just two. So then I started checking into the LinkedIn system to find out what sorts of rules applied to this need for an upgraded account.

Share this on LinkedIn. I remember when I was in library school, a lot of people talked about librarians who were resistant to change and would try to derail your exciting and innovative projects. Why do people resist change? There are lots and lots of reasons, many of which have nothing to do with being a “stick in the mud.”

If I see people like this in a LinkedIn Group or some other on-line network, I try to make a special effort to reach out to them. Although we don't discuss it much, one of the most powerful influences on our personal and professional development is our peer groups. This has had a profoundly positive influence on my work and my thinking.

We looked externally at who has a lot of followers on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc, so we could start to see who our collaboration experts are, our super connectors,” says Miles. Not every switch over to new-fangled social or collaboration tools goes smoothly , but according to Miles Virgin’s pilot was relatively bump free.

My good friend and colleague Paul Carder recently started a new "Careers & Jobs" discussion group on LinkedIn. In a few short weeks it already have over 1700 members. Need I say more? It's an open group, and I encourage all FM and CRE professionals to register and follow the discussions, even if you are not currently in the job market.

LinkedIn 101 LinkedIn Training & Coaching Networking Skills LinkedIn Lori Ruff social media strategy triberrA few months back I was contacted on Skype by a new connection. Almost immediately into the conversation, he asked me to help him and his company, an “SEO, SMO, and Web Development Company”.

LinkedIn 101 LinkedIn Training & Coaching Networking Skills LinkedIn Lori Ruff social media strategy triberrA few months back I was contacted on Skype by a new connection. Almost immediately into the conversation, he asked me to help him and his company, an “SEO, SMO, and Web Development Company”.

I recently received an email from a stranger asking me to send them a LinkedIn invitation. When you join LinkedIn, you get 3,000 initial invites. If you manage to burn through your initial 3,000 invites, you can contact LinkedIn and ask for more every thirty days! How do I know? It will be appreciated.

I recently received an email from a stranger asking me to send them a LinkedIn invitation. When you join LinkedIn, you get 3,000 initial invites. If you manage to burn through your initial 3,000 invites, you can contact LinkedIn and ask for more every thirty days! How do I know? It will be appreciated.

I recently received an email from a new connection asking me to send them a LinkedIn invitation. When you join LinkedIn, you get 3,000 initial invites. If you manage to burn through your initial 3,000 invites – you can contact LinkedIn and ask for more every thirty days! How do I know? It will be appreciated.

They found that the use of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, texting, downloadable mobile apps and Foursquare are increasing while there are reductions in the use of blogs, message boards, video blogs, podcasts and MySpace. So is news an article and commentary a blog? These questions are not my real point but just a symptom of it.

There is not anything wrong with building a large, open network on LinkedIn. The key is, if you’re building this type of network on LinkedIn, do it with the understanding that you’re connecting to people , not numbers. Let’s do this in reverse order.

There is not anything wrong with building a large, open network on LinkedIn. The key is, if you’re building this type of network on LinkedIn, do it with the understanding that you’re connecting to people , not numbers. Let’s do this in reverse order.

There is not anything wrong with building a large, open network on LinkedIn. The key is, if you’re building this type of network on LinkedIn, do it with the understanding that you’re connecting to people , not numbers. Let’s do this in reverse order.

Last week I had the opportunity to speak at the MeetUp group, NSA-NYC (National Speakers Association, New York City chapter), about LinkedIn and how to get more speaking engagements using LinkedIn.  A number of questions arose about where do you start, and where does LinkedIn fit in with the rest of your marketing?

Last week I had the opportunity to speak at the MeetUp group, NSA-NYC (National Speakers Association, New York City chapter), about LinkedIn and how to get more speaking engagements using LinkedIn.  A number of questions arose about where do you start, and where does LinkedIn fit in with the rest of your marketing?

Last week I had the opportunity to speak at the MeetUp group, NSA-NYC (National Speakers Association, New York City chapter), about LinkedIn and how to get more speaking engagements using LinkedIn.  A number of questions arose about where do you start, and where does LinkedIn fit in with the rest of your marketing?

One of the most important aspects of LinkedIn are the recommendations. When a LinkedIn recommendation is posted, it creates a link between the two profiles. LinkedIn 101 LinkedIn Tools LinkedIn Training & Coaching LinkedIn Lori Ruff recommendations triberrChances are, it was recommended to you.

One of the most important aspects of LinkedIn are the recommendations. When a LinkedIn recommendation is posted, it creates a link between the two profiles. LinkedIn 101 LinkedIn Tools LinkedIn Training & Coaching LinkedIn Lori Ruff recommendations triberrChances are, it was recommended to you.

One of the most important aspects of LinkedIn are the recommendations. When a LinkedIn recommendation is posted, it creates a link between the two profiles. LinkedIn 101 LinkedIn Tools LinkedIn Training & Coaching LinkedIn Lori Ruff recommendations triberrChances are, it was recommended to you.

Most of use know about activity streams from the various social tools we are using that publish some kind of history of updates or statuses: blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, etc. Activity Streams seem to be everywhere. Even business tools are starting to publish them. I wonder if this has implications for how we consume streams?

There are other shifts as the use of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, texting, downloadable mobile apps and Foursquare are increasing while there are reductions in the use of blogs, message boards, video blogs, podcasts and MySpace. 500 used Facebook and 73% used LinkedIn.  This new study continues the Center’s work on Inc.

Share this on LinkedIn. There are a lot of popular assumptions people make in this profession that lead us to make classic blunders. These can be assumptions about the change process, assumptions about our colleagues, and assumptions about our patrons. And those failures truly can be avoided. Here’s the first. Tweet This!

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You can start your own profile by linking to your Facebook and LinkedIn pages. When it comes to getting your resume into the right hands, WikiOrgcharts has some advantages over  LinkedIn  . WikiOrgCharts  helps bring that information into focus. The cloud-based tool uses the power of  crowdsourcing  to populate org charts. More

And I’m quite sure the folks at Facebook, Twitter, and others (think LinkedIn, Yahoo, etc) are making sure word of this exemplar reaches the right folks at the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, Congress, and government agencies around the world. Last week I spent an afternoon down at Facebook, as I mentioned here.

Yes, it’s almost sacrilegious – but there are people who’ve tried LinkedIn and decided it wasn’t for them. give them kudos over the people that haven’t tried LinkedIn. So start here when you’d like LinkedIn to stop bothering you;-). Using LinkedIn quitting triberrCan we just say goodby?

Yes, it’s almost sacrilegious – but there are people who’ve tried LinkedIn and decided it wasn’t for them. give them kudos over the people that haven’t tried LinkedIn. So start here when you’d like LinkedIn to stop bothering you;-). Using LinkedIn quitting triberrCan we just say goodby?

Yes, it’s almost sacrilegious – but there are people who’ve tried LinkedIn and decided it wasn’t for them. give them kudos over the people that haven’t tried LinkedIn. So start here when you’d like LinkedIn to stop bothering you;-). Using LinkedIn quittingCan we just say goodby?

ve recently been tracking several debates about the definition of “facilities management” as discussed across a number of LinkedIn groups…. The wired, more independent future of work is necessitating changes to how managers coordinate, facilitate and monitor their teams’ work. What good does this do? Sign up for a free trial.

Over in the LIS Career Options group in LinkedIn, nurtured and managed by Kim Dority , a discussion started recently about the dreaded elevator speech. As I was thinking about what has worked for me, I realized that 90% of the "message" in a successful elevator speech isn't in the pitch. So, here's my approach. love it! end of talking.

Embedding videos on your LinkedIn profile is something you should definitely play around with. People can then play your video right there on LinkedIn. LinkedIn offers some great ways to get creative with YouTube. LinkedIn 101 LinkedIn Training & Coaching Using LinkedIn LinkedIn Lori Ruff social media strategy triberr

Embedding videos on your LinkedIn profile is something you should definitely play around with. People can then play your video right there on LinkedIn. LinkedIn offers some great ways to get creative with YouTube. LinkedIn 101 LinkedIn Training & Coaching Using LinkedIn LinkedIn Lori Ruff social media strategy triberr

Embedding videos on your LinkedIn profile is something you should definitely play around with. People can then play your video right there on LinkedIn. LinkedIn offers some great ways to get creative with YouTube. LinkedIn 101 LinkedIn Training & Coaching Using LinkedIn LinkedIn Lori Ruff social media strategy triberr

Are you getting the most out of LinkedIn? When leveraged effectively, you can use LinkedIn to: Fill your inbox with inquiries from your target market, everyday. And as an added bonus, the first 100 people who sign up through Linked Intelligence will also receive a half-hour LinkedIn profile review session as part of the package. 

Are you getting the most out of LinkedIn? When leveraged effectively, you can use LinkedIn to: Fill your inbox with inquiries from your target market, everyday. And as an added bonus, the first 100 people who sign up through Linked Intelligence will also receive a half-hour LinkedIn profile review session as part of the package. 

Are you getting the most out of LinkedIn? When leveraged effectively, you can use LinkedIn to: Fill your inbox with inquiries from your target market, everyday. And as an added bonus, the first 100 people who sign up through Linked Intelligence will also receive a half-hour LinkedIn profile review session as part of the package. 

From an email from LinkedIn Customer Service to someone whose account had been hacked: Option 2: Regain access to the account by signing the following affidavit of identity before a Notary Public. LinkedIn Privacy & Safety triberrOnce received, I will submit the form to our Privacy Team to begin the account recovery process.

From an email from LinkedIn Customer Service to someone whose account had been hacked: Option 2: Regain access to the account by signing the following affidavit of identity before a Notary Public. LinkedIn Privacy & Safety triberrOnce received, I will submit the form to our Privacy Team to begin the account recovery process.

From an email from LinkedIn Customer Service to someone whose account had been hacked: Option 2: Regain access to the account by signing the following affidavit of identity before a Notary Public. LinkedIn Privacy & SafetyOnce notarized, this form can be faxed back to me or scanned and attached in your response to this message.

Congratulations to Michelle Gilstrap, Executive Director at Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and winner of our fifth and final free LinkedIn profile makeover. LinkedIn Profile Makeoversgot most of it, though – you can see the “Before” below.

Congratulations to Michelle Gilstrap, Executive Director at Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and winner of our fifth and final free LinkedIn profile makeover. LinkedIn Profile Makeoversgot most of it, though – you can see the “Before” below.

Congratulations to Michelle Gilstrap, Executive Director at Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and winner of our fifth and final free LinkedIn profile makeover. LinkedIn Profile Makeoversgot most of it, though – you can see the “Before” below.

Our next free LinkedIn profile makeover winner is… (the envelope, please!). I’ll be very interested to see what  Linked Strategies  does with Bob’s LinkedIn profile. Here’s Bob “Before”: LinkedIn Profile MakeoversBob Warren, founder of ResumeBear , a phenomenal (and free) tool for job-seekers.

Our next free LinkedIn profile makeover winner is… (the envelope, please!). I’ll be very interested to see what  Linked Strategies  does with Bob’s LinkedIn profile. Here’s Bob “Before”: LinkedIn Profile MakeoversBob Warren, founder of ResumeBear , a phenomenal (and free) tool for job-seekers.

My friend Jefre Outlaw shared with me a great LinkedIn anecdote about the importance of keeping your profile up-to-date. “At first I completely forgot about updating my LinkedIn profile,” he said. Being on LinkedIn didn’t get me the business. ” Good thing he did!

Karen is a freelance journalist, editor and photographer facing a dilemma that so many people have when it comes to LinkedIn. How do you present yourself on LinkedIn in a way that is appropriate for both potential clients and potential employers? Congrats to our third free profile makeover winner, Karen Briggs!

I originally wrote about this issue back in 2007, and while LinkedIn has occasionally (and inconsistently) manually cracked down on this practice, 5 years later they still haven’t really done much to curb it. LinkedIn interfaces with tools like Salesforce, and people can download your vCard into Outlook.

When LinkedIn first launched, there was nowhere to put links to any of your web sites in your profile. That’s probably not what LinkedIn had in mind, but I don’t see anything in the user agreement prohibiting it. ” When you sign up with jaxtr, you get a simple URL you can use on your LinkedIn profile. Why not?