If you are a LinkedIn veteran like me you definitely have noticed since the COVID-19 pandemic the increase of LinkedIn users’ content. I would say LinkedIn is getting noisy! Naturally, with so many people currently hunkered down at home observing the lockdown, there is going to be a conversion of energy previously spent on personalized […]
I frequently wonder if the business people on LinkedIn who buy into one of the multitudes of Business Lead Generation Programs realize the negative image created from the automated messages that are generated when someone accepts their invitation to connect? Or is the .01% of the positive responses they receive from the auto-generated messages worth […]
There are a few things I…and I suspect a few million others of us…would like to see less of on LinkedIn. There have been a lot of good things LinkedIn has done over the years…like Groups, Showcase Pages and of course LinkedIn LIVE. All of which have improved the platform to become the #1 social […]
I’ve been using LinkedIn since it was launched in May, 2003, which today is the most Powerful of all social media.. The Power of LinkedIn In the beginning, LinkedIn was just another attempt to gather together people managing or owning businesses to form a social network for them to talk to each other. LinkedIn has […]
Asking me what you did wrong after I say… “No Thank You” …to your unsolicited message on LinkedIn really does not help you close the deal. I get messages on LinkedIn nearly every day from people wanting me to take a minute of my time to chat about how THEIR program will generate Business Leads […]
A little over 4 years ago I spent an entire week deleting over 7000 of my LinkedIn connections that I did not know or were in other countries. My new goal was to only keep LinkedIn connections I knew personally or are were located within 30 minutes of my office. Why? I have never bought […]
I really find it strange there are still a large number of people on LinkedIn who fell having thousands of connections is a validation of their popularity. Social networking has changed. Being popular on LinkedIn is not how many connections you can make. Being popular on LinkedIn today is having connections with people you can […]
I do not consider myself a LinkedIn Expert, but I am a slave to consumers viewpoints. From what I am seeing, and being told, there are a lot of marketers making a lot of mistakes with what they post content on LinkedIn. Actually the mistakes I am seeing being made on LinkedIn breakdown into four […]
How do you tell a social media influencer their LinkedIn videos really suck and they not get upset with you? I was asked this question recently and really wish I had a good answer. Sometimes You Just Have to Say It However, I do understand what the person was asking. There are a number of […]
Where were you in 2002? I was signing up for a LinkedIn account. I was actually one of tens of thousands who snagged a pre-launch invitation to join LinkedIn and was there on Day 1. I thought then LinkedIn was going to be the place to be for millions of everyday people. Looking back 15 […]
