Search is an important aspect of the LinkedIn experience and a big part of many professional’s everyday jobs. We recently launched a more streamlined design for LinkedIn Search, with the goal of helping our users, often on the run or at work, to find who they’re looking for both quickly and effectively. While Esteban’s post from last week focused on the product upgrades within LinkedIn searc
1. Check out LinkedIn jobs, if you can see a job there, that means that you're connected to the job. If you do not have tons of connections, connect to some of us on the PowerForum.2. Use LinkedIn for your job-search research project. You will focus on specific companies - you should do that, as it gives you a target for your job search and turns you into an active job researcher/seeker rather tha
The other week, Brian Clifton wrote a very neat article on his well-known blog about tracking social networks by using filters. The data I got from the implementations he recommended in that article made me want to obtain even more “actionable data”.
So I went a little deeper into it and, after some tricks and implementations, [...]
Marketing Vox reports that LinkedIn have upgraded its search offerings with new and easier to use features, see below for a quote:
”New offerings include search suggestions for querying contacts, streamlined search results, modified search, customized view — which puts in-network contacts at the top of the search results — and the ability to save searches. [...]
Ron Pollack - LinkedInSource: www.linkedin.comView Ron Pollack's professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping professionals like Ron Pollack discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts, and business partners.
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As a member of LinkedIn you have the opportunity to connect with business associates, post a “resume”, solicit testimonials from clients and co-workers and position yourself as an expert by answering questions posted by other users. I covered these basic topics in Getting the Most of Your LinkedIn Profile.
Take a look through one of [...]
Image via CrunchBaseThe philosophy of most small businesses is the same for Linkedin.com ….
Relationships Matter
Sounds familiar right? As a small business owner, you get it. Success is usually linked to the professional relationships you build over time. So the theory is that the more relationships you have, the more success can come your way. Who can argue with that?
So, what exactly is
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The Social Nework of Choice for Many Business Owners
LinkedIn is the preferred social network of many business professionals. It's not the only one by any means, and some people will tell you it's not the best, but studies show that it is the favorite among business owners.
Mike Sachoff recently reported on a study that
I recently asked the LinkedIn network "What's the most significant customer service breakthrough you've seen in your time, from a technology standpoint? Is it your CRM? Workforce management? Quality monitoring? E-Learning? Web Chat? Google Services?"
As a testament to the power of social networking, I was able to get 27+ responses from business professionals. Now I can take this feedback, and thr
Linkedin yesterday introduced a new event section, here are the first impressions
If you use Linkedin and follow me on twitter, you know I have been talking about Linkedin introducing thanks to Brian pointing that out.
Up until yesterday nobody knew what the section was for. Linkedin is very popular within the community for not talking [...]
One of the largest professional networking service LinkedIn announces the applications API i.e you can add different famous applications on your linkedin profiles.Some of the common benifits includes...
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Here's a post that I just couldn't resist. LinkedIn.com has announced some really cool new features to their site. Up until now, I think many have just considered this site to be a place to have a profile, an on-line resume', or the place to be if you're anybody in any business. I think most members on ActiveRain are probably on LinkedIn already, and if not, should be.
Just today
Come ormai è in uso nei maggiori Social Network, anche Linkedin, nonostante la sua natura più professionale, ha introdotto dei sistemi di sharing per informazioni provenienti dalla rete, che possono essere integrati nel profilo personale
In questo video alcune informazioni interessanti su come usarli e dove trovarli:
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As 30 million members already know, LinkedIn is a serious social networking site for the business crowd. According to Quantcast, it gets about 5.5 million unique visitors a month. Barack Obama’s a member. So’s John McCain.
Members should check out today’s launch of Apps for LinkedIn. Apps is definitely the lime in LinkedIn’s coconut and includes 9 well selected applications [..
As 30 million members already know, LinkedIn is??a serious social networking site for the business crowd. According to Quantcast,??it gets about 5.5 million unique visitors a month. Barack Obama’s a member. So’s??John McCain.
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L'inesorabile avanzata del buzz tra le strategie del nuovo millennio per una comunicazione più efficace sembra aver preso piede ovunque! Oggi tra le tante mail mi arriva quest di LinkedIn:"Work collaboratively with your network.Box on LinkedIn: Share files and collaborate with your network.Huddle on LinkedIn: Private workspaces to collaborate with your network on projects. Share information and
Stamattina accedo a LinkedIn (lo faccio quasi ogni mattina durante il mio giro di ricognizione web: mail, bacheca del blog, Google Analytics, ShinyStat, RSS, LinkedIn, e chi più ne ha più ne metta…) e trovo una piacevolissima sorpresa.
Frutto di un lungo lavoro da parte dei team di sviluppo e partnership, le tanto annunciate “Featured Applications” [...]
Parece que el grafo social sigue ampliándose, especializándose, complicándose.
Esperemos que el lanzamiento de La plataforma para Aplicaciones de LinkedIn , no convierta a esta isla supuestamente paradisíaca en el nuevo icono turístico de moda….
Leía ayer en Ciberprensa sobre un estudio de Nielsen Online en el que se constata que la
LinkedIn made a major announcement by way of its launch of the Applications Platform. From their blog:
I’m writing today to announce the launch of LinkedIn’s applications platform that will enable over 30 million professionals on LinkedIn to communicate, collaborate, and share information even better than before.
They have gone live with 9 applications currently which includes [...]
Today we’re happy to announce the launch of the WordPress App for LinkedIn, the largest online network for professionals.
The WordPress App for LinkedIn helps you share ideas and updates with your LinkedIn network, keeping your trusted contacts in the loop, effortlessly.
To add the WordPress App to your LinkedIn account, visit the LinkedIn Application Directory. Select [...]
LinkedIn launched a new service called LinkedIn Surveys last month, which will conduct surveys to help advertisers, reach their target audience. The target audience being professionals and decision makers such as executives and IT experts, who are members of this social network.
This will be possible because LinkedIn possesses a lot of detailed information about their [...]
How many emails have you received from friends or colleagues inviting you to join LinkedIn? More than you can count? Join the club. If you haven’t spent a lot of time learning about LinkedIn then it may just seem like another way to spend time you don’t have, but SEO experts advise that LinkedIn can be an excellent tool for growing your business. Here are 5 reasons why LinkedIn can work for
Famous social networking site, very useful for professional networking, LinkedIn has recently launched new survey. New feature will enable its members to conduct market research. LinkedIn has appx. 30 million users, connected in networking for business and career purpose.
As many more social networking sites are available for networking communication. We can use all [...]
So for the first time EVER I’ve actually decided to take a decent look at LinkedIn.
I can see why people would find it useful…. it’s a great way to find out things about people you’ve just started working with, prospective employers and employees alike…. only small issue is that of validation, i.e. being able to [...]
Since writing about the ability to have discussions in the Real Estate Shows LinkedIn Group, I’ve received numerous email from clients who wanted to know how to get the most from LinkedIn. I’m a big fan of the videos put together by Common Craft, so I thought this might be a good way to share [...]
En un informe visto en infobae detalla el voraz incremento en la utilización de la red Linkedin a raíz de la crisis financiera a nivel mundial.
Es la primera vez que se puede mensurar la reacción de profesionales de un sector en particular desde una plataforma global.
Si linkedin hubiese estado tan difundida en 2001 en nuestro [...]
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Sasha Strauss, Managing Director of Innovation Protocol a brand strategy consulting firm, makes a very compelling case for utilizing LinkedIn as a source of referrals. Referrals can be the lifeblood of a business and LinkedIn is the tool Sasha utilized [...]
Windows only: Up-and-coming instant messaging application Digsby has released a new updated with significant performance improvements and added support for business-oriented social networking site LinkedIn. Performance improvements include optimized RAM usage (the fruits of the last test release), a snappier interface, better connectivity with IM networks, and bug fixes galore. Beyond that, the IM
"This arrangement will allow us to deliver our ads across a much broader base," says Steve Patrizi, LinkedIn's director of advertising sales. No initial participating publishers are being identified....
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Your professional relationships are key to your professional success.
Our mission is to help you be more effective in your daily work and open doors to opportunities using the professional relationships you already have.
This isn’t networking—it’s what networking should be.
Forget exchanging business cards with acquaintances that don’t know your work, or trying to renew professional ties
Political campaigns are notorious for eliciting passion among supporters and detractors alike. This election cycle has seen an unprecedented surge in the use of social media to spread the message. Today I would like to focus on how the Republican and Democratic nominees are using LinkedIn to connect to professionals worldwide.Let’s start with a top down view of the social media campaign structur
Last week, we wrote about LinkedIn’s recent issues with its Groups - as part of a new platform rollout, a number of management features were apparently buggy, while others had been removed entirely.
Tonight sees the release of a number of new features on the platform that should quell some of these concerns. Among the new features are a centralized hub page for every group, where group members c
When we launched the Real Estate Shows Group on LinkedIn, we had faith that the best professional networking site on the planet would work to make groups something more than a list of names.
They did. Today, LinkedIn finally added a few features that will make your Real Estate Shows LinkedIn group connections more powerful, including [...]
I was just informed that LinkedIn Group is rolling some really nice new features for LinkedIn Groups. This is really great because LinkedIn Groups are a great way to connect with people. Here are the new features LinkedIn Groups will be rolling out:
Discussion forums: Simple discussion spaces for you and your members. (You can turn [...]
Need to kick start your career? Recently laid off?
Finding a job is no picnic. And we all know that resumes don’t find jobs, people do.
LinkedIn networks people. Staying in contact with old...
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I have been using these two sites a lot lately to communicate in the online world. Plus, I have had a lot of people connecting to me lately so I wanted to see if this was just me or if it was a trend. LinkedIn Traffic from Compete.com My profile on LinkedIn Twitter Traffic on Compete.com My profile on Twitter
What does Linkedin really mean to you and your business? According to Linkedin the following:
1. Control Your Professional Brand- show case skills and talents via your profile and Answer section
2. Network and Reconnect- 24 million members strong, an excuse to call on an old friend or business connection
3. Share Your Knowledge- and Expertise: [...]
Unsurprisingly I am confident that the answer will be NO. It isn’t because Linkedin is not capable or doesn’t have the desire, far from it they are very keen to get our corporate recruitment market, as can be seen with their Coroprate Solution and apart from that we all know how good the product is.
I [...]
I never heard a response from LinkedIn over its alleged treatment of my friend Vincent Wright, but I was interested in the change to its terms and conditions effective July 31. Folks may be interested that the following are not permitted: • deep-link to the Site for any purpose, (i.e. including a link to a LinkedIn web page other than LinkedIn’s home page) unless expres
After many years of active LinkedIn use, I find myself weary of that site’s lack of positive developments. The only changes seem to be for the worse—customer support gone missing in action, a non-opt-outable Answers section filled with advertisements and unprofessional nonsense, “open networkers” who wreck the concept of LinkedIn connections, and a page format [...]
Inicio hoy una serie de 3 posts sobre clones de populares servicios y CMS en general. En esta primera parte os dejo algunos clones o propuestas similares a servicios 2.0. La segunda parte será similar, añadiendo sistemas de gestión de blogs planetas y agregadores de noticias. En un tercer post, profundizaremos en la creación [...]
Did you know that NAR (National Association of Realtors) publishes the results of their surveys to the very clients that real estate professionals help? Well they do and the surveys always show year after year that well over 45% of business by real estate professionals is done by referral. What this means is that you [...]
For those of you unfamiliar with Linkedin, it is a great networking tool, totally free. The way it works is you join and invite connections. You then have access to their connections as well. I joined about a year ago and have over 1500 connections. This links me to over 10,311,800 professionals. So yes, [...]
Linked In, compania fundada en 2003 por Reid Hoffman y con 25 millones de usuarios, se lanza a seducir a los hispanoparlantes con un sitio en español.
La novedad principal es que a partir de mañana jueves, todos los usuarios registrados de la región hispana podrán cambiar a la versión en español (el tercer idioma usado [...]
The first part of this article can be found at Increasing Your LinkedIn Connections (Part 1) .
I asked my friend and LinkedIn expert Tania-René Valdespino for her tips for increasing LinkedIn contacts for your job search and career networking. Tania-René has more than 500 LinkedIn connections (I'm sure she's probably added five more as I write this post). Here are her responses with my comments
LinkedIn is a professional online network that can be a valuable tool in your job search. See Social Networking Sites in the Job Search for more information on how to use LinkedIn to help you find employment. However, just like any network, the more connections you have the more chance you have of reaching the person who can help you in your job seach. If you're new to LinkedIn or you just
Linkedin.com - the world’s largest professionals & business network just launched a brand new member group for markintell.com members.Now markintell members have another professional possibility to exchange their expertise in competitive intelligence. Join the linkedin - markintell group for markintell members to show their commitment and extend their global reach.The markintell linkedin
The first application for Orkut - Google has added a new feature in Orkut that’s very similar to LinkedIn Answers - you can post a question in your Orkut profile and ask friends to provide an answer.You can either open the question to your entire Orkut friend network or a select group of friends.Here’s something that will leave you impressed - when you type a question, Google will automatical
Unmatched Access to ProfessionalsUse LinkedIn DirectAds to find the perfect audience for your business with highly-targeted text advertising.LinkedIn is currently running, dubbed DirectAds, a dynamic CPM text advertising platform currently being soft-launched with no offical word from the company just yet.What we can gather from the information available on the website, advertisers will be able to
LinkedIn è un servizio di social networking online impiegato principalmente per networking professionale.
La rete di LinkedIn a Marzo 2008 contava circa 20 milioni di utenti in America del Nord, Asia e Europa e cresce a una velocità di 100.000 iscritti a settimana.
Copre circa 150 diversi comparti economici e oltre 400 “regioni economiche”. La società che [...]
According to the Wall Street Journal… LinkedIn Corp., has received a $53 million infusion from blue-chip venture capitalists that values the company at $1 billion. I don’t know about you but… $1 billion that’s a lil steep maybe if you combined the salaries of all the apparent 23 million users then I’d think it were [...]
Source: Financial Times
The biggest online social network intended for professional use has been valued at more than $1bn, putting it among a small group of private internet companies to have crossed...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four venture capital firms are betting Internet startup LinkedIn Corp. is worth billion, highlighting the lofty hopes riding on online services that connect people with their friends, family and business associates….
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Personal Branding Tips for LinkedIn What is LinkedIn? LinkedIn is a social network of more than 20 million professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries. When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments, pretty much like an online resume, but with important social networking elements baked into it. Here are some personal bra
The Linkedin community is becoming an active part of this blog and I am very happy with that.
I don’t know if you are aware of this but I started a group on Linkedin called “Event Planning & Management“. It now counts on 1300 top of the industry members and it is growing steadily.
Unlike other groups, [...]
I was saddened to receive the following email from my friend Vincent Wright, about the experiences he’s had with LinkedIn Corporation. I have been a LinkedIn user since 2003, and was probably one of the earliest users on it. As long as I’ve known Vincent, I’ve known him to be an evangelist for the service. He’s set up groups championing LinkedIn, and while they do u
That's what I used to ask myself as numerous acquaintances kept tagging me to be part of their realm of contacts in FaceBook.com or LinkedIn.com. It seemed a nuisance until I sat down with an old contact, Don Tinney from EOS Worldside (EOS=Entrepreneurial Operating Systems). Don is an EOS Implementer whose job is quite simple. He says simply, "We make millionaires out of owners of small to medium
In addition to being a great website for networking and reputation management, LinkedIn can also serve as a valuable SEO asset. Your profile allows 3 links to your websites. Use them. A few tips for making your profile rank better within LinkedIn, and most likely with external search engines, too.
Complete your profile [...]
Nielsen Online geçen yılın Nisan ayındaki verilerle bu yılın Nisan ayı verilerini karşılaştırak bir istatistik yaptı. Buna göre tekil ziyaretçide LinkedIn büyük bir patlama yaptı. Geçen yıl aylık tekil ziyaretçi sayısı 1.886.000 iken 8.695.000'e yükseldi ! Bu %361'lik bir artış. Yükselme grafiğindeki ikinci ücretsiz sosyal servis ise %104 ile BuzzNet oldu. Imeem müzik
Connectture is another networking site similar to linkedin. It is a platform set up for you to manage and connect with others online. I just signed up and created my profile which of course is centered around Real Estate in Metrowest Massachusetts.
Social networking is becoming a bigger part of our business everyday. There are some soc
I have been saying for months that the cutback by major mortgage companies on lending to "sub prime" borrowers should cause rents to increase pretty substantially. I know that there are investor buyers operating under this same assumption.A LinkedIn question though suggests just the opposite: Do you anticipate seeing rents dramatically DECREASE due to the glut of vacant housing?from LinkedIn Ans
Ahora es posible agregar Linkedin como firma en Gmail, es una excelente aplicación que nos permitirá de presentarnos con un toque profesional, para hacerlo solo debemos ir a gmail y en el campo en el cual se escribe la firma arrastrar el perfil de Linkedin como indican en el vídeo de ésta página, entonces no queda mas que completar nuestro perfil en Linkedin para ser agregado a la firma de Gmail.Via| Googlisti
On Recruitment Views I found the following comment from Ravel Lee from eGrabber, in regards to their new capture tool for candidates on Linkedin. Basicly it collects the details and populates an excell spreadsheet which you can upload onto your database.
As we are all interested in Linkedin as recruitment consultants, I thought it would be [...]
Would you like to show your LinkedIn.com profile here on Your AR blog? Here is a cool widget that is easy to install on your Blog Description area. Click on the picture below to jump to LinkedInABox.com and fill in the grey area on the right side of the webpage. You enter your email address and login for Linked in here and then uou can customize the look of your widget by changing colors, selecting which of your LinkedIn attributes to display, etc. Once you complete the information for customization, click on the "GO" button... Next you jump to a page that has a javascript code box that has all the code you will copy and past into your Blog Description box on the "My Settings" page in Active Rain. When you click the update b
Recently, I have seen some bad and some good examples of marketing on Linkedin. Like Seth Godin mentions in his Meatball Sundae book, the new type of marketing is not interruptive, like broadcasting to an audience.
What not to do when marketing on Linkedin
Do not post blatant self-promotion in the Answers section. Here’s a real world [...]
LinkedIn es una comunidad cibernetica para los profesionales y gente de negocio. Es muy buena para consequir servicios para su empresa. Al unirse a LinkedIn, se crea un perfil que sumariza sus logros profesionales. Su perfil le ayuda a encontrar y ser encontrado por ex colegas, clientes y socios. Puede añadir más conexiones [...]
NEW YORK- April 14, 2008--Salesconx.com, the online business referral marketplace today announced that Moshe Weiss, a master rainmaker and leading networker with over 16,000 direct business connections, has joined the Saleconx Partnership Program to monetize his network. Salesconx helps businesses drive more revenue by providing a platform for qualified lead and deal generation by leveraging the 17 million sales professionals in the United States. The member base currently consists of 1,800+ frontline experts across numerous industries and disciplines including finance, banking, real estate and business services. These members are compensated for introducing qualified decision makers in their individual networks to other Salesconx members seeking these connections. "Salesconx is a
I raised a question on Twitter earlier regarding random Linkedin invitation requests from people that you don't really know. (click here to see responses) It's annoying when I click on the email notification of a new request, only to find...
I raised a question on Twitter earlier regarding random Linkedin invitation requests from people that you don't really know. (click here to see responses) It's annoying when I click on the email notification of a new request, only to find...
"LinkedIn is now offering RSS feeds for network updates. The feature allows users to track updates and connections across their LinkedIn network via their favorite RSS Reader. For example the feed shows when people in your network connect with other people, make recommendations or update their LinkedIn status."[via tech crunch]
Well I have to apologise for the lack of posts recently, which is down to some much needed home DIY, so writing on Recruitment Views took a back seat I am afraid.
Although I have not finished the tiling of the bathroom and if I waited till till then, it could be [...]
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It’s interesting how aspects of our lives come into play. Prior to joining this Web revolution, or evolution, depending on your point of view, I worked in the world of consumer packaged goods. I developed and managed some of the office products that most of you probably use everyday. I [...]
LinkedIn è un servizio di social networking online impiegato principalmente per networking professionale. La rete di LinkedIn a Gennaio 2008 contava più di 17 milioni di utenti in America del Nord, Asia e Europa e cresce a una velocità di 100.000 iscritti a settimana. Copre circa 150 diversi comparti economici e oltre 400 "regioni economiche". La società che gestisce il servizio ha sede a Palo
Within 10 hours, Bill Gates got 1,200 answers to a question that he posted on professional networking site LinkedIn, with new comments coming in every minute. OMG!
Some people speculated that Gates’ very public use of LinkedIn indicates that he wants to buy the site, “since Linkedin was chosen over the Microsoft properties to ask this [...]
Vjerujem da su mnogi od vas upoznati sa LinkedIn-om, (za one koji nisu: LinkedIn bi se najjednostavnije mogao opisati kao socijalna mreža za poslovne kontakte). Uglavnom, htio sam vam skrenuti pozornost na jednu mogućnost koju sam primjetio jučerašnjim redizajnom LinkedIna.
Iako se na prvi pogled LinkedIn čini dosta statičan (ne bih ga nazvao klasičnom socijalnom mrežom [...]
Recently i found the profile of Mr Bill Gates on the social network of LinkedIn. Its quite clear that Mr. gates are now roaming out for external work apart from Microsoft.Well Mr. Gates has a paltry...
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LinkedIn, the leading business oriented social networking site launched a mobile interface that can be accessed from your BlackBerry browser or any other smartphone browser. Just point your browser to You can see here video of one of the engineers demonstrating the functionality:
Don’t add to many friends in your LinkedIn connections especially if it is random people from different industries. Others might think that you are bluffing and pretend to be a “big cheese”.
Recommend related services and competitors. It makes people to believe that you are friendly person who are open for everyone.
Don’t answer questions if you don’t [...]
A year ago I had about 20 LinkedIn connections and had no idea how to make even 20 more. In December 2007 I made 300 connections in 2 hours. Now my network is 1,400+.The fast and easy way to make 1000+ LinkedIn connections is to declare yourself LION (LinkedIn Open Networker), register with The LIONs' Lair, download a list of LIONs, import it into LinkedIn and mass-send invitations. And wait. Your 1,000 connections will come in two or three weeks.To grow our networks more we need to find other ways because the number of LIONs is limited and will always be. Zale Tabakman has posted some advices on how to generate 100 LinkedIn invitations a week. Ok, I haven't generate so many but Zale's post is obviously helpful.But having a large network and getting use of it are two different things. I'd
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Are you a networking maniac? Do you jump at the chance to network with others? I'm not that kind of person for security reasons, however, when comes to LinkedIn, I'm all over it.
If you check out my LinkedIn profile, I have 1700+ connections. [...]
There is now a LinkedIn Group for students and graduates of Reality Coaching.
LinkedIn is a business-oriented networking site founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003 (comparable to a social networking site), mainly used for professional networking. As of December 2007, it had more than 17 million registered users, spanning 150 industries and more than 400 economic regions (as classified by the service).[1] ()
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LinkedIn Stays Relevant Business social networking site LinkedIn was one of the first out of the box. CEO Dan Nye talks with Stacey Delo about new features and how the social networking site plans to stay relevant. This video of "In the Valley" won't play in feed readers, please visit the site to see this report from the Wall Street Journal.
