By thorsen January 21st, 2010
“I don’t bother with LinkedIn because it’s too much work.”
“LinkedIn isn’t fun. I’d rather play on Facebook. “
I hear many people complain about LinkedIn. That’s a shame because the people I hear complaining about LinkedIn are some of the finest professionals I know in the bricks-and-mortar [...]
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One of the features that I truly like on LinkedIn’s website is the ability to ask and/or answer questions on a multitude of subjects. A short while ago, I received a question asking me how I got so many connections, and of course, I was pleased to answer! Here’s what I said:
Yes, My connections are [...]
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Shortly after I joined LinkedIn and posted my profile, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a telephone call from Flyn Penoyer. He proceeded to tell me that we had just connected on LinkedIn and he wanted to learn more about what I did and explain to me just what he was working on as well. [...]
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There are so many thoughts and ideas flying around on the Internet as to what constitutes a LinkedIn Power User or LinkedIn Power Networker. My friend, Flyn Penoyer has a great quiz on his blog that I highly recommend you check out! Please continue to follow his blog as he generates posts that explain each [...]
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Today’s post is from the Networking Insight column written by John Jacobsohn
(Networking perspective based on experience and observation by relationship builder, Jason Jacobsohn)
Part of the fun of networking is that you never know who you are going to meet and where that relationship will take you. Each person has a unique background and something interesting [...]
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This post has been written by my good friend and networking buddy, Flyn Penoyer! Flyn is a LinkedIn networking expert with very strong backgrounds in web marketing and sales. Flyn’s objective with his blog posts is to present real strategies and tactics for networking on LinkedIn – not to provide user mechanics like so [...]
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Last night (August 11, 2009) RUNLancaster members had the privilege of attending a mixer sponsored by Heather A. Johnson, Photography, in her studio in Lititz, PA. This was the first time Heather hosted one of our mixers and it was great to be able to see all the new changes she is making to her [...]
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If you are interested in developing a powerful LinkedIn Profile, I highly suggest that you follow this guide http://www.integratedalliances.com/DocumentFiles/93.pdf
This 2-page IA LinkedIn Profiles Guide Sheet from Mike O’Neil and Integrated Alliances contains the basics on ”How To’s” to build an effective profile so that you can be found on Linked. It is condensed from Mike’s ground-breaking [...]
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Being involved in a lot of networking groups, and forums, I’m always amazed at how willing people are to share with one another. LinkedIn Power Women (LIPW) was one of the first groups that I got involved with shortly after joining LinkedIn. Sorry guys, this is definitely a women’s only networking group, but I have [...]
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Jim Sutton requested that I respond to his question about contact management systems in a blog post. Jim, it is my pleasure to try to explain how I use my contact mangement in my networking tasks. First of all, I simply use MicroSoft Office Online Business Manager (version 2003). Let’s begin with LinkedIn, as I am [...]
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