http://linked101.com/linked101blog Learning how to best use LinkedIn Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:09:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have moved the blog to a new location http://www.linkedintuition.com/blog. You can also see what we've been up to by going to the main page http://www.linkedintuition.com. http://linked101.com/linked101blog/linkedintuitioncomblogthats-linkedintuitioncomblog If you’re a small business or a sales person you’re not selling a product or service, you’re selling yourself.  For many, the thought of self-promotion just isn’t one that they are comfortable with.  LinkedIn can help you with your discomfort. Recommendations can serve as an effective alternative to selling yourself.  They ... http://linked101.com/linked101blog/linkedin-part-4-i-highly-recommend-recommendations LinkedIn, if you think about it, is simply an offline idea implemented in an online manner.  It takes advantage of the ease of communicating and interacting that the internet provides.  LinkedIn hasn’t changed or replaced the old way of networking.  It’s just added a new dynamic to the mix.  It’s made ... http://linked101.com/linked101blog/linkedin-part-4-connecting-your-offline-and-online-brand Lately there have been some rumors about discontent at LinkedIn.  Problems with meeting financial goals set by their investors, rumors of managers throwing each other under the bus, lack of how to make LinkedIn profitable, and a host of other concerns.  Could a site with 30+ million users just disappear ... http://linked101.com/linked101blog/what-if-linkedin-disappeared In the third installment we discuss building credibility. LinkedIn is a great opportunity to present yourself.  You can list a summary, details of past work history, your current employment, and other pieces of information.  All of this can present a picture of you but by itself doesn’t convey credibility. LinkedIn has built ... http://linked101.com/linked101blog/using-linkedin-to-establish-credibility In the previous article I talked about potential ways that you could use LinkedIn.  I’m going to focus on a specific use today:  Using LinkedIn to enhance your networking. The core of LinkedIn revolves around connecting to other business professionals, which is networking.  Networking exclusively on LinkedIn, though, ignores the human ... http://linked101.com/linked101blog/enhancing-your-networking-with-linkedin If I had a penny for every time someone told me “I’m on LinkedIn but I don’t really know how to use it to use it”, I would be a rich man. There are literally millions of people with many more millions of connections yet few people have actually been ... http://linked101.com/linked101blog/can-linkedin-work-for-you During September I did a live interview with Lee Kantor and Amy Otto at Atlanta Business Radio. This is the second show that I've done and it also featured Teo Gracca with Net Teams. You can listen to the show by going to the following link: http://atlantabusinessradio.libsyn.com/index.php?post_year=2008&post_month=09 (scroll and you'll ... http://linked101.com/linked101blog/live-on-atlanta-business-radio Just to clarify...I don't really make any money writing about LinkedIn.  At least not yet.  I've written a LinkedIn book but so far I'm about 5 months behind when I thought it would actually be published.  Every couple of months delay means that I have to go back and edit ... http://linked101.com/linked101blog/other-linkedin-resources-to-read Two months is a long time.  But two months slips by fairly quick in blogging world.  You get busy and don't add a new post for the week and the next thing you know it's been 3 weeks (or nine).  I've been busy with other projects and have had to ... http://linked101.com/linked101blog/two-months-of-waiting-and-this-is-what-you-get