September 2008
Monthly Archive
LinkedIn “email”
stylock 28 Sep 2008 | : Ways to Use LinkedIn
Every so often, someone asks about their “LinkedIn email”… And I guess that if you looked at it as such, it is a crude sort of platform - but I’m not particularly impressed with it.
The best part about it is that you can reach people - through an introduction or InMail.
But once you’ve made contact, switch back to your regular email platform…
News Ways to Use LinkedIn!(?)!
stylock 22 Sep 2008 | : Ways to Use LinkedIn
Imagine my skepticism as I read the title of a blog entry “10 Ways to Use LinkedIn That You Never Thought Of” Hmmm…
Well - as far as blog titles go, it worked and got me to click. Either I was going to read it to see what this author found as new that I already knew, or I was going to get some interesting information - and that’s the purpose of a headline, right?-)
As a long time LinkedIn member, I was reading though with a bit of a jaded “yeah, yeah” until I reached #7…
How Does LinkedIn Make Money?
stylock 15 Sep 2008 | : About the Service
When I’m speaking about LinkedIn, someone in the audience will invariably ask “If we can use free accounts, how does LinkedIn make any money?”
And I mention a couple things: pay-per-use features, the good / better / best strategy of account levels, and advertising.
TechCrunch has just put out a great article explaining why LinkedIn does well in advertising.
Getting Introduced
stylock 11 Sep 2008 | : Etiquette, Introductions, Ways to Use LinkedIn
A reader asks “How do I meet people with LinkedIn?”
While I’m vocal about not “meeting” people with an invitation to connect, the mechanism to meet people through an introduction sometimes gets glossed over. So I thought it would make a good article…
LinkedIn Groups - A Positive (But Small) Step Forward
stylock 05 Sep 2008 | : Groups
Maybe I’m just not a groupie, I’m not sure I “get it”…
So the fact that LinkedIn is working on group functionality is a great thing. Version 1.0 doesn’t seem to have a lot going for it…
The Company You Keep
stylock 02 Sep 2008 | : Connections, Etiquette
I know I’ve got a post about LinkedIn Group changes to get out, but I was replying to a friend and realized I had to get this into a post right now…-)
One of the topics was - are we judged by the company we keep.
Definitely.
And LinkedIn is no different…
