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Receiving Unwelcome LinkedIn Mail
Posted by Steve Tylock on 26 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: About the Service, Etiquette
“Steve, what’s up? Fred”
Great to get – unless you don’t happen to know Fred…
Then it’s an annoyance.
Michael asked in an email if I’d address this issue – and that sounds like fun, so let’s look at it.
Asking to Build a Relationship First
Posted by Steve Tylock on 29 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Connections, Etiquette, Ways to Use LinkedIn
I’ve just got to drop this right out on the blog – I know the article on LinkedIn SEO is “next”, but an exchange I had today on LinkedIn gave me a great boost and I have to share it.
How often do you get invitations to connect from people you’ve never heard of?
Given the subject of my book and blog, you probably won’t be surprised to hear that it happens quite often to me…
But not today – today I received an invitation to build a relationship!
The Protection of Dealing with Friends of Friends
Posted by Steve Tylock on 02 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: About the Service, Etiquette, Ways to Use LinkedIn
Have you ever gotten into a bad deal, or been taken advantage of?
Sure – we all have. It happens some times.
How about this – how often have you driven down that road when a good friend has recommended you meet someone?
Probably not so often, right?
So think for a moment about your connections on LinkedIn…
Leveraging LinkedIn for Effective Projects
Posted by Steve Tylock on 03 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Connections, Endorsements, Etiquette, Groups, Introductions, Profiles, Teleseminars, Ways to Use LinkedIn
I’m really excited about creating this program – The Project Solvers and I have developed a workshop on Thursday July 16th for project teams and managers.
Besides the usual questions about how to use LinkedIn, we’ll show participants a tools set that will allow you to run projects effectively through LinkedIn and a few of the additional applications tied into the service.
How can project members communicate across the team?
Is there a way to share project plans and documents?
Can we get feedback from the development community, or the marketplace?
If our project team is scattered across several companies, cities, and continents, how can we setup an environment that lets us all do what we have to do?
All those questions – and more – will be answering for the workshop participants!
Don’t Send An Invitation When You Want An Introduction!
Posted by Steve Tylock on 24 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Connections, Etiquette, Introductions, Ways to Use LinkedIn
This topic has come up a couple times when I’ve responded to people I don’t know who have invited me to connect. My standard reply is “We don’t know each other, but I’m happy to use this opening as the start of a relationship.”
Every once in a while one will write back saying “Oh – I really wanted to get in touch to ask about …”
Customize Your Correspondence For More Success
Posted by Steve Tylock on 12 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Etiquette, Introductions, Ways to Use LinkedIn
One of my readers – Tom – shared an interesting statistic with me: the response rate when he sends out InMail.
You see Tom prospects with the help of LinkedIn and has experimented with different approach styles.
It’s a fascinating look at just how important it is to speak (and write) to someone as an individual.
Getting Introduced
Posted by Steve Tylock on 11 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: 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…
The Company You Keep
Posted by Steve Tylock on 02 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: 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…
A Matter of Trust
Posted by Steve Tylock on 01 May 2008 | Tagged as: Etiquette
Over the last couple weeks as I’ve been planning and working on the re-launch of LinkedInPersonalTrainer.com, a number of people have asked me some good questions about LinkedIn.
This one seemed to make a great first post…
One of my connections was wondering about a recent group of requests she received – professionals wanting to connect with her – and each had restricted viewing their own connections. She wanted my thoughts on why they would do this.
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