The LinkedIn Profile Audit Contest – and a Shameless Plug for my Free LinkedIn Webinar on July 28th

by VivekaVonRosen on July 22, 2010

So first of all, let me shamelessly plug a free LinkedIn webinar I have coming up on July 28th! The amazing folks at MLT Creative are offering this webinar AND free eBook to all who sign up.  So after this video, JUMP TO THE SIGN UP PAGE and give us your digits! By the way, [...]

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#LinkedInChat Follow Up

by VivekaVonRosen on July 21, 2010

Last night was our first LinkedIn chat. As one participant, Jeff Crites – @BrickandClick pointed out how ironic it was that we were doing a LinkedIn Chat on Twitter! I suppose we could have done something similar using updates and groups, but this was faster and much more effective! One of the reasons I love twitter!

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The #LinkedInChat

July 20, 2010

The #LinkedInChat When:  Every Tuesday Night Where:  Twitter.com   (or www.tweetchat.com) Time:  8 Eastern, 6 Mountain, 5 Pacific Hosts:  @LinkedInExpert and… YOU! Hashtag: #LinkedInChat Topic:  LinkedIn Questions, Tips and Tricks Tonight’s TweetChat was such a success that we are going to do it every Tuesday Night.  Tell your friends and meet us on Twitter (As one [...]

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What Happened to “News” on LinkedIn?

July 19, 2010

I recently did a blog article on the “new” Groups format on LinkedIn.  What I didn’t make clear, is where News went.  It is now embedded within the Discussion section.  To add News, simply click on the “Attach a Link” option below the update box.  See video below for a step by step explanation.

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The LinkedIn Company Profile: Is your company properly represented on LinkedIn?

July 16, 2010

By now you might have heard that to get found on LinkedIn, you have to have a well optimized Personal Profile. (Which will, of course, also get you found on Google). But what about your company? Many business owners don’t even have a Company Profile on LinkedIn. And even if they do, their Company is not being found by their clients.
Why? For the simple reason that their company is not correctly named, nor is the description content optimized properly.

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There are blessings in disasters – or what to do when your website gets hacked.

July 13, 2010

My website http://linkedintobusiness.com was recently hacked. This is what I learned from that experience. Mostly that there are blessings in every curse. And that for every one “rotten apple” there is a barrel of Golden Delicious!

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The “New” LinkedIn Group – And What It Means to You

July 9, 2010

LinkedIn has done a lot lately to become more social. Its tagline might have been “Relationships Matter” but traditionally it has not done much to encourage those relationships. This is changing with the distinctly Twitter and Facebook-like applications within LinkedIn. Check out their new format for Groups and let me know what you think.

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Advice to a New LinkedIn User (Lurking in Answers)

July 5, 2010

Advice to new LinkedIn users

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An Ode to my Uncle Jon – The Necessity of Commitment

June 30, 2010

My aunt and uncle were together every day of their 53 year marriage until his death today. What I learned from them.

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This has nothing to do with social media…

June 25, 2010

Seriously.  I’m not kidding.  I just received it in my email box (I know – archaic technology I still use) and it made me LOL several times.  So I’m sharing it with you.  If anyone knows who I can attribute it to, please let me know! LIVE WITH JOY Insightful Truths For Mature Humans… 1. [...]

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