Monthly Archives: June 2012
How to ruin your reputation with recommendations on LinkedIn
On June 25, 2012 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Now before you say “hang on James you said recommendations were good” – yes they are but… There are recommendations and there are recommendations. When I was reviewing a company’s presence on LinkedIn their most recommended person had 24 recommendations, (look at my profile picture below to see where the number of recommendations is shown on […]
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Giving it all away on LinkedIn
On June 18, 2012 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
If we were ever to meet at an event, in a networking meeting, a conference or in a coffee shop would you give me all of your client’s details and/or a full set of your personal information? Of course you wouldn’t! That would be commercial suicide and personal data protection would go out the window! […]
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Why networking doesn’t work – you don’t invest in it and we’re not talking money.
On June 14, 2012 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
When I recently attended a large physical networking event, (you know the thing, loads of local business owners coming together ridiculously early in the morning over a greasy breakfast), I thought I’d take a different perspective. I found it fascinating to watch the dynamics, the twenty or so people, the body language and to listen […]
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