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How to close your account on LinkedIn

On March 28, 2018 By James Potter - The Linked In Man

Sadly, we do occasionally get asked how to close an account on LinkedIn, usually because someone has retired or because they are fed up with the results they are getting, or sometimes simply because they haven’t made it work for themselves yet. If you fall into the latter category then you might want to read […]

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Do you message like bush telegraph on LinkedIn?

On March 21, 2018 By James Potter - The Linked In Man

Some of you will notice that when you type someone a message on LinkedIn it does annoying things like this … Dear James <Enter> Then it sends the message – grrrrr! I wanted to get in touch because I want you to come along and speak at my event <Enter> Then it sends a second […]

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5 Ways LinkedIn can help you do your job right now (Part 1 of 4)

On March 13, 2018 By James Potter - The Linked In Man

Whenever I am talking at a conference I love to ask, “who thinks LinkedIn is a job site?” and you can see a number of hands shoot up as they get harassed by recruiters and see them all over LinkedIn and they’d be right. They are all over LinkedIn (in fact 95% of recruiters use […]

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Industry categories on LinkedIn

On March 6, 2018 By James Potter - The Linked In Man

There are a lot of, in fact 147, industry categories on LinkedIn and when we teach people simply don’t know what industries are represented and are often surprised at which are big and which are not! You might enjoying reading about the top ten if you haven’t before. The range is quite diverse but definitely American […]

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