Yearly Archives: 2022
How to see, manage or block those people that follow you on LinkedIn
On November 8, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
On most social media there is the concept of being followed, where someone chooses to hear from you or see your content regularly, and LinkedIn is no different. Some users will even select “Follow” as their primary option or choose to use LinkedIn in Creator mode as they want to use LinkedIn to build an […]
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Fed up with missing LinkedIn posts from people you want to hear from? There’s an answer
On October 19, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
I think most of us have had the situation where we bump into someone, and they say, “Did you see my LinkedIn post on X?” And we didn’t, despite the fact we know and like them – we’re pretty sure LinkedIn never showed it to us, right? Well, you might be right, it might not […]
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How to edit a LinkedIn post to correct a mistake, or delete it
On October 3, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
We’re all human and we all make mistakes sometimes, but why is it we only spot those mistakes after we’ve hit the post button on LinkedIn? Dang it! There’s nothing worse but fear not for there is an easy fix for whatever has happened. First some thinking: Is the mistake material enough to change? After […]
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Company page updates on LinkedIn – To pin, or not to pin
On September 27, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
You might not have spotted on your LinkedIn company page but a little while ago LinkedIn gave you the option to stick (or “pin” in LinkedIn speak) an update to the top of your page of update posts to give it maximum exposure. If you click the little three grey dots beside any company page […]
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How to put your most important role first on your LinkedIn profile
On September 6, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
It so important to have your current focus role first in your experience section. f you have more than one role (present is how LinkedIn describes them, but you and I might say current roles) then LinkedIn makes the most recent addition to your experience your primary role. Hence when you post, comment, or interact […]
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You can now comment as your business or showcase page on LinkedIn
On August 9, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
It has been a frustration for businesses and brands on LinkedIn that they couldn’t get more involved with interactions throughout the LinkedIn ecosystem, as opposed to just on their own business page and LinkedIn appears to have listened. They recently announced the ability for super admins of business pages to interact on any post and […]
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LinkedIn releases lead gen forms for your business page
On July 20, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
LinkedIn has released lead contact forms for the company page on LinkedIn. A small step towards making business pages even more useful in the marketing mix. Company pages have always played a secondary role within LinkedIn to be a hub for the content that staff can share, a point of reference for potential clients, building […]
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Should I have two profiles on LinkedIn?
On July 12, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
I am often asked “Why can’t I have two profiles on LinkedIn?” There are a few dimensions to this: Firstly, it breaks LinkedIn terms of service, and hence you risk both profiles being removed! Secondly, there are implications for you: 1) That great network that you have now, how do you migrate that and its […]
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How to turn off the comment option or manage comments on your LinkedIn post
On June 13, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Following our blog about how you can control who sees your posts, you can also decide who can comment on a post, delete a comment or disable comments completely. This was originally brought into LinkedIn as a way for those companies with a less than ideal reputation to stop any less positive comments being left […]
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How to control who sees what you post on LinkedIn
On June 8, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
We’ve written a blog in the past looking at things you can write an update post on LinkedIn about (https://thelinkedinman.com/what-should-i-say-on-update-posts-on-linkedin/), and now we would like to tell you how you can control who sees what you post. When you start to create a post, you can select who you want to see the post by […]
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