Consultancy
LinkedIn Myths – Myth #1: Automating content between Twitter and LinkedIn will impress people.
On April 21, 2015 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
We often have people tell us how they think LinkedIn works and it is not always correct. There are a lot of myths about what it takes to make LinkedIn work so we have created a series of blog posts to dispel the most common myths we see. Myth #1: Automating content between Twitter and […]
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The good, the bad and the less ugly new LinkedIn homepage
On February 27, 2015 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
They say the only thing certain in life is taxes and death, but I think change is also a given – especially inside LinkedIn. They are always evolving, quite a lot in the last month but the one that has everyone talking today is the home page changes. LinkedIn announced 11th December 2014 that it […]
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How to kill a connection on LinkedIn – not in real life!
On February 9, 2015 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Once you appreciate how LinkedIn really works there are more reasons to not connect to people that send you invitations than there are to accept them! LinkedIn is all about the good people that you know and by that I mean the ones that you can talk to (in real life, over a coffee, on […]
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10 things to make 2015 your best on LinkedIn
On January 8, 2015 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
The New Year kicked in last week, we all enjoyed the party, made the resolutions and probably half of you have already broken them! Hence we thought we would give you a quick ten things that will make a huge difference to your LinkedIn. Most common approaches to LinkedIn are driven by a tick mentality […]
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Twelve profile photos I never want to see again on LinkedIn
On November 24, 2014 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
We all want a good photograph of ourselves to go with our LinkedIn profiles. I’ve seen many great personal photos on LinkedIn, but not all of them are the right choice for conveying a professional image. People read a lot into the photographs we choose to represent ourselves with. Put the wrong type of image […]
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3 new tools for staying secure on LinkedIn
On November 10, 2014 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
LinkedIn offers so many features that it’s hard for most users to be aware of – much less take advantage of – all of them. However, it recently added three new tools that you should familiarise yourself with for one very important reason: security. While my posts here typically focus on the main reasons people […]
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What the (bleep) are these LinkedIn users thinking?
On November 3, 2014 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Holy @#**^&#! You wouldn’t believe what some people say on LinkedIn. A search for some of the leading profane or vulgar terms[i] reveals they have been used by a surprisingly large number of people on LinkedIn on their professional profiles. Holy s**t! (Used by more than 8,000 people.) Really? Yes, really. Over 31,000 people […]
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50% of working population now on LinkedIn
On October 16, 2014 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
LinkedIn quietly passed a major milestone in the UK earlier this year[i], when its user base rose to over 50% of the working age population. The business network has been growing rapidly in the UK, taking just 27 days to gain 1.2 million new users. (That’s over 30 new users signing up every minute!) This […]
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Activity up on LinkedIn
On June 12, 2014 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Way back in December LinkedIn quietly removed one of the smart users favourite features, the ability to see their connections activity. When LinkedIn first removed this feature in December, it caused issues because a user’s activity feed was the only place where other users could go to see all of their recent status updates, profile […]
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LinkedIn releases Member Blocking
On April 30, 2014 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
One of the most requested features I came across was the ability to block someone from seeing your profile on LinkedIn and after a while LinkedIn has got around to releasing the functionality. This is aimed at those people who really shouldn’t be able to constantly (and often worryingly for users) look over their shoulders […]
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