LinkedIn Training
What should I post on LinkedIn part four
On November 18, 2024 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
We hope you have been having success with our previous 30 suggestions on what to post on LinkedIn? In case you have used all our previous ideas, here are 10 more for you: Thinking about going to an event but not sure you should? Perhaps a post on LinkedIn to ask if anyone went last […]
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How to build and demonstrate trust on LinkedIn
On November 12, 2024 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Building and demonstrating trust on LinkedIn involves actively being credible, consistent, and value-driven on the platform. Here are 5 things you could do to help you demonstrate Trust: Optimise Your Profile for Authenticity and Credibility We’ve previously written about what it takes to make a good profile HERE and that includes Professional Photo, Headline, About, […]
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How to remove a LinkedIn connection (without them knowing!)
On November 5, 2024 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Understanding how LinkedIn truly works can change how you approach connections. In fact, there are often more reasons to decline connection requests than to accept them. LinkedIn is valuable because of the people you genuinely know – those you can have real conversations with, whether in person, over the phone, or online. It’s like a […]
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7 reasons why less LinkedIn connections is better
On October 22, 2024 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Having fewer, more meaningful connections on LinkedIn can actually benefit you in several ways: Quality Over Quantity A smaller, curated network ensures that your connections are with people you truly know or who are valuable to you, your career or business. When you prioritise quality, your interactions are more meaningful and can lead to better […]
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LinkedIn’s new weekly sharing tracker
On July 22, 2024 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
LinkedIn is constantly evolving and changing the functions, sometimes as trials to see if they catch on, and other times as new functionality, and they have released the new Weekly Sharing Tracker. You can see an example below: LinkedIn say that this was “designed to provide users with a comprehensive overview of their activity, such […]
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How to merge two LinkedIn accounts into one
On May 14, 2024 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
We often get enquiries from people that have got more than one LinkedIn account, maybe they made a second in error, or lost access to an email account and hence made another – which for the record you don’t need to do as you can amend email addresses (see this helpful document from LinkedIn) It […]
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I love LinkedIn and its algorithm(s)
On April 17, 2024 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
I think “the” poor algorithm on LinkedIn takes an unfair bashing when it performs a vital role in making LinkedIn work for everyone. Imagine for a moment, all those connections that you have, all their interactions, their posts, and updates appearing constantly on your homepage feed – it would be manic, massively busy and nigh […]
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LinkedIn can save you a lot of time and make finding alumni easy
On April 3, 2024 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
When you look at the number of people in the UK that are on LinkedIn it can be quite daunting. What can you do to help you stand out amongst 37 million others? How should you use it to help you, your school and your alumni? If you were to go looking for an educational […]
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Fed up with seeing invites to collaborative articles on LinkedIn? Well turn them off!
On January 30, 2024 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
A few months back LinkedIn released collaborative articles to try and engage more people, to get them to share their perspectives, and expose some of their value and insight to others. So, what is a collaborative article? They are often AI generated to try and get you involved in a conversation and if your answer […]
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How to get more engagement on your LinkedIn posts
On December 12, 2023 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
People often get quite focused on getting engagement through comments, likes, and shares as that is what you do on social media right? Well yes, but of course LinkedIn isn’t social media, it is a social network and hence the “rules” and results can be very different – depending on why you are there and […]
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