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Why you should post on LinkedIn, and what the point of posting is and isn’t!
On March 14, 2023 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
How do I know what people might enjoy? How do I make it go viral? How do I come across well? As a thought leader / smart etc? I don’t want to say the wrong thing. These are some of the worries we hear a lot from people about what is stopping them from posting […]
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LinkedIn finally makes a star of messages!
On March 7, 2023 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
How often have you had a message on LinkedIn come in and think I need to do that .. and then have to scroll through and struggle to find it later? Well fear no more, LinkedIn has released stars. We’ve always had the option to mark messages as unread but now there is a new […]
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How to edit a message (after you’ve sent it!) on LinkedIn
On March 6, 2023 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
We’ve all sent a message and then realised, just after we’ve hit send, that it has an error or typo in it – grrr. The good news is that you can edit messages that you have sent and it is a really simple process. 1) Go to the messages 2) Click on the message you […]
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Top 10 Industries globally on LinkedIn in 2023
On February 2, 2023 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
We’re always researching and analysing trends and behaviours across LinkedIn and annually we review the industries globally and thought we’d share the current top ten. Since last time we did the research LinkedIn has undertaken a radical overhaul of its industry categories going from 148 to 439! But within that they have also created some […]
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What does success look like on LinkedIn?
On January 23, 2023 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Too many people “do” LinkedIn without pausing to reflect on why they’re doing it and what they want to get out of it, which might impact the approach they are taking to LinkedIn in the first place! Hence, they often become unsure of what a good LinkedIn result or outcome might be, hence this first […]
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How to change the hashtags you talk about in LinkedIn Creator Mode
On January 19, 2023 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
When you first chose to activate your LinkedIn Creator mode, LinkedIn would have asked you for the five hashtags of things you talk about so that it could highlight these at the top of your profile (as you can see highlighted below): But sometimes you find better hashtags, you evolve what you offer and hence […]
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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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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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