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How to back up or export your LinkedIn connections
On May 2, 2023 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
LinkedIn has become a critical business tool and as such I often receive notes asking how to back up the connections on a LinkedIn account for a variety of reasons. It might be that you’re: trying to extract all the details to populate a customer relationship management (CRM) system. adding them to a mailing program […]
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What does success look like on LinkedIn? Part two.
On April 20, 2023 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
In our previous blog we shared five things to consider when moving towards more success on LinkedIn, but there are so many we had to do a part two – so here’s another five things to look at to make your LinkedIn more successful. Inbound invites – With increased visibility you will find there is […]
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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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The three degrees of connections on LinkedIn
On December 16, 2020 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Everybody has a network of connections on LinkedIn, but what do the three degrees of connections mean to you? Perhaps you’re more familiar with the Six Degrees of the actor Kevin Bacon or The Three Degrees singers from the 1960’ and 70s? LinkedIn’s three degrees do not relate to pop stars or actors but to […]
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Time to clean up your LinkedIn connections whilst you’re working from home?
On March 30, 2020 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
We’ve written lots about the different approaches to LinkedIn and whether connecting a lot or being more selective could work well for you and you can read more about that here, but our view has always been that to make LinkedIn work for you it always has to be personal and that includes the connections. […]
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Network, reach and audience are NOT the same
On November 21, 2019 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
With the continued rise of LinkedIn and other social platforms there is an increasing focus on audience, reach and network but quite often these terms are misused and muddled. To explain the difference an analogy is called for – A room full of people for a business event where perhaps you are talking on a […]
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Social selling
On July 15, 2019 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
When I originally started out as a salesman (many years ago!!), the sales process was quite simple – make some leads, follow them up with a demo or meeting and then (politely) chase them up to get some commitment. Diagrammatically it looked like this: Then in 2003 the sales process started to evolve with the […]
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5 more new ways LinkedIn can help you do your job right now (Part 4 of 4)
On September 19, 2018 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
The final part of our four-part series, you can find parts 1, 2 and 3 by clicking on the numbers. We’ve seen LinkedIn used successfully across a wide spectrum of needs from staff engagement to sales, and we constantly see new uses evolving and cannot see any sign of that stopping as increasingly all things […]
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4 ways to find out who people know even if they hide their LinkedIn connections
On July 2, 2018 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Isn’t it annoying on LinkedIn when you connect with someone and you want to see who they know but they’ve hidden their connections. Kind of weird on a networking site isn’t it? Wouldn’t it be good if there was a way to unpick some of those connections that they’ve hidden from you without them even […]
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Will you please stop trying “to connect” with me!
On May 15, 2018 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
I’m sure you get lots of invitations to connect with people including some you know and even more you have never heard of. Should you just hit “accept” quickly to make your life easier and take them out of your outstanding invitations box, or should you try and connect with them in the truest sense? […]
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