I always recommend that you use a business email address as your ‘Primary’ address on LinkedIn. This is the address that will be visible (if your settings allow) to your visitors and is much more professional than having something like ‘Bubblegum66@aol.com’ on your profile.
How to Close Your LinkedIn Account – Tutorial
There are a number of reasons to close your LinkedIn account, almost all related to having multiple accounts. See my other LinkedIn blog posts for those scenarios. Once you are SURE that you want to close it down, and you are SURE that you are in the account that you
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Visiting with @ChicagoCabbie
@ChicagoCabbie is the kind of guy who keeps you posted on the current weather and road conditions, reminds you when the museums have free admission and is interested in learning more about you and your business. He is definitely someone to know if you are interested in keeping abreast of
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Getting 2012 Off to a Great Start
Managing and Monitoring Your Social Media in 20 Minutes a Day (or less!) Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, G+ and other social networks can be both a blessing and a curse. They are an invaluable way to keep in touch with friends, family, business associates, clients and customers. You can use them
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UH oh—Don’t Lose The Network that you’ve Built-up on LinkedIn!
Visiting Guest, Raymond Helfrich A quick note from LisaMarie: First, thank you Raymond, for sharing your tale here – great first hand advice on how to effectively network on LinkedIn! Also, there used to be a way to see how many IDK’s you had, to date but they no longer
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Sharing on LinkedIn – Holiday Style
Here is a great holiday gift giving idea that costs nothing, doesn’t require any mall visits and will be greatly appreciated all year long; share a lead with someone on LinkedIn. Sharing on LinkedIn is easy and one size really DOES fit all!
Hashtags on Twitter – How and why to use them – Tutorial
Thank you to Craig Chapman of CBA Empire for this great question: “I am at a tradeshow; everyone is talking about hashtags on Twitter, how can I use them too?” Hashtags, the ‘#’, ‘pound symbol’ or ‘number sign’ key on your keypad, are used to aggregate and follow information on
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Build Your LinkedIn Network BEFORE You Need It + 5 tips to building an effective LinkedIn Community
Dear Long Lost Colleague; I know that I have, over the past few years, ignored your emails, LinkedIn invitations and attempts to network. Now that I am out of work and desperately looking for a job, I am very interested in re-connecting. What kind of job do you have now?
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10 tips for Social Media Marketing Success
This morning, I received a request for 10 tips for Social Media Marketing Success. While there are many, many moving parts and variables to consider when creating your Social Marketing plan, here are 10 tips to ensure your success:
The new Facebook Subscribe Feature – Tutorial
Here is the top Facebook question I have been getting this month: “What does it mean to ‘subscribe’ to someone on FB and should I allow this?” Interestingly, if you are a ‘friend’ of someone on FB, you are already ‘subscribed’ to them. You get their updates and they get
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