How to Export Your LinkedIn Connections
LinkedIn is one of the only social platforms that lets you EXPORT your connections’ contact data. This valuable information, including your connections’ name, position and email addresses, is yours for the taking – definitely make the time to do this before this option is no longer available! Here is a
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Casual Conversations on LinkedIn Lead to New Opportunities
According to the official LinkedIn Blog, 35% of users say that a casual conversation on LinkedIn has led to a new opportunity. Last week while away in Raleigh for the 2017 Internet Summit, I experienced this firsthand! Over breakfast, on the second day of the conference, I was checking my
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Adding a Project to Your LinkedIn Profile – Tutorial
This past week, Lakshmi N. ‘Koti’ Koteeswaran, a Healthcare Professional from Mckinney, Texas asked an excellent question about adding a project to your LinkedIn Profile. Q: I was wondering if you could please let me know how to add Projects in a way that appears under each Employer section. A:
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Accepting LinkedIn Invitations
Accepting LinkedIn invitations can be confusing and fraught with challenges. While there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution to this dilemma, here are some guidelines for accepting LinkedIn invitations. 1.Do you know the person? Sometimes, it’s simple – someone you know and/or have worked with for years, will send
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Email Notifications for LinkedIn Messages
This morning, a client wrote to ask my why he was no longer receiving his LinkedIn ‘messages’ via email. I have the new LinkedIn app on my phone, with the new messaging features which push notifications to my phone so I had not really realized that I too, was no
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How to Export Your LinkedIn Contacts
Here is a quick tutorial on how to export your LinkedIn contacts
Can you BLOCK someone on LinkedIn?
I received this question today from a client: Q: Can I BLOCK someone from seeing my profile on LinkedIn? UPDATE: LinkedIn announced today (2/21/14) that you now CAN block someone on LinkedIn – please see this for more You Can Finally Block Those Annoying People on LinkedIn
Moving the Dial and Re-engaging a LinkedIn Group
First hand experience and suggestions from Mark Longbottom, LinkedIn Group Manager and Social Media Consultant on how to run (and reinvigorate!) a successful LinkedIn Group Many of us, especially those who are more active on LinkedIn, are members of a number of LinkedIn Groups. Groups, at their best, can be
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Twitter Success Stories – Richard R. Shapiro, Author and Customer Service Expert
Name: Richard R. Shapiro Company: The Center For Client Retention Background: Richard, through TCFCR, provides research, training and consulting services to Fortune 500 corporations on how to improve the customer experience. His book, The Welcomer Edge: Unlocking the Secrets to Repeat Business provides businesses with practical, easy to implement suggestions
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Showing Your Hand?
To share, or not to share, your LinkedIn connections list Lately, I have had quite a few people ask me how to ‘hide’ their list of connections on LinkedIn. Some want to do this to protect their business, such as a headhunter not wanting to let anyone see his potential
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