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    tommcnichol
    15 May 2012 | 1:30 pm
    This is an op-ed from Tom McNichol, independent journalist, regular contributor at the Atlantic and author of a recent article on LinkedIn’s growth since our IPO, which can be found here. – Ed.   Like most LinkedIn users, my only interaction with the site has been through a computer screen. But recently, I had the opportunity to visit LinkedIn’s headquarters in Silicon Valley and take a peek behind the screen, as it were, in order to write a profile of the company for a financial magazine. Going into it, I imagined LinkedIn would be one of those scrappy tech startups you hear…

  • Innovaro's LaunchPad Can Now Mine Google+, PST Files and LinkedIn

    LinkedIn News
    16 May 2012 | 11:16 am
    Innovaro, Inc. , The Innovation Solutions Company is excited to announce that LaunchPad's SemBots can now mine Google+, These additions further enhance LaunchPad's already robust capabilities to upload and analyze corporate data, social media and other information sources.

  • How to Manage Summer Interns: 5 Expert Tips from LinkedIn - CIO

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    16 May 2012 | 1:39 pm
    CIOHow to Manage Summer Interns: 5 Expert Tips from LinkedInCIOHere are five expert tips from LinkedIn to help you both make the most of the partnership. By Kristin Burnham CIO — Consider this scenario: Summer is approaching and your work keeps piling up. You consider hiring an intern to lessen your load,

  • Innovaro’s LaunchPad Can Now Mine Google+, PST Files and LinkedIn

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    16 May 2012 | 10:18 am
    Innovaro, Inc. , The Innovation Solutions Company is excited to announce that LaunchPad's SemBots can now mine Google+, Microsoft Exchange PST Files and LinkedIn.

  • Employers need to "walk the talk" with job applicants

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    Joe Rosenlicht
    15 May 2012 | 4:26 pm
    Communication, professionalism, integrity, respect. These are just a few of the qualities that organizations expect from job applicants, and rightly so.   Unfortunately, however, too many organizations don’t reciprocate. I’m currently coaching a graduating senior who is in the midst of a job search. She had a 2nd interview with a particular company, and was told that she would be informed of their hiring decision by a certain date. When that date came and went and she hadn’t heard form them, she automatically assumed the worst. This is an all too familiar scenario that…
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  • What I learned at LinkedIn

    tommcnichol
    15 May 2012 | 1:30 pm
    This is an op-ed from Tom McNichol, independent journalist, regular contributor at the Atlantic and author of a recent article on LinkedIn’s growth since our IPO, which can be found here. – Ed.   Like most LinkedIn users, my only interaction with the site has been through a computer screen. But recently, I had the opportunity to visit LinkedIn’s headquarters in Silicon Valley and take a peek behind the screen, as it were, in order to write a profile of the company for a financial magazine. Going into it, I imagined LinkedIn would be one of those scrappy tech startups you hear…

  • 9 minutes a day: Continuous career management

    williamarruda
    14 May 2012 | 6:00 pm
    I have been working with LinkedIn since early 2012, exploring the importance of continuous career management. Along this journey we have found that spending just 9 minutes a day on your career management could help you get promoted, find that ideal job or help you become better at what you’re already doing. I’ve analyzed what realistically can be fitted into a daily schedule without adding stress or pressure. It is commonly known by educators and psychologists that the ability to focus one’s attention on a task is crucial for the achievement of one’s goals and so I believe…

  • Introducing LinkedIn for Windows Phone

    Tomer Cohen
    14 May 2012 | 11:43 am
    Today, we’re excited to unveil LinkedIn’s newest mobile application for the Windows Phone! We know professionals rely on their mobile devices everyday to conduct business and to stay prepared for their work day. LinkedIn for Windows Phone makes it easy to get on-the-go access to your professional network and all the rich LinkedIn insights to help you be great at what you do. You can find and connect with millions of professionals worldwide, quickly access a real-time update stream with news and information from your professional connections, read timely news impacting your industry, keep…

  • The Next Human Leap: Closing the Gap Between Talent and Opportunity

    Mario Sundar
    10 May 2012 | 5:18 pm
    A few months ago, our CEO Jeff Weiner wrote an op-ed in Fortune Magazine describing the “other” unemployment crisis;  that despite historically high unemployment rates we still have more than three million unfilled job opportunities in our country, and what we could do to solve it. Last week, he had a chance to revisit this theme in his speech to roughly 1,000 local CEOs and business leaders at the Bay Area Council’s 2012 Outlook Conference, where the theme was “The Next Human Leap”. Jeff’s speech touched upon the ever widening gap between the highest number of job…

  • How to Make A Career Switch

    Jodi Glickman
    10 May 2012 | 4:00 am
    Conventional wisdom says that an average worker has between 7 and 10 careers in a lifetime.  For the Millennial generation, that number is even higher.  Today’s workforce is mobile, global, and tech savvy.   With opportunities literally at our fingertips, it’s easier (and more acceptable) than ever to try one’s hand in a new field.  If you’ve been thinking about a career change, here are 8 tips to get started: First, ask yourself three key questions: 1.    Why are you making a switch?  Are you bored or not challenged?  Itching to be part of the start-up, high tech…
 
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    LinkedIn News

  • Innovaro's LaunchPad Can Now Mine Google+, PST Files and LinkedIn

    16 May 2012 | 11:16 am
    Innovaro, Inc. , The Innovation Solutions Company is excited to announce that LaunchPad's SemBots can now mine Google+, These additions further enhance LaunchPad's already robust capabilities to upload and analyze corporate data, social media and other information sources.

  • LinkedIn Co-founder joins Berlin-based EarlyBird Ventures

    16 May 2012 | 1:06 am
    Have cash? Looking for tech talent? Go to Europe. So says Konstantin Geurike, co-founder of LinkedIn and newly minted venture partner in Berlin's EarlyBird Ventures .A EarlyBird recently raised $100 million for its forth fund, focusing on European, and in particular German startups.

  • Fully Furnished room Available immed Cha

    15 May 2012 | 7:47 pm
    Looking for someone to rent out the living room in a 2 bed 1.5 bath townhouse apartment.

  • 7 ways and why to treat your career like a startup

    15 May 2012 | 3:32 pm
    The days when you locked and loaded your career in school, and then blasted away down that same narrow path the rest of your life, are gone, never to return.

  • Reid Hoffman, co-founder and executive chairman, LinkedIn speaks at...

    15 May 2012 | 11:22 am
    Reid Hoffman, co-founder and executive chairman, LinkedIn speaks with Jeff Jarvis at the Guardian Activate Summit 2012 in New York about the power of social networks and big data for change The Media Network is a community of globally-minded media and technology professionals.
 
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  • Employers need to "walk the talk" with job applicants

    Joe Rosenlicht
    15 May 2012 | 4:26 pm
    Communication, professionalism, integrity, respect. These are just a few of the qualities that organizations expect from job applicants, and rightly so.   Unfortunately, however, too many organizations don’t reciprocate. I’m currently coaching a graduating senior who is in the midst of a job search. She had a 2nd interview with a particular company, and was told that she would be informed of their hiring decision by a certain date. When that date came and went and she hadn’t heard form them, she automatically assumed the worst. This is an all too familiar scenario that…

  • To Blog or Not to Blog

    Steve Sonn
    15 May 2012 | 4:23 pm
    It’s been a rough couple of weeks for blogging, or business blogging at least. First came the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth study that delivered these findings, among others: Blogging declines for the first time among the Inc. 500.  Fifty percent of the 2010 Inc. 500 had a corporate blog, up from 45% in 2009 and 39% in 2008.  In this new 2011 study, the use of blogging dropped to 37%.  Companies in the Advertising/Marketing industry are most likely to blog while companies in Government Services and Construction make very little use of this tool. This decline mirrors a trend in…

  • @LinkedIn: RT @brikis98: At a LinkedIn Tech Talk: "The Online Revolution: High-Quality Education for Everyone" by Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng. http ...

    chintan9
    15 May 2012 | 4:20 pm
    RT @brikis98: At a LinkedIn Tech Talk: “The Online Revolution: High-Quality Education for Everyone” by Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng. http … http://twitter.com/LinkedIn http://twitter.com/LinkedIn/status/202506716909289473

  • @LinkedIn: RT @dtunkelang: Daphne Koller & Andrew Ng about to get started here at LinkedIn. Streaming at http://t.co/4Z3bnIi5 http://t.co/JRLK0vpY

    chintan9
    15 May 2012 | 4:20 pm
    RT @dtunkelang: Daphne Koller & Andrew Ng about to get started here at LinkedIn. Streaming at http://t.co/4Z3bnIi5 http://t.co/JRLK0vpY http://twitter.com/LinkedIn http://twitter.com/LinkedIn/status/202505765909565441

  • BNI Kent Number One Chapter - Gravesend Team

    kentnetworkingforum
    15 May 2012 | 4:19 pm
    We started early and everyone joined in for the Team Photo. Well, it is something to be proud of isn’t it – being number one Chapter in Kent! The education slot was taken this week by Steve Kennedy of Paymentsense. Steve pointed out that we are a collection of totally different people within the Chapter, with nothing much in common except the desire to get more work and earn more money. This is achieved by working as a team to find and pass referrals to each other, something Gravesend Chapter is very good at and gets us to number 1.This lead can be maintained if members use one to…
 
 
 
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    LinkedIn Answers: Government and Nonprofit

  • how do I change a group logo more than 5 times?

    16 May 2012 | 10:23 am

  • Will The US Kill The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

    16 May 2012 | 6:40 am
    POGO: "The US government current appraisal for the F-35 Fighter operations and support is $1.1 trillion—making for a grand total of $1.5 trillion, or more than the annual GDP of Spain." http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2012/05/the-jet-that-ate-the-pentagon.html The Joint Strike Fighter is projected to be most expensive weapons system in the history of America. Will the government kill it before it goes to full rate initial production?

  • What successes and challenges have you noted for CMMI process improvement projects in the Higher Education sector?

    14 May 2012 | 4:16 pm
    I am interested in two aspects of CMMI in Higher Education: 1) The culture shift and change journey required and 2) Insights of those who have initiated CMMI programs in this sector.

  • Greece leaves E.U. and EURO?

    14 May 2012 | 2:58 pm
    1) Greek government bonds would no longer be accepted as global collateral, as Greece prints drachmas. 2) The new drachmas would plunge in value (+/- 50%) against the EURO, causing all Greek assets to plummet by +/- 50%. 3) Greek asset depreciation would trigger another wave of defaults for Greek businesses and citizens, unable to pay outstanding debts in EUROs. 4) A Greek depression would force an E.U. exit, as Greece would impose capital controls and violations of other E.U. laws. Is Greece ...

  • Is "we the people" a lost concept?

    14 May 2012 | 6:53 am
    Should the State Department back the right of Arizona's citizens to do their part to protect their borders and sovereignty or should they instead be compelled to spend their hard earned tax dollars on illegal immigrants?
 
 
 
 
 
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    I’m On LinkedIn – Now What???

  • LinkedIn Acquisition: Slideshare (!!!)

    Jason Alba
    4 May 2012 | 8:36 pm
    I have stayed away from writing about acquisitions that LinkedIn does because of a few reasons. Either they didn’t make too much sense, or because the acquisition didn’t seem to add much/any value to the average user, or because I wanted to focus mostly on using LinkedIn, not so much what’s happening with the company. Speaking of happening with the company, tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo, aka, LinkedIn’s birthday! Back to acquisitions. LinkedIn acquired Slideshare for $119M, apparently (details here).  I find this really interesting. I think Slideshare was doing fine on…

  • Random Trivia: Reid Hoffman’s Net Worth

    Jason Alba
    2 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    I was at the library yesterday with some time to spare and was flipping through the Forbes magazine and saw that Reid Hoffman was worth about 2.1B. (right now on Forbes it says 1.8B… Give or take a few hundred million, I guess) That is over two thousand million dollars. That’s amazing. He’s 44 years old. Let’s say he lives to be 100. He could spend 35 million a year and still have money left over (assuming he isn’t investing it… otherwise he could spend a lot more and not even touch his principle). I know people have a problem with rich people, but I…

  • Is it James or Jimmy or Jim or JimBob? LinkedIn First Names…

    Jason Alba
    26 Apr 2012 | 1:56 am
    My name is Jason. I go by Jason.  You can call me Jay (or, “J”), but hardly anyone does.  Rarely I’ve been called Jase. I don’t really care… call me whatever you want.  Most people just call me… Jason. But what about people with names that are commonly nick-named?  William (Bill), Jonathan (Jon, Jonny, etc.), Rebekah (Becky), Penelope (Penny), etc.?? I try and call people by the name they typically go as.  When a telemarketer calls me and uses my first name (which is NOT Jason), I immediately know they are not my friend… because no one except…

  • When you can’t see the person’s name (3rd degree contact) #LinkedIn

    Jason Alba
    24 Apr 2012 | 4:56 pm
    I’ve been contacting people in my LinkedIn Group. Even though I’m the owner of the Group, and I’ve seen the group member’s name at one point, LinkedIn won’t show me the full name if they are not in my first or second degree network. There are tricks to get around this. Here are two I’ve used today: Copy and paste the Professional Headline (most people let LinkedIn decide what this is, the title and company) and do a Google search. Every time I’ve done that I’ve found the person, and their email and phone number Go to the website of their company…

  • Bonus: About.Me critique for Jeff Dibble

    Jason Alba
    5 Apr 2012 | 1:36 am
    I am just about sold on doing an about.me profile.  I wanted to do a critique to follow up from Tuesday’s LinkedIn Profile Critique on Jeff Dibble. This is on his About.Me page: ‘ Here’s my critique: I LOVE THE WHOLE THING. The picture (you can’t see the whole thing in this snapshot… to the right is a golfer) is peaceful and non-distracting (not too busy). The text is awesome.  The only thing I’d love to see is the “let’s talk” show his email or phone number or something like that (you can click on an email button below, but you have to…
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    Windmill Networking Blog on Social Media Strategy (Weekly)

  • How Hotels and Restaurants Can Benefit from Social Media Events

    Debbie Miller
    16 May 2012 | 6:05 am
    10 of the 12 ConnectOC Organizing Committee Members, including Windmill Networking contributors Debbie Miller (4th on the left) and Neal Schaffer (center).Social Media events are a great way for hotels and restaurants to gain exposure. Though offering up freebies to a large audience could initially feel like a loss rather than a gain, the potential ROI of doing so in this context is uniquely unprecedented.It may seem counter-productive to invite locals into your hotel, as hotel business relies on over-night visitors and, obviously, people who live in the city where the hotel resides aren’t…

  • You Should Be in Pictures; Tips for Integrating Visual Content into the Marketing Mix

    Bob Geller
    15 May 2012 | 6:05 am
    There’s been much buzz recently about the use of images in social media marketing.   More and more platforms are visual (think Pinterest, Instagram, SlideShare and Tumblr).   Facebook’s Timeline is all about pretty pictures.  And it seems that every other tweet references an infographic.We love images because they offer a nice diversion in a busy social media environment, and, let’s face it; viewing can be more fun than reading.   Savvy marketers are jumping on board and exploring ways to incorporate imagery into the marketing mix.It is about winning and keeping attention.  The…

  • 5 Creative Ideas to Spark New Engagement in Facebook Timeline for Fan Pages

    Neal Schaffer
    14 May 2012 | 9:16 am
    With Facebook’s recent implementation of Timeline for Pages, we are quickly reminded that we have no control over what direction Facebook might take with their platform. Regardless if you are a fan or not of Facebook, however, there is still no better way to reach out and engage with both present and potential consumers in social media than through a robust Facebook Page. The problem is: Are you truly maximizing your Facebook presence to reach your marketing objectives? Many businesses that I meet are not.Maximizing your business presence on Facebook begins with truly maximizing all of…

  • Are YOU the Weakest Link? Two Things to Do TODAY to Keep Control of Your Facebook Page.

    Christopher Budd
    11 May 2012 | 6:05 am
    When it comes to social media presences for companies, Facebook is still the king. Even though upstart Pinterest is clearly giving Facebook a run for its money, the Facebook page is still the anchor for most companies’ social media strategy. Compared to other social media channels, Facebook is where the eyeballs are and that puts it at the center of the social media universe. For example, Coca-Cola’s Facebook page has 41,679,113 “Likes”, but their Twitter handle has 533,194 followers. Odds are good that your experience mirrors this.The great thing about this is that it makes it easy…

  • Email Marketing Is Growing Up — Leaving “Batch and Blast” Behind

    Deborah Anne Gibbs
    10 May 2012 | 2:05 pm
    Recently, I had an interesting conversation with a VP of Marketing about converting emails into two-way conversations.We were reviewing my proposal for email nurture streams designed to move prospects from the top to the middle of the lead funnel. We found it easy to visualize the emails themselves. What required more thought on our part were the “engagement triggers” – incentives designed to turn one-way emails into trust-building conversations between the recipients and the staff.Many of you are having the same discussion. Both demand generation marketers and marketing automation…
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    Linked Intelligence

  • Tips from The LinkedIn Rockstars: Top Ten Annoying Behaviors of People on LinkedIn – Number 3

    Lori Ruff, The LinkedIn Diva
    1 May 2012 | 10:30 am
    Ok, we’re to my Top 3 Annoying Behaviors of People on LinkedIn. We’ve been taking this educational journey together to help people understand the LinkedIn environment and what other people think of behaviors that may not even get a second thought while we’re engaging from a computer with no one else in the room. How many invitations have you received for a group located somewhere else? If you’re a member of one of the large groups or a member of multiple groups, you’ve likely seen at least one. I’m pretty sure they’re sent out by companies that the group owner has hired to build…

  • Introductions are Proven to be More Effective than Cold Calls

    Jan Wallen
    25 Apr 2012 | 4:37 pm
    Did you know that introductions are proven to be more effective than cold calls?  When you’re making cold calls, you’re calling someone you don’t know, hoping to get their attention long enough to listen to what you have to say.  When someone introduces you, it comes with a personal recommendation.  The person will listen to you because you’ve been personally introduced. LinkedIn makes it easy to request introductions. Let’s say you want to meet John Smith, who is a potential client. You’ve worked with executives like him, and the results have been excellent. You…

  • Tips from The LinkedIn Rockstars: Top Ten Annoying Behaviors of People on LinkedIn – Number 4

    Lori Ruff, The LinkedIn Diva
    18 Apr 2012 | 9:52 am
    I once had a conversation at a networking event where I asked the person if they were on LinkedIn. I said I’d send an invitation from my phone to make sure we could stay in touch. He said “Great! You can learn all about me from my profile!”The conversation was short and we didn’t exchange cards, but I didn’t mind because I knew I could look him up again. The next day when I arrived at work, I went onto LinkedIn to make sure I sent a personal note to everyone I had connected with the night before. When I came to this guy’s profile, I was a bit stunned that there was nothing but…

  • How LinkedIn Works [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Scott Allen
    10 Apr 2012 | 2:01 pm
    Everybody loves infographics. Here’s a great one about LinkedIn. How LinkedIn Works by Infographiclabs

  • Job Titles in ALL CAPS

    Scott Allen
    10 Apr 2012 | 12:58 pm
    Typing your job title in all caps on #LinkedIn does NOT make you look more important than your non-capitalizing peers. — Jordan Whitt (@jwwhitt) April 10, 2012 @JennaNBaker you’re half right. I should’ve qualified that with “unless your job title consists solely of acronyms.” — Jordan Whitt (@jwwhitt) April 10, 2012
 
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    Power Formula LinkedIn Blog

  • Best LinkedIn Features for Lead Generation

    Wayne
    13 May 2012 | 7:08 pm
    I have been doing a lot of traveling lately, meeting people all over the country and sharing my LinkedIn stories and advice. More and more people are taking advantage of the special pricing I offer to my live audiences on … Continue reading →

  • Need Leads? LinkedIn to the Rescue.

    Wayne
    6 May 2012 | 7:42 pm
      “LinkedIn is 277% More Effective for Lead Generation Than Facebook & Twitter” -Hubspot Survey (Feb 2012)   I bet you are dying to know which features make it so effective. Check back next week for a complete checklist of … Continue reading →

  • When is a 100% Complete LinkedIn Profile Not Complete?

    Wayne
    29 Apr 2012 | 6:54 pm
    Q:  When is a 100% complete LinkedIn profile not 100% complete?   A:  When LinkedIn decides to change the criteria.   UGH!   In February, LinkedIn changed its criteria for a 100% complete profile, and get this–they applied the criteria … Continue reading →

  • Are You Connected to LinkedIn’s Most Connected?

    Wayne
    22 Apr 2012 | 4:35 pm
    FYI: I still have room for you and your friends to join me this Tuesday night, April 24, from 5:00PM-7:30PM at my office in Pewaukee, Wisconsin for “LinkedIn Power Formula Training for Beginners.” Take advantage of the deepest discount ever … Continue reading →

  • LinkedIn Groups: Are You Missing This Opportunity?

    Wayne
    16 Apr 2012 | 7:40 am
    “Wayne does an exceptional job of explaining how to use a combination of individual employee profiles and company/product pages to improve your company’s branding and sales opportunities on Linkedin.”   That’s what one attendee said of my newest live class, … Continue reading →
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