As we start a new year, it is a great time to reflect on the year that was and set our goals for next year. In addition to coming up with resolution, I think it is also a great opportunity to review your social media presence and evaluate what worked last year and what didn’t. [...]
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Eying Your LinkedIn Profile
Mashable recently posted a study of how people look at various social media profiles. They used eye tracking software to see where people’s eyes were drawn when looking at someone’s Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter profiles. The results of the LinkedIn profile analysis are interesting, but not at all surprising. The study found that people’s eyes [...]
Uploading Your Resume to LinkedIn
One of the most common questions I hear about Linked is, “Where do I put my resume?” This is an interesting question and has multiple answers. Let’s go through them… The simplest answer is that you don’t put your resume on LinkedIn. While LinkedIn allows you to upload your resume to the service, it doesn’t [...]
Accepting LinkedIn Connection Requests
I recently wrote about the proper way to send a request to connect on LinkedIn. This post generated some great discussion online and with people who I have met in person. That post got me thinking. While I talked about how to send LinkedIn connection requests, I didn’t discuss how to accept connection requests on [...]
Connecting on LinkedIn: Are You Doing It Wrong?
Are you connecting on LinkedIn the wrong way? Well, I guess there really isn’t a wrong way to connect, but there definitely is a much better way. Do you customize the introduction message? While LinkedIn says that this message is optional, I think it is absolutely essential. By default, it reads: I’d like to add [...]
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