Do you need to build a social media policy for your business? Recently, I prepared a presentation for an organization on creating a social media policy. What I found was that most of the relevant information was from 2009-2011. That is how long it has been since social media policies have been important to have…
Invitations from people you don’t know can be frustrating! Frustrating because you may not know how to categorize the person for your method of communication system. Personally I like to tag all of my connections. When teaching LinkedIn workshops, I make the participants promise to never send a generic invitation again. Usually I hear an…
Message Center in LinkedIn made some big changes! As I was teaching class on Monday for some job seekers at the Illinois workNet Center in Arlington Heights for Harper College, one of the students said he couldn’t find the option I was showing on the screen. I took a look over his shoulder and sure…
Recommendations will help you get to All-Star status! If you have ever attended one of my LinkedIn classes you have heard me speak about the advantages of placing your personal branding keywords in your profile to help you show up more prominently in searches done without using your name. One of the lesser known areas…
LinkedIn Profile – is it yours or not? Years ago as LinkedIn became more popular, I noticed people who left their jobs and abandoned their profiles. In some cases, it may have been a non-compete situation, or it may have been a lost password. Some folks just didn’t know that they could add new work…