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Of Baked Potatoes and Corporate Branding

By Scott Allen, on April 14th, 2008%

My favorite LinkedIn-related quote of the past few weeks is from Erik Dafforn at ClickZ, who asks, “When does social media matter in SEM?“:

LinkedIn has been a workhorse of social networking sites, sort of a baked potato to FaceBook’s bag of Skittles. People likely spend less time per visit on LinkedIn than they do on . . . → Read More: Of Baked Potatoes and Corporate Branding

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More Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn

By Scott Allen, on April 13th, 2008%

Over the past few weeks I’ve been collecting some more great ideas from the blogosphere to add to my collection of 100+ Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn. Here are the recent additions:

Warm Calling via LinkedIn – Alex Iskold

As part of his excellent “Guide to Business Development 2.0″, Alex says that cold calling is dead:

LinkedIn has . . . → Read More: More Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn

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Five Ways Authors Can Profit from LinkedIn

By Scott Allen, on April 13th, 2008%

The following article came up a couple of times in my Google Alerts in the past few weeks, and I thought it was truly excellent. The author gives free reprint permission, so I thought rather than link to it, I’d just provide it directly here.

By the way, I’ve used LinkedIn for several of these myself. . . . → Read More: Five Ways Authors Can Profit from LinkedIn

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Blogger Appreciation Day April 14

By Scott Allen, on April 13th, 2008%

Problogger’s Darren Rowse has declared Monday, April 14, Blogger Appreciation Day, saying:

I’ve been chatting with a few bloggers of late who’ve been feeling a little down in the dumps about their blogging – so perhaps everyone could do with a little lift.

Lets spend today doing a few random acts of kindness and encouragement for our . . . → Read More: Blogger Appreciation Day April 14

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The Joys of LinkedIn Evangelism

By Scott Allen, on April 11th, 2008%

Sean Nelson at the Got LinkedIn blog came across my Bitstrips review and decided to check it out. Here’s one of his first efforts (hilarious):

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Ever feel like that when telling your friends and colleagues . . . → Read More: The Joys of LinkedIn Evangelism

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