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LinkedIn Strategy Webinar June 16

Tomorrow (Tuesday, June 16) at 1pm Eastern I’ll be presenting a webinar in partnership with American Management Assocation (they published my first book, The Virtual Handshake) entitled How to Use LinkedIn to Excel in Your Current Position and Plan for Your Next.

This is not a webinar on the mechanics of how to use LinkedIn – this . . . → Read More: LinkedIn Strategy Webinar June 16

Free Webinar – "Professional Networking: Beyond Sourcing"

I’ll be giving a free webinar Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2-3pm ET, entitled Professional Networking – Beyond Sourcing, sponsored by ERE Media and LinkedIn. The event is intended for recruiters, and the gist of it is this: any hack recruiter can figure out how to search LinkedIn, Jobster, ZoomInfo and the blogosphere to source candidates, but . . . → Read More: Free Webinar – "Professional Networking: Beyond Sourcing"

LinkedIn Training, Coaching and Consulting

786044_bright_idea.jpgIn response to Extreme LinkedIn Profile Makeover and the fact that we now have a waiting list of about three months already, I’ve had a couple of people asking me if there was some way they could get theirs done sooner, and one person wanted to know if they could get theirs done privately.

The answer to both is “yes”.

Teaching individuals and organizations how to use LinkedIn and other social networking and social media tools more effectively is my core business.

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Free Webinar – Using LinkedIn to Sell More, Faster and with Less Effort

Larry Benet, “The Connector”Earlier this week I had the pleasure to meet and chat with Larry Benet aka “The Connector”. He is the past Chairman of the Tsunami Disaster Relief Project where he brought top business leaders together to raise money for tsunami victims. Larry now teaches business owners and sales professionals how to open doors and close deals, and will soon publish his first book, The Art of Connecting.

In the course of our conversation, Larry said that he was a fan of LinkedIn and had started using it, but really hadn’t fully explored its potential. After chatting for a bit, he suggested we do a web seminar together.

I said, “Sure. When?”

He said, “How about next Monday?”

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The LinkedIn Blogosphere

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Linked Things
30/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
If you haven’t guessed, I’m working through the lyrics of the video – because in order to make it in, I really did have to think highly of each favorite thing;-) This line gives me a chance to reflect… By the numbers..

Is LinkedIn Broken… or is it just a TOOL?
30/08/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I read this post a few days ago: My Problem with LinkedIn . The author ( Tom Nixon ) presents the idea that it's not really “the social network's fault,” it's really our fault because we are using it wrong. Tom suggests there a..

Wonderful Coworkers Recommending
27/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
Some skeptics seem to think that LinkedIn recommendations are not worthwhile, but to me – they’re golden. As I mentioned last post – if you’re connecting to people you know, the things they write will absolutely supp..

What do recruiters think about LinkedIn?
25/08/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I'm always intrigued to see how a specific group uses or thinks about a tool. Job seekers think about LinkedIn a certain way, while wondering if their target audience (hiring managers, business owners, recruiters, HR) will find them and se..

Warm Friendly Tweeters
24/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
I’m new to the twitter world, but definitely enjoy seeing good tweets coming through LinkedIn. If you’re connecting to people you know, the twitter connection makes it easy to keep everyone aware of what’s going on. But yo..

LinkedIn for iPhone 3.2: Where Are They Now?
20/08/10 The LinkedIn Blog
Keeping track of what your connections are doing professionally is one of the most important things we offer to our members at LinkedIn.   We’re excited to announce LinkedIn for iPhone 3.2, because we’ve made it easier than ever to stay up..

Groups With Nice Members
19/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
Group functionality has come a long way on LinkedIn since the early days, and one of the aspects that is a must for successful group interactions and livelihood is the attitude of members. Let’s look at some of the ways it might be on..

QvQ: Quality vs. Quantity: The Great LinkedIn Debate
18/08/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I just saw a blog post by VirtualJobCoach (the first competitor I had with JibberJobber, and some very good people ) titled “ The Trouble with LinkedIn: Bigger is not better ” In the post they argue that if you get a bigger net..

Any Instances of Fake LinkedIn Email?
16/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
I’ve been reading on some supposed email that uses the look of LinkedIn invitations to get by spam/threat filters. Have you actually seen any?!? Not from LinkedIn Clearly LinkedIn is not in any way shape or form connected to these mes..

New and improved moderation features for LinkedIn Groups
13/08/10 The LinkedIn Blog
Since its roll out at the end of June, the new groups interface has already significantly increased member participation, measured by user comments and visits to Groups. We’ve also been listening to user feedback from many of our active gr..