The LinkedIn Personal Trainer

What Social Media Sites Are Hot – Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics

Steve Tylock — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:10:30 +0000

I’m going to take the Mark Twain acknowledgment – I did not come up with all of the above title, but if you can think of a better quote, I’d like to hear it;-) A different catchy title brought me to a recent post that suggested that a huge number of companies – 83% – are [...] Related posts:

The LinkedIn Personal Trainer Goes Tweet

Steve Tylock — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:07:35 +0000

In conjunction with the tweeting style, I’ll try to keep this entry short… http://twitter.com/SteveTylock Yup, that’s me on twitter… Come on in, the water’s fine I posted earlier this week that Most LinkedIn Users Multi-Network, and it seems like a good thing to do, and the timing is right on my side. I’m ready to explore. Friends and colleagues have [...] Related posts:

I’d Like To Announce… With LinkedIn

Steve Tylock — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:35:39 +0000

Received a note from Mary in the mailbag to spark today’s post. She purchased the e-book and enjoyed it – finding it useful, but writes “How do you bring people up to date on your company’s happenings?” Well, she’s right – the book doesn’t cover this topic very well because this really isn’t something that LinkedIn [...] Related posts:

Most LinkedIn Users Multi-Network

Steve Tylock — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:28:44 +0000

October’s poll results reveal an interesting pattern – that most users are involved in more than one networking site. But you know me – it’s never that simple – let’s have some fun… One Besides being the loneliest number, it’s the most frequent response to the poll “How many Social Media sites from this list do you have [...] Related posts:

Sorting LinkedIn Searches By Relationship

Steve Tylock — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:55:46 +0000

LinkedIn’s “Introduction” feature is key to the service – it lets users reach out to potential customers, employers, employees, partners, and even investors. This is a great way to turn a cold call into a warm introduction – through a mutually trusted individual. And while it is possible to ask for introductions to both 2nd and 3rd [...] Related posts:

LinkedIn Profiles More Accurate

Steve Tylock — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:28:18 +0000

What’s going to be more accurate, John Smith’s LinkedIn profile, or his resume? Apparently the LinkedIn Profile – let’s have a look. Insight from LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman Apparently I missed an article from the summer describing Hoffman’s discussion at the Social Recruiting Summit. In the quote from the article, he’s suggesting that individuals are not as likely to [...] No related posts.

Sarah Palin’s Got A Duplicate Profile, Do You?

Steve Tylock — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:00:18 +0000

And I mean this in the nicest way – if the former candidate for Vice President can end up with two profiles on LinkedIn, what chance do you have of avoiding the same fate? A whole lot – because you’re reading this blog!-) But seriously folks, let’s have a look… Vice Presidential candidate This one appeared a while back, [...] Related posts:

TV Pilot Today And Training Event Friday!

Steve Tylock — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:23:06 +0000

Two things that just can’t wait: I helped tape a pilot for a new show called Employment INsights the other week, and they’ve got a preview out. If you happen to be local, I’ll be training with The Project Solvers this Friday. It was an interesting process to tape the show, and I’ve got a couple links for [...] Related posts:

Leveraging LinkedIn for Effective Projects

NY Times Gets It Wrong – Good Nets Work On Merit

Steve Tylock — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:01:29 +0000

Yesterday’s article in the NY Times misses the boat, and I’ve got to call them on it. The shocking suggestion is that networking sites will lead to nepotism. (And by networking sites, they mean ones just like LinkedIn – and since the article only mentions LinkedIn, there’s not much doubt about it…) Misguided reporting The article in [...] Related posts:

LinkedIn Sub-Groups – Just Like A Group – But Special

Steve Tylock — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:30:54 +0000

Promised myself that I’d get an article out on LinkedIn subgroups before we get snow, and in order to keep that promise, I have to get this article out now! The concept behind subgroups is probably more sexy than the implementation, but you still want to understand what’s going on… Exclusive membership So the concept is simple enough, [...] Related posts: