Informed: the podcast for LinkedIn® users

I’m back! What an amazing holiday that was and I’m not going to lie…this week has been really difficult with jet-lag coupled with a desire to stay in Thailand forever somewhat messing with my workflow!! So what happened whilst I was away? In short – not much but what did happen was massive! Jeff Wiener is stepping down and will be replaced by Ryan Roslansky. I’m not sure how much this was covered...

Welcome to episode 277 which should have been 278 but I failed to get an episode out last week so apologies for that. Despite missing a week and thereby needing to search the internet back across the last 2 weeks, I found hardly anything of interest! It seems Jan is a very quiet month for LinkedIn news – checking back this time last year was exactly the same! We do, however, have a brilliant post...

Welcome to the second episode of the year. I’ve been seeing some great results on LinkedIn through direct messages (DM’s) recently and yet 12 months ago, I was recommending people only send them with people they already know well. So what has changed? More of that later but as usual I will start with… Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week... Mentioned in this episode: This show was created by the orig...

Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of 2020! I thought it would be a good idea to start this year by looking back and what was a fantastic 2019 for LinkedInformed. In this episode, I will reveal the top ten episodes of last year as well as reminding you of what we covered in the top five of those. I also have a post of the year for 2019 and an overview of the challenges that lay ahead...

Welcome to episode 274 and Merry Christmas! I think the week before Christmas is one of my favourites of the year. It’s never a busy time for LinkedIn training so I get to enjoy the build-up to the Christmas break…Christmas shopping, which largely involves answering the door to the Amazon delivery person these days! Plus carol concerts, Christmas films on TV and lots of nice messages from customer...

Hashtags and @mention tagging. Two often misunderstood and misused features of LinkedIn. Should you use them and what are the best techniques. Mentioned in this episode: This show was created by the original host of the show, Mark Williams.

This weeks episode is mainly dedicated to this years 'Top Voices' list. Whilst there are certain aspects of these lists that I find bewildering, it is also a genuine opportunity to discover great content producers and assess why they are successful   Mentioned in this episode: This show was created by the original host of the show, Mark Williams.

LinkedIn have announced the top 10 company pages of 2019...but are they actually any good? Mentioned in this episode: This show was created by the original host of the show, Mark Williams.

Welcome to this weeks episode in a baron week for news I’ve been noticing some subtle changes that suggest LinkedIn might be testing out falsely boosting the distribution of reshares – this got me thinking about a much broader issue about how much LinkedIn try to control our behavior. Mentioned in this episode: This show was created by the original host of the show, Mark Williams.

Welcome to this weeks episode after a break for a week in the sun, I’m back fully refreshed and raring to go…oh and hating the cold, wet UK weather! I have had a couple of listeners contact me this week to tell me about a strange message they received from LinkedIn regarding missing InMails, at first I thought it must be a hoax…it wasn’t! Here's what you can found in this weeks episode; 06.00 - 11...

Welcome to a new episode, this week I pick up again on the final section of settings…Communication. These settings are pretty important and may have changed since you last took a look! For more go to https://linkedinformed.com/episode268 Mentioned in this episode: This show was created by the original host of the show, Mark Williams.

Welcome to this weeks episode, a shorter one due to work commitments but I’ve had a week to play with the new Events feature and wanted to share my thoughts. More at   http://linkedinformed.com/episode267/ Mentioned in this episode: This show was created by the original host of the show, Mark Williams.

Welcome to episode 266. So the time has finally come, I’ve been waiting in nervous anticipation for this for months and finally, LinkedIn have announced their new company page features. It, therefore, makes sense to focus on them this week although I will also continue with the series on LinkedIn settings. Mentioned in this episode: This show was created by the original host of the show, Mark Will...

Welcome to a new and special episode on LinkedInformed. A shift from the normal format, this week I’m chatting with Scott Millward, the Marketing Director of Matt Burton Associates. Scott only started posting on LinkedIn in February 2019 and in a matter of months he was producing posts that went viral. How did he manage to do that so quickly? Prior to our interview I checked back and counted the a...

Welcome to this weeks fill of LinkedIn news and information. In this episode, I continue to cover Privacy and settings but before that……. Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week A LinkedIn Video Experiment: Does Native Video Drive Reach for Salespeople? LinkedIn Announces Updates to Talent Solutions: Benefits for Recruiters Best of LinkedIn Pages 2019: Nominations Are Now Open! For the rest of the notes...

Welcome to LinkedInformed 263. This week I continue with my tutorial on settings with probably the most important section of all - Privacy But before that... Go to  http://linkedinformed.com/episode263/  for the full notes Mentioned in this episode: This show was created by the original host of the show, Mark Williams.

Welcome to episode 262, I hope you had a great week. I thought I would cover a more educational topic this week by going through a very important but often ignored part of LinkedIn – your settings! Once I started recording I realised this was far too big a subject to cover in one episode so I will break it down across 3 or 4 episodes. This week I’m covering the Account settings. Also covered; The...

Hello and welcome, I’m back from my week away in San Francisco and I can tell you that my Find Nearby experiment yielded zero results! I had it on the whole time I was there and I checked it several times in busy places but never once saw anyone nearby! How disappointing! This week I want to return to Articles which we have covered  recently  but a listener highlighted an Article on LinkedIn about...

Welcome to episode 260 which has been inspired by two separate incidents that occurred this week. Firstly I had a session with a client who was really struggling to come up with ideas for content – I recommended she should start by using other peoples posts as inspiration to create similar posts. Secondly, a friend found out that someone had been copying his content – word for word, A clear exampl...

Welcome to episode 259. It’s great to have followers but to increase the visibility of our posts we need to get more of them to engage. This isn’t just about what we write but also about how we treat our followers, especially new ones! This week my main focus is on my new (and not fully tested) engagement blueprint. I have covered elements of it before but the extra part that I want to focus on in...

Welcome to episode 258. We all know that post engagement is crucial for you to become visible on LinkedIn but not all ‘engagement’ types are equal. We know shares are pretty useless to you but what about Likes and Comments. Which one is best? Following some interesting research I saw this week, I thought that would be an interesting topic to explore. Mentioned in this episode: This show was create...

Welcome to episode 257 where this week I want to cover a really important aspect of using LinkedIn in a productive and successful way… finding great content! As usual with LinkedIn, we have an algorithm that makes choices (often the wrong ones) for us but we can take actions to help us find and engage with the best content. Also covered in this episode; Main LinkedIn automation bot recommends it’s...

Welcome to this weeks digest of all things LinkedIn. Today I want to address and issue which has always been a tricky question for LinkedIn users to answer…Should you connect to competitors? More of that later but first….. Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week LinkedIn Member number exceeds 645 million Iran-Linked APT34 Invites Victims to LinkedIn for Fresh Malware Infections Help clients discover you...

Welcome to a new episode and it’s great to be back after a wonderfully relaxing week away in the truly stunning Swiss alps. About a month ago I received a personalised connection request from someone who had the words ‘LinkedIn and Neuroscience’ in his headline….as you can imagine this really piqued my interest. What on earth does that mean? So I arranged to have a chat with him and he explained t...

You open your laptop (or pick up your phone) in the morning, fire up LinkedIn and then notice this…… Wait….that’s not 2 invitations, it’s 2000! Where did they all of a sudden come from? This week I’m investigating what I call the LinkedIn Invitation Tsunami. What is it, why does it happen and what you should do if it happens to you. But first….. Go to  https://linkedinformed.com/episode254  for th...