Informed: the podcast for LinkedIn® users

Welcome to episode 153, this week I discuss my thoughts on @ mentions in LinkedIn posts. There seems to be a growing trend out there and I’m not sure it’s all good. But first…… Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week It looks like LinkedIn are making no headway with Russia; Russia says ‘nyet,’ continues LinkedIn block after it refuses to store data in Russia Perhaps Jeff Weiner needs to have a word with...

Welcome to episode 152, this week I’m going to cover the new Neptune design quite a bit as there have been quite a few developments. Firstly a big thank-you to Kurt Shaver, Darrel Griffin and the mysterious ‘LoveWeb’ for giving the show 5 star reviews on iTunes - I massively appreciate your support. Darrel Griffin can also be found on Instagram and is my ‘go to’ contact on anything to do with grap...

Welcome to episode 151 at the end of another traumatic week for LinkedIn and it’s new design! Following on from last weeks episode, I want to dig a bit deeper into what communication techniques work and what really don’t work on LinkedIn. But first….. Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week Workplace from Facebook is now live…..will it cause LinkedIn problems? Are LinkedIn understaffed and overworked?…....

Welcome to episode 150, that seems like a pretty good milestone to have reached but I think the main celebration will be at number 200! Something interesting I saw this week Well there hasn’t been much news at all this week, it seems everyone is so pre-occupied with the new desktop design (which I am trying to avoid covering in this episode). LinkedIn did announce that they had re-vamped their pre...

Welcome to episode 149, it seems that the roll-out has now reached about 75% if users so I thought it would make sense to get through some of the many questions I have been receiving. It’s funny for me, I feel like I have been talking about this for so long with very little feedback and then all of a sudden….everyone is talking about it and asking questions! Before I get into that tough, I have a...

Welcome to episode 148, this week I interview a young chap called Jack Parsons who is the CEO of an exciting start-up called YourFeed. Jack and he team are about to launch a brand new website and social network called YourFeed, here is how they describe themselves; Yourfeed is a disruptive online platform that helps ambitious professionals find employment, network with like-minded individuals &amp...

Welcome to episode 147, this week, I had planned an interview but that didn’t happen so I thought I would talk about something that I know is very important to many of you…..advanced search in the new desktop design. But first…. New Desktop UI Design Update LinkedIn have changed the way the data archive operates. Now you can download a smaller set of data more quickly, this is presumably meant to...

Click here to get your step by step guide on how to download your connections and upload them to Facebook. Welcome to episode 146, this week I have an idea to share with you about what you can do with your LinkedIn connections on Facebook. More of that later, but first….. New UI Desktop Design Update Saved searches are returning (end of Jan) Interests will show in your public profile Contact &...

Welcome to episode 145, this week I want to revisit something that so many people ignore or underestimate the importance of….your LinkedIn profile picture! But first a few interesting things I saw this week; An open letter to Jeff Weiner by Oleg Vishnepolsky The main highlights from this were; Anonymous like and dislike buttons Managing your feed Better management of followers/connections Who is m...

Welcome to episode 144 and a very happy new year to you all. I hope you achieve great things this year and I trust that LinkedIn will be with you every step of the way! I thought I would start the year with a focus on searching. As we know, the much loved Advanced search feature will be gone once we all get the new UI so it seems a good time to focus on the subject. But before that I saw a few thi...

Welcome to episode 143, before I get into anything else I just want to extend my warm wishes for the festive season. Happy Christmas everyone! Is This LinkedIn Censorship? I posted the ‘Dear Satya’ image on LinkedIn last week and a number of people were @mentioned and several commented. One individual decided to @mention Satya himself and I am wondering if this resulted in the post being deleted b...

Welcome to episode 142, on the week that the roll-out of the new desktop interface has really begun……Have you got it yet? Please get in touch and let me know your thoughts if you have. I found out from a very good source this week that LinkedIns internal name for the new user interface is ‘Neptune’ which got me thinking “How do they come up with these names?” You might associate Neptune with the R...

Welcome to episode 141….the calm after the #linkedinthebin storm of last week! The feedback was great from last weeks show, thanks to everyone who voted. The result was a draw between myself and Angus. If you want to hear another round of Linked-in-the-bin, let me know and I will have a think about who I can invite as contestants. Interesting stuff I saw this week Search Filters are being removed...

Welcome to episode 140, this week I thought we would have a bit of fun with our new gameshow! Hopefully it will not only put a smile on your face but also provide some useful information & tips. But first…… Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week Ransomeware There have been lots of articles and scaremongering about images on social media this week. This article actually sums up the ‘ransomware’ issu...

Welcome to episode 139, this week I’m mainly exploring a subject which many people find a real challenge - how to promote you or your products/services without appearing cheesy or being too pushy! But first…. Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week The three articles I refer to are shown below; Microsoft set to win EU approval for LinkedIn buy LinkedIn files suit to stop bots from data scraping its site...

Welcome to episode 138, this week I thought I would address the issue that many are talking about…Facebook’s perceived threat to LinkedIn. Facebook Vs LinkedIn As far as I see it, Facebook will never be a realistic alternative to LinkedIn for online business networking. This however, is not a view held by all and the debate has recently resurfaced due to Facebook's entry into the job advertising m...

Welcome to episode 137. Well what a crazy week it's been, quite possibly one of the craziest weeks in living history! I thought I would take this opportunity to answer some of the many questions you have been asking regarding the new desktop user interface. But first….. Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week LinkedIn Record is rumoured to be rolling out soon to all members. I haven't seen any official...

Hello and welcome to episode 136 at the end of another crazy week in the wonderful world of LinkedIn! I have spent this week working in the beautiful and sunny Costa Del Sol, it’s my annual escape from the wet and cold of England at this time of year. LinkedIn have now said that the version of the new desktop UI I have is actually in ‘beta’ ie it’s not ready for general release…..you don’t say!!!...

Welcome to episode 135 and what a week it has been! This episode is 100% dedicated to sharing with you the new desktop design that I woke up to on Saturday morning. It is still early days for the new user interface (UI) and it still has many bugs so things are bound to change over the coming weeks but having spent the last 4 days investigating every link, page and angle of the UI I can confirm the...

Welcome to episode 134, this week there won’t be much to read in the notes because the whole episode is dedicated to an interview I recorded with fellow LinkedIn coach Bruce Johnston. Bruce and I discuss his recent post ‘The LinkedIn Paradox: The Hunters And The Hunted’ which is all about how LinkedIn need to carefully walk a tightrope between growing their revenues (appealing to hunters) and grow...

Welcome to episode 133, this week I get stuck into a whole bunch of things. Is Sales Navigator essential to get a good SSI score? First up, I saw this interesting update from Ankur Chaudhary LinkedIn say that using Sales Navigator is a major help in improving your SSI but they don’t go so far as to suggest it’s essential. Ankur’s experience would suggest different! Premium Members Get LinkedIn Lea...

Welcome to episode 132, I’m busy with training & speaking engagements this week so I pre-recorded this episode. Therefore if any big news has recently broken, I won’t be covering it till next week! You may recall in episode 79 I interviewed the founders of an interesting product called Autopilot about their Chrome extension that automatically viewed LinkedIn profiles. As I have mentioned in re...

Welcome to episode 131, this week’s episode is mostly dedicated to the big news announced by LinkedIn last week. I believe these changes will have a significant impact on how we use LinkedIn, it’s going to take a fair bit of getting used to…once we have it. Before I get stuck into the announcements I did see one interesting article about Facebook for Work, which is going to be launched very soon....

Welcome to our 130th episode. Interesting Stuff I saw this Week Here are the links to the interesting things I saw this week Your Guide To Generation Z What LinkedIn’s ‘Social Selling Index’ Really Measures Searching and Viewing Profiles from Sources Outside of LinkedIn LinkedIn’s original 2004 pitch slide deck Jeff Weiners full interview with Oprah Thought LEADers A key focus of social selling is...

Welcome to episode 129, at the end of a busy week for LinkedIn having delivered their social selling conference Sales Connect in New York. I was keenly watching the Twitter feed and some updates from people I knew were there to hear reaction to some of the big announcements made. In this episode I’m going to dive into the 5 main announced changes to Sales Navigator. Don’t worry of you don’t have a...