Informed: the podcast for LinkedIn® users

Welcome to episode 122, the weather has been amazing this week so I thought I would venture out and record the show in one of my favourite spots in Delamere forest…I think the BBC call these things an ‘outside broadcast (OB)’! I tend do this once or twice a year as I’m really unproductive when I try to stick behind my desk in hot weather! Using LinkedIn with Empathy Some people are naturally empat...

Welcome to episode 121, we are back after a break last week which was due to work commitments requiring me to be out of the office every day in Ireland. Interesting stuff I saw this week Google, LinkedIn strike stunning 'grand bargain' for property swap in Mountain View, Sunnyvale LinkedIn Top Attractors - UK list It would appear that the 3 most subscribed Pulse channels are now all Chinese langua...

Interesting things I saw this week Following on from the news that LinkedIn are now in forcing the 30,000 connections limit it has now been announced that all connection above the limit will be converted to followers This interesting thing is that for the first time LinkedIn have admitted that large networks cause them problems. Microsoft takeover. I was at a TEDx Event over the weekend and one of...

Working with Ali Ali is short for Algorithm, in this case LinkedIn’s algorithm. Whether we like it or not LinkedIn is constantly collating data about us. Which groups we join and which conversations we get involved in, what skills we have and how often they are endorsed (and by whom), which companies we follow, who we connect with and how much we interact with them. Ali also measures which status...

The Microsoft Acquisition  Welcome to episode 118 of the LinkedInformed podcast at the end of a truly historic week for LinkedIn. As you would expect I am going to concentrate all of this episode on evaluating Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn. Advantages for Microsoft Entry into the social media space. An area they have neglected to get involved with previously which was beginning to look...

LinkedIn : Too many to-do’s to do Very interesting document outlining why LinkedIn are a bad investment from an Equity Research firm. Here are their main 5 reasons; (1) Lack of key functionality in its flagship Voyager app. (2) Relevance of proposed job openings or “Sponsored Updates” hasn’t improved. (3) A slow ramp to get the right content on lynda.com to make it more attractive to Enterpri...

Hey! We have a new website! The url is still the same www.linkedinformed.com. Let me know what you think. It's Linkedinformed Episode 116. News Changes to LinkedIn How big should your network be? You Want More Business? So Get on the Phone!      Interesting Stuff I saw this week   How LinkedIn Is Able to Consistently          Increase Pricing...

Welcome to this weeks episode where we continue the discussion with Rosie O'Hara we started in in episode 110 regarding 'Words that change minds'. In this show we talk about; How to reply to accepted invitations What sort of message to send to someone who has viewed your profile The dangers of commenting without taking time out to calm down! The recent 'Gracegate' issue where a senior banking exec...

Would you like to buy someone’s login details for LinkedIn? How do you feel about someone else's buying your login details for LinkedIn? This week’s 114 episode we talk about security. LinkedIn Security Millions of hacked LinkedIn IDs advertised 'for sale’ LinkedIn’s statement about the issue Test your email address here I would really appreciate it if you took a few secs to vote for the podcast b...

How would you feel if when you joined a company they asked you to changed the name of your LinkedIn profile from your name to the company name and when you left that company, you are then required to close that account down? This week I talk with Greg Cooper  about an article from a top law firm that suggests the above as best practice! Mentioned in this episode: This show was created by the...

Welcome to episode 112. Investors are now speaking more positively about LinkedIn Shares after a solid performance in Q1 2016 . For this episode I’m going to dig deeper into those results and find out what else we can learn about where LinkedIn are heading. Mentioned in this episode: This show was created by the original host of the show, Mark Williams.

Welcome to episode 111, more of the mobile dilemma later but I want to start with an ongoing issue that everyone seems to be talking about;   It’s NOT Facebook!   LinkedIn is clearly different to Facebook in that it is a business & professional network but it’s not different in that it is a network of people and it’s social! Rather than complain about inappropriate posts wouldn’t it...

Welcome to a new episode. This week I thought it was time for a change in format and it's been quite a while since I did an interview so please let me introduce Rosie O'Hara . Rosie talks about her experience of how the words we use (specifically on LinkedIn) can have a significant effect on how others react to us when we send invitations to connect and other LinkedIn messages. Edited 9 November 2...

Welcome to a new episode of the LinkedInformed podcast. I seem to have had a frustrating week with LinkedIn - glitches and weird mystery settings have somewhat go in the way of productivity!   LinkedIn Typo’s   I was working with a client this week and spotted several spelling mistakes in their LinkedIn profile. This person is highly intelligent and definitely knows how to spell, The pro...

Welcome to a new episode of the LinkedInformed podcast. I have had an exciting and rewarding week with the successful launch of mine you social selling and business development e-learning programme. The 5C Business Development System is now for sale! ….and for a limited time it’s discounted by a massive 63%! I’m really proud of this course, I was looking at some of the earlier lessons and I actual...

It’s been a very quiet week for LinkedIn, no news to report whatsoever, the bickering about Facebook type posts and inappropriate content continues of course but to be honest, I’m really bored of that now! LinkedIn have been sending out a survey which suggests that they might be considering having adverts in groups, not display ad’s but in the stream of ‘conversations’ - please no! We finally have...

Another LinkedIn week goes by and not much changes….the share price keeps dropping and I see numerous articles about the drop in standards and unprofessionalism of LinkedIn!……Tough times for Mr Weiner and his gang! As I have somewhat neglected your questions in recent episodes I thought I would focus on the AFQ section this week…..first a few interesting articles I read this week: This Is Why Shar...

Hello and welcome to episode 105. It's great to finally be seeing signs that winter is behind us, I love the spring it's probably my favourite time of the year! There have been quite a lot of interesting articles about LinkedIn this week so the news segment is somewhat longer than normal. The articles I cover are: The LinkedIn faith debate Bikinigate and the profile of Candice Galek Virgin flights...

Well what a week I have had! Lots of interesting sessions with a variety of types of businesses this week. I’m so grateful to the driver from Uber who saved my skin!   The main subject I want to talk about this week is ‘Followers’ but first a few quick bits of news;   Now you see it, now you don’t…..and now you do again! This week many people reported losing the relationship tab for Link...

Two main subjects this week;   How do you feel about your home page these days?   The future for LinkedIn?   Firstly there was one small news item worth a mention this week;   LinkedIn CEO donating his multi-million stock package to staff     Your LinkedIn homepage   We see it every time we log in but how much notice do you really take?   If you haven’t done...

Back from a week in the sun and raring to go, this week’s show I address some important considerations about LinkedIn’s future direction.   Main Story “LinkedIn is now, at best, a business card holder. At worst, it’s a delivery service for spam” It’s been a tough month for LinkedIn, disappointing results have led to many commentators really questioning their strategy and direction. Amongst th...

Now that we have passed 100 episodes, I thought it was time to give LinkedInformed a makeover. You will notice we have a new logo and the introduction music is different but more importantly we have a new format for the show. I will no longer have a specific news section but I will obviously always talk each week about any important events that have occurred, if nothing important has happened I wi...

News LinkedIn retire their Connected app. Meet the homeless beggar who accepts credit cards and has a LinkedIn page. The Sun show their normal level of accuracy - just look at his profile  Manchester needs cameramen and Twitter experts, says LinkedIn Comments Episode 1 Episode 2   Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 12 Episode 14 Episode 18 Episode 25 Episode 36 Episode 38   Episode 40 Epis...

News LinkedIn is once again driving big traffic to publishers LinkedIn sees jump in referral traffic to publishers after app redesign The most read person in human history LinkedIn release a free e-book on social selling LinkedIn ask app users for feedback   Commentary   With all this controversy about how LinkedIn reports its post views numbers and how it distributes published posts I t...

News LinkedIn hits 20 million members in the UK   How many users are actually active though? I estimate the figure is nearer to 6-8 million that are regularly using LinkedIn - still an impressive number! LinkedIn announce UK top 10 power profiles (most viewed) in 6 categories Is a LinkedIn takeover of the Financial Times as crazy as it sounds? Top Seven Stupidest Titles on LinkedIn   The...