LinkedIn Makeover: Profile Optimization Blog

I often get questions from people regarding LinkedIn. When I feel the question is shared by others, I post it here on my blog for all to read.   Question: Answer:

I often get questions from people regarding LinkedIn. When I feel the question is shared by others, I post it here on my blog for all to read.   Question: My Answer: If you liked this post, you may also enjoy: Ignoring or Accepting a LinkedIn Connection from Your Nemesis Yesterday evening I received an invitation to connect from an old colleague. Nothing unusual about that, right? Wrong. This particular person behaved odiously toward me when we worked together. One of those toxic types. Whe

I finally got the new look to my LinkedIn profile! Inline editing makes life so much easier. As I lovingly gazed at my LinkedIn profile, admiring the new, modern, streamlined look... I noticed something very important was missing. WHERE DID MY LINKEDIN POSTS GO? I spent hours carefully writing posts for LinkedIn's Publishing Platform and now... GONE!?! I scrolled up and I scrolled down, looking to no avail. Could LinkedIn have deleted my posts? They wouldn't do that... would they? But then it hi

Thanksgiving rushed in quickly and exited even faster! I can hardly believe it is now behind us. With that said, I do hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving, surrounded by family, friends, and loved ones! My family and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My mother and sister joined us for our Thanksgiving feast. My husband's two daughters arrived in time for dessert. The best part of the whole day was when my son, Jimmy, decided to take his first steps for all of us to see! Looking around the dining roo

Over the last few days, I've been trading emails with LinkedIn Technical Support. It all has to do with their cheap, discounted premium plan, Spotlight (previously named Personal Plus). You see, I am a huge proponent of paying for LinkedIn. I believe in what LinkedIn is doing, I understand the value, and I feel it's important to support the company that allows us to network in our pajamas. (And if you are looking for more reasons to upgrade, click here) In my blog, consulting with clients, and w

LinkedIn is busy making big changes to the LinkedIn profile page.  Editing will now be done inline.  Also, The Profile Strength measurement is at the upper right showing your progress as you improve your LinkedIn profile.  LinkedIn has also made it much easier to turn off profile update notifications to your network. The biggest change is the inline editing.  Instead of having to click the little pencil icon to make edits, all editing is done instantly.  By simply hovering over any section of yo

Connecting on LinkedIn has gotten harder. LinkedIn has always stated: "Only connect with people you know and trust." But that's so limiting! Sure, most of us try to connect with only people we know and trust but there are times when we want to connect with someone new. When you connect with a person on LinkedIn, you typically have to state how you know the person. When connecting with someone you don't know all that well, it doesn't seem right to choose colleague or friend or schoolmate. But the

Within the last few days, I've received a ton of calls and emails from clients and connections wanting to know why they can no longer request an introduction to a 3rd degree connection. Turns out, when you view a profile of a 3rd degree connection, the Get Introduced link no longer appears on the How You're Connected section. I investigated the issue and found that LinkedIn decided to remove this functionality. Why would LinkedIn do this? Well, this is what LinkedIn says: "We've recently made a

LinkedIn stores information on you that you cannot easily access. Information like your activity and account history, who invited you to join, or the last time you logged in. Curious about the information LinkedIn has on you? LinkedIn now gives you the ability to request an archive of this hidden information. Watch this video for more info or scroll down to read more: Your LinkedIn Archive of Hidden Information The data available in this LinkedIn Archive includes: How Do I Request My LinkedIn Ar