It’s been a year or so since I published an original blog post on the keyword and job title abuse on LinkedIn, but nothing has changed. In fact, it appears to be getting worse and LinkedIn has failed to do anything about it. When will LinkedIn wake up and stop people from gaming the system [...]
Whether you like it or not, we are not only in the Social Media Era, but the era of temp or contract work. Whereas this previously had negative connotations, as a recent Fast Company article pointed out, temp is no longer a four-letter word. Unlike years ago when joining a firm meant many years of [...]
Over the past couple of days, I have received a number of emails and phone calls concerning the LinkedIn endorsements feature. While I think it’s a great addition, as indicated in my recent blog post, Six Tips For Using LinkedIn Endorsements, there are some inherent problems with it that a user might need to address. [...]
Want to further enhance your “Social Proof” and online credibility? Want to have your achievements and accomplishments validated by others and not being simply viewed as just something which you’re boasting about? LinkedIn now makes it a lot easier. LinkedIn Endorsements As a LinkedIn user, you’re probably well aware of the many changes which LinkedIn [...]
Another day has come and gone at the London Olympics. We’ll relive the outstanding events and the accomplishments of the athletes from today’s events at work tomorrow. There will be water cooler or coffee break discussions where people will gather round and talk about the events and perhaps a commercial or two that really piqued [...]
In a couple of weeks we’ll all be looking back and thinking about the London Olympics. We’ll relive the outstanding events and the accomplishments of the athletes. I can identify with this, as I still have fond memories of the Atlanta 1996 Olympics and vividly recall many of the events that I attended. In addition [...]
“On Customer Experience: Benefits. Best Practices. Truth.” On Customer Experience makes the case for adopting customer experience design as an enterprise level strategy. The white paper introduces the benefits of customer experience as a way to improve loyalty and improve brand performance. It includes a self-assessment checklist to learn if customer experience design is the right way to go and it [...]
I love LinkedIn and have been an avid user of it for 6 years. I have greatly valued it as a useful tool, but I’m now becoming extremely alarmed at the total disregard which some users have for it and how they’re abusing it. This is quite evident by those who are now gaming the [...]