111. The Mobile Dilemma
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 be better to pay more attention to
those connections who are posting more interesting content and
building stronger relationships with them?
I saw a comment this week which I
thought hit the nail on the head;
How about you focus on what you
do, what value you bring, who you help, who you identify, contact
in an authentic not all-about-you-and-what-you-want way, meet in
person, build rapport, work out how you might help each
other.
The key is to understand, truly
understand what you want out of being on LinkedIn (& out of
Business/Professional networking in general) and then... realize
it's all about people, other people. Get good at researching using
LinkedIn and 'what's in my feed' will be less of concern to you
because that won't be where you find the value. The value will be
in what YOU do.
Well said!
Interesting stuff I saw this
week
- Lynda is now available on Apple
- TV
- Recruiters welcome updated LinkedIn Recruiter
- product
- LinkedIn passes 20 million users in
- China
- LinkedIn top execs harvest pay
- raises
I also came across this legend of
business on LinkedIn this week!
changes
Some people are seeing the number of
followers on profiles rather than connections, this might be an
experiment, I don’t have it yet but it could just be in the early
stages of being rolled out.
We can now ‘like’ comments in status
updates
It is now possible to remove
yourself from a group conversation in Messages
The Field Of Study search is being
discontinued on May16th.
This weeks cool things is another
free Chrome extension called
This handy tool will often be able
to locate the email address of people you find on
LinkedIn.
AFQ
This weeks question came from James
Muir regarding the issue of only seeing the last ten
notifications.
James didn't specify whether this
was a desktop or mobile issue, so I have answered both;
Mobile
I suspect this is what you mean as I
only see the last ten on my app.
You can refine which updates you see
in the app notifications in your settings, this is done as
follows;
Go to the 'Me' section and click on
the settings 'cog' as below;
Now tap on 'Communications' and select 'Push
notifications' as below;
This will allow to reduce the amount
of less important notifications appearing in your last 10.
Alternatively, you can ensure that you receive emails to alert you
(see desktop solution below)
Desktop
Firstly I am not experiencing the
same issue on my account, I can see numerous updates going back
weeks. This may just be that the changes haven't reached my account
yet or it may also be a short-term glitch on your account. I know
that contradicts what the help center told you but it won't be the
first time they have given out incorrect information!
It is certainly worth logging out,
clearing cookies and trying again. If you haven't already done
so.
Secondly, there are a number of ways
around this;
If you are mainly interested in
responding to activity/comments on your updates and activity then
you should be able to do this by viewing your activity. Go to
Profile>Your updates - there you will see the last 2
weeks.
Alternatively, you could refine your
notifications by unsubscribing to certain ones that are of no
interest to you, this would mean that more of your important ones
will show in the last 10. This is done by clicking on the 'x' in
the top right of a notification.
Finally, you can compensate for the
lack of notifications by adjusting your email settings
> Go to settings
> Select
'communications'
> Select 'Email
frequency'
> Select
'Notifications'
> ensure 'Comments on posts you
publish' and 'Summary of your notifications' are set to
on
That’s it for this week, please feel
free to get in touch if you have any questions you would like me to
answer on the show.
Have a great week.
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This show was created by the original host of the show, Mark Williams.
