Episode 80

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29th Aug 2015

80. Its finally coming

New LinkedIn Acquisition. Fliptop, the lead scoring business announces LinkedIn takeover

LinkedIn launch a new app called Lookup
Foreign spies use LinkedIn to recruit civil servants
Ex Tesla engineer joins Apple - How LinkedIn profiles are making corporate secrets harder to keep!
Slideshape changes it's name to 'LinkedIn Slideshare' and announces an interesting new feature called clipping. It would be great if they brought this technology to LinkedIn.
LinkedIn share price hit by worldwide stock market crash but hasn't recovered as well as others.

Users are reporting a change to their LinkedIn inbox. The invitations and archive folders have gone now but you can still see your invitations, they are just in a different section.CommentaryIn this interview with Forbes magazine Jeff Weiner (LinkedIn CEO) reveals that they are currently testing a new messaging feature for LinkedIn. This is great news and not before its time. What do you think it will be like? Will it be on the desktop app or mobile or both?I can't wait to see what it will be like and think it could be a game changer for LinkedIn. New features are always rolled out gradually so if you get it before me then please let me know and send me some screenshots to mark@mrlinkedin.co.uk

I need to warn you about a product called 'Advanced Social Messenger'. Do not use this product on LinkedIn or you might be the next recipient of a message like this!Finally this will be the last episode for a couple of weeks. I'm going for a much needed break in the sun when I intend to do very little except relax, eat and drink!

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This show was created by the original host of the show, Mark Williams.

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Informed: the podcast for LinkedIn® users

A podcast for anyone interested in LinkedIn® best practice

"Informed" is for you if you'd like to understand more about how LinkedIn works so that you can be an effective user of the platform.

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Relentlessly helpful® LinkedIn® nerd, trainer and consultant who specialises in LinkedIn best practice for individuals, small businesses and corporates. I wrote the personal branding handbook Content DNA, I founded the Espresso+ online community for small business owners and I'm the creator of the UK's original independent conference on LinkedIn best practice, UpLift Live.