Episode 146

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21st Jan 2017

Combining LinkedIn & Facebook

Click here to get your step by step guide on how to download your connections and upload them to Facebook.

Welcome to episode 146, this week I have an idea to share with you about what you can do with your LinkedIn connections on Facebook. More of that later, but first…..


New UI Desktop Design Update


Saved searches are returning (end of Jan) Interests will show in your public profile Contact & personal information will return (end of Jan) Post searches are now available including hashtag searches. It seems as the though the roll-out has accelerated this week and the rumour is that everyone will have it by end of January! LinkedIn Announcement: LinkedIn Desktop Redesign Puts Conversations and Content at the Center


Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week


LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner Shares How to Effectively Scale a Business in a New LinkedIn Learning Course LinkedIn may move its 10,000 employees off Google Apps – and not because of Microsoft LinkedIn Gives Access to B-to-B Insights Through DataSift Deal The announcement of the above deal from DataSift “Now I’m raging” — LinkedIn ban for “swearygate” Perthshire shed-maker Cara Mackay’s F***** LinkedIn posts!


Here’s What You Can Do With Your Downloaded List Of LinkedIn Connections


I’m always encouraging people to regularly download your list of connections and it’s even more important now as you won’t be able to directly download them in the new UI (you can via the data archive). The question has always been…What do I do with them now?


Well the answer to that is not to add them to a newsletter email list, that is not something they have given you permission to do and it’s actually against the law!


I would however consider uploading them to Facebook and creating a ‘custom audience’. That way you can run a low cost ad campaign specifically directed at your LinkedIn connections - genius!


Click here to get your step by step guide on how to download your connections and upload them to Facebook.

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

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