Episode 187

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18th Nov 2017

The LinkedIn User Survey

Welcome to episode 187, this week we are back to the normal format after a few weeks of interviews. I would really appreciate your help with compiling a survey of how LinkedIn users have changed their behaviour over the last 12 months or so. More of that later but firstly……

Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week


60% users from Russia remain on LinkedIn after year of blocking Creating Your Resume Just Got a Whole Lot Easier with Microsoft and LinkedIn


New Feature


Active status is coming to your home page feed. We are used to seeing the green dots in messaging but they will soon be seen elsewhere on LinkedIn, which is a great move.


There does seem to be some confusion as to what each one means so just for clarity; A green dot means that person is active on LinkedIn (desktop or mobile) A green circle (Jo below) means they have push notifications enabled on their mobile app.


This will also show in profiles, here you can see that Kate (featured in episode 185) is not active but does have push notifications enabled on mobile.


You can adjust your settings for active status if you wish under ‘privacy’ in your settings


I had this for about 2 weeks but it has disappeared again now, it’s a great feature though and I’m looking forward to it becoming permanent once they have completed their testing.


How many profile views do you get? I’m amazed to see how many Gretta gets!


Posting External Links - New Method


I saw this Article from Andy Foster and decided to make a video post about it.


The bigger question is whether posting links at all makes any sense. Maybe the content marketing / bring people to your web site method is no longer the best way to generate new business? What do you think?


LinkedIn Search Results


When searching LinkedIn you will get results from anyone that meets your criteria but they won’t all be visible to you, however there are some people beyond your 3rd tier that are still visible.


 

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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.