Comments on: 4 Ways To Be a Proactive Linkedin User https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Canada's Search and Social Media Authority Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Martin Bowling https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html/comment-page-1#comment-602 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:48:06 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html#comment-602 What a great post – i have recently embarked on a campaign to start properly managing my own online brand and reputation. Cause frankly I never took the advice that I have been giving clients. I grabbed a linkedin in December but really haven’t done anything with it. This post really inspired me. Thanks!

]]> By: Will Wynne https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html/comment-page-1#comment-603 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:09:13 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html#comment-603 Well, I’m a Brit and I do find it a bit tricky bragging too much on linked in about how utterly brilliant I am…joke!. But then I got over my britishness and added the name of my website into the bespoke url that you can select for the profile.

I still feel that I haven’t really committed to the linked in, self publicising thing 100% but I’ll get there. Still, I bought the domain name for my name the other day. And parked it. The day when I build my own willwynne.com website is the day when I’ve finally given in!
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]]> By: Tad Chef https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html/comment-page-1#comment-604 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:58:30 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html#comment-604 While I appreciate social media and social networking in particular, I’m wary of LinkedIn (also XING and the likes). These services sell back to you what is already yours. You “connect” with people you could otherwise email, chat with or even meet while here you have to be a paying user to be able to contact them at all.
I have a free LinkedIn account I rarely use because of this. Some bloggers do not even display their contact data beside the LinkedIn button which leads to a page where the average citizen can NOT even contact them.

I am rather showing off on my blog what I am about than being owned by LinkedIn which is already rumored to be bought by Yahoo if I remeber right.

]]> By: Dr. Pete https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html/comment-page-1#comment-609 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:56:30 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html#comment-609 I completely agree: I put a profile up and waited for something to happen with no results, but once I got active, the site has had some real benefits.

Pound for pound, I’ve gotten a lot out of Q&A, including a couple of solid leads and interview requests. I try not to be one of those people who piles on the answers, but I take 10-15 minutes each morning, look at my main categories, and only answer a question if I have something to offer.

]]> By: Utah SEO https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html/comment-page-1#comment-608 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:48:34 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html#comment-608 I’ve also been guilty of not doing LinkedIn Answers but I definitely need to start.

]]> By: Matt Ridout https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html/comment-page-1#comment-607 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:22:59 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html#comment-607 I agree about LinkedIn, its also a great B2B tool, the facebook for businesses!

]]> By: Shana Albert https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html/comment-page-1#comment-606 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:06:45 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html#comment-606 Great Post, Dev!!

I signed up for LinkedIn months ago and haven’t done too much more than that. I have heard such wonderful things about the Power of LinkedIn and It is one of my Social Media Activities that I wanted to work on for 2008. This post should help a lot with that. Thanks!!

Shana

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