Use LinkedIn to Grow Your Small Business

There are a number of social media tools that can help small business owners. Facebook and Twitter are great for building an audience, for link building, and for networking and developing relationships. LinkedIn is another highly useful business marketing and networking tool. If you’re not using LinkedIn yet or you’ve got an account and are […]

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LinkedIn Is Gearing Up For A Redesign: Bigger Pictures, Anchored Menu (And A Life Less Tweeted)

Untitled-9LinkedIn these days may be the social network that is used most by those looking for a new job (and not the place to read tweets), but the company has long wanted to be seen as the place for a whole lot more, and we’re now getting a glimpse of how it plans to put that into action. LinkedIn has been quietly rolling out a new version of its homepage to some of its 160 million+ users — the first major update in years — with a layout that will put a lot more emphasis on building out relationships, make better use of socially curated news content — and, if things go according to plan, should make the site a lot more sticky.

We’ve had three different people contact us about the new-look LinkedIn, and a spokesperson for the company has also confirmed as much:

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The Only Way to Get Social Media: Get Into It.

Sometimes I think I’m getting pretty good at this social media thing. I’m making new connections all the time. I’m learning a ton. I’m creating a slow-growing, but steady following of people who invest their trust in my online marketing know-how and skills. I’m enjoying it too. Social media is fun. But before you run off […]

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Muxi Takes On LinkedIn With Mobile-First Social Network For Professionals

muxiIs there room for another social network in the age of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn? According to newly launched, mobile-first startup Muxi, the answer to that question is “yes,” and specifically, it’s targeting the LinkedIn crowd with its social network for professionals. According to Muxi co-founder Bertrand Besse, there’s still an opportunity here because “LinkedIn is not a social network,” he says. It’s a place for your resumé.

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Rising to the Top on Linkedin

You have probably heard by now that Twitter and Linkedin have parted ways This is really a great thing for people like you and I who actively connect on Linkedin. On your home page, you see all sorts of updates from your connections. 99% of these updates are people connecting with other people. System generated […]

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5 Tips To Get The Most Out Of Time Spent On LinkedIn

Do you spend the typical 30-60 minutes each day on LinkedIn, but feel you don’t have all that much to show for it? Are you just an “open networker” versus a genuine connector? I’ve used social networking tools since back in ’97 when they were called message boards, so today I thought I’d share my […]

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Sneaky LinkedIn Setting You Should Know About

I have recently begun the arduous process of killing an old email address. In addition to my Parlay email I kept a second address just for my friends and non-work related email, but over time it became a spam-filled black hole, and I found myself missing important emails, invitations and updates from my network. That, […]

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