Episode 47. And then there were Three

Show notes

News

• LinkedIn announce that publishing rights will be extended to 230 million users
• Taliban leader lists 'Jihad' as a skill on his profile
• Dutch footballer Demy de Zeeuw promotes himself on LinkedIn as available for a new club.
• Football agent posts that he is looking for the next Xavi or Kroos, on his LinkedIn page!
• Main Story - LinkedIn change search result visibility again.

Commentary

My LinkedIn wish list for 2015

• Scheduling of status updates and posts
• Instant messaging via a Skype integration or LinkedIn own proprietary system
• LinkedIn message/InMail 'read' notifications
• Common meaning for simple words like 'views' for instance a post view being the same as an update view.
• The ability to share image based updates with individuals (see question below)

Question

What is the best way to ask others to share my status update?

ANS = Rather than  putting something in the update or comments I would advise sending the update directly to those you know are most likely to help you. The video below explains how this is done.

http://youtu.be/itS21HbXAfs

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