Informed Podcast by Mark Williams. The podcast for LinkedIn™️ users

“Why should I bother creating awesome content, when it is arbitrarily limited by my connection network and not the quality of the content?” I saw this comment in a thread this week and do you know what, it’s a really good point! …I think LinkedIn needs another feed, a feed where content is purely there because the algorithm thinks we will be interested - connecting, following and relevance do not count - just the quality and subject of the content.

Do you want followers or connections? Is a connection more valuable than a follower and can you build relationships with followers without the need to connect? This week I deep dive into this and explore the relationship between followers and connections

I have been calling for employee verification on LinkedIn for years and LinkedIn have finally implemented it for company page admins…Unfortunately, they have done it for completely the wrong reasons and it doesn’t help at all!

It takes a leap of faith to be authentic on LinkedIn. More than that, it takes real courage! But the benefits are massive... it's time to take that hat off!

With the rumored introduction of a LinkedIn digital wallet and the announcement that Events will the first feature likely to utilize it. I take a look at what features of LinkedIn could be monetized by users and explore whether this would be a good thing for the platform.

LinkedIns new initiative to support creators is now in full swing. Is it any good?

LinkedIn are putting their money where their mouth is regarding their initiative to support creators with the announcement that they are offering $15,000 (c£11,000) grants plus other support to 100 creators in the US. I take a deeper look into what this means and how it might be used in practice.

Welcome to LinkedInformed 336. This week I chat with fellow LinkedIn Trainer Teddy Burris about the challenges we all face with the posting and engaging…the fear factor! What stops us from engaging more on LinkedIn? Is it really a time thing, or is it for normally more complex and deeper reasons.

Why don’t they tell us the truth? Why do LinkedIn keep things hidden from us? LinkedIn have no obligation to tell us what is going on, they are a private organisation and are perfectly entitled to their secrets…but is it clever to keep your users second-guessing? What impression do we form of a company when they lack authenticity in this way? Does it matter to you? LinkedIn will continue to evolve but they could achieve so much more by adopting a more open style of communication.

This week I chat with Brynne Tillman about Social Selling and her take on how to conduct a successful outbound strategy without being ‘icky’ or pushy. Those of you who listen to the podcast regularly will know that I favour a more inbound focussed approach to social sales on Linkedin but I have always admired the different approach adopted by Brynne and believed that having her on the show would provide a great balance to what you normally hear…she didn’t disappoint!