By Jason Terry, talking about Owners, Partners, CEOs, Vice Presidents and everyone else in leadership roles needing to lead on LinkedIn. We write a blog post every week. And my favorite source of inspiration is when we get feedback, suggestions or questions from our audience… in other words, YOU. Recently, I got an email from […]
Post written by Mic Johnson, talking about recent changes to the LinkedIn Profile. Recently my friend Doug Seaberg sent an article to me he’d seen talking about recent changes LinkedIn made to the profile page. I had seen the article previously but hadn’t had a chance to read through it. And, as so often happens, […]
Post Author: Mic Johnson, talking about whether LinkedIn filters what people see if they don’t have paid LinkedIn accounts. I post status updates to LinkedIn a few times a week and have for years. Sometimes it’s a blog post from Blue Gurus or MJMeetings. Sometimes it’s a #micnugget. Sometimes it’s a question. Sometimes I’m sharing […]
Post Author: Mic Johnson, talking about tips to spring clean your LinkedIn Profile Spring is one of my favorite times of the year! The air is full of optimism. Buds are starting to appear on the trees. Flowers are starting to pop up around the neighborhood. Yards are starting to green up. More and more people […]
Post written by Mic Johnson talking about 5 LinkedIn No-Brainers To Help You Look Like You Know What You’re Doing 1.Humanize your LinkedIn Profile People look at your LinkedIn Profile every day. What does your profile say about you? Does it say “I’m awesome!” or does it say “I have no idea who I am or why […]
Post written by Mic Johnson, talking about how to respond to LinkedIn invitations from people you don’t know We’ve all received countless numbers of these generic LinkedIn connection requests: “I’d like to join your LinkedIn network.” It’s an annoying daily ritual that every LinkedIn user experiences. Even worse, the default invitation verbiage wastes time and discourages […]
By Jason Terry, talking about some common questions and concerns we hear when executive teams are considering allowing LinkedIn use on company time. I was talking to a good friend recently about push back they were getting from their executive team about supporting LinkedIn use on company time. I’ve heard the concerns before. And it […]
Author: Mic Johnson, talking about the importance of accountability. Over the nearly 9 years that Blue Gurus has been helping companies share their stories through blogging, better leverage LinkedIn, and create websites they can be proud of, I’ve come across several instances where organizational accountability issues have occurred. Here are a couple of real world […]
Author: Mic Johnson, talking about how my LinkedIn profile views went up 620% in one week. My fellow Blue Guru Jason Terry recently wrote a post that talked about what to do when you have trouble thinking of a blog topic to write about. And wouldn’t you know it, the Universe apparently decided to play […]