by Andy Foote | Feb 28, 2015 | 1st Degree Connections, 500 Connections, Connections, Disconnect, Endorsements, Hack, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Publishing, Popular, Publisher, Social share stats
This blog has always been focused on ‘Advanced LinkedIn Strategies’. Before I decided to write about LinkedIn, I realized that there were far too many blogs which merely focused on the ‘what’ and too few that focused on the...
by Andy Foote | May 4, 2014 | 1st Degree Connections, Endorsements, Google, Keywords, LinkedIn, Popular, Search, SEO, Skills
How do we give words meaning? We put them in a sentence. They need context. Keywords are one-dimensional, isolated, dumb and capable of being manipulated. Look at this guy’s LinkedIn Profile: This guy ranks the highest for “Product...
by Andy Foote | Nov 20, 2013 | 1st Degree Connections, 500 Connections, Connection Requests, Connections, Disconnect, Endorsements, LinkedIn, LIONs, Networking, Picture, Popular
The biggest lie on LinkedIn is that you’re not supposed to connect with people you don’t know. “We recommend that you only send invitations to people you know well and trust.” LinkedIn Help Center, 4/17/2013. LinkedIn’s...
by Andy Foote | Nov 28, 2012 | 1st Degree Connections, Endorsements, Experience, Notifications, ShowGrooming, Skills, Visibility
I’ve coined a new term to describe LinkedIn Endorsements: “ShowGrooming”. I equate LinkedIn Endorsements with apes making a highly visible show of grooming one another, status may be involved but it’s an activity which is practical and done for...
