by Andy Foote | Oct 30, 2015 | Connection Requests, Groups, Sales Navigator
TL:DR SSI tries to link certain LinkedIn activity with effective sales strategy, promotes aggressive LinkedIn behavior, network expansion and Sales Navigator subscription (obviously). BACKGROUND A survey gave birth to SSI: “LinkedIn created the Social Selling Index...
by Andy Foote | Mar 19, 2014 | Groups, LinkedIn, Moderation, S.W.A.M (Site-Wide Auto Moderation), Spam
SWAM occurs when a LinkedIn Group Owner or Manager does this to you: And you will then see this on the right of your screen when viewing one of your Groups: This is the official explanation of SWAM (what you will see when you click...
by Andy Foote | Dec 6, 2013 | Activity, All-Star, Gamification, Groups, LinkedIn, Marketing, Profile, Top Contributor
Recently (December 4th) LinkedIn introduced a new way of encouraging its users to contribute in LinkedIn Groups. They launched a new status symbol which can be visible to everyone viewing your Profile. I’ve researched this new feature, here’s my analysis....
by Andy Foote | Mar 27, 2013 | Connections, Google, Groups, LinkedIn, Popular, Profile, Search, Visibility
LinkedIn have always encouraged its users to complete as many sections of the LinkedIn Profile as possible. “Users with complete Profiles are 40 times more likely to receive opportunities through LinkedIn”. LinkedIn do the encouragement bit pretty...
by Andy Foote | Nov 6, 2012 | 500 Connections, Groups, Job Hunting, Search, Settings Panel, Spam, Viewers of this profile
In Part 2 of the 10 Common Mistakes article, I will cover the remaining 5 areas which are not widely understood by LinkedIn users but are crucial in the way that the LinkedIn platform can make or break your networking efforts, it’s the difference between just...
by Andy Foote | Oct 16, 2012 | Anonymous, Connection Requests, Connections, Groups, Job Seeker, Profile, Settings Panel
This article covers 5 secret LinkedIn strategies that are so useful, you should keep them to yourself. There’s no magic circle, or weird handshake just keep them between you and me, OK? (1) Identify your Semi-Anonymous Browser. (2) Spot if someone is...
