Category Archives: LinkedIn

Tip of the Week: Your Social Media Profile Isn’t Yours

In a recent court case, a company took control over a former president’s personal LinkedIn profile, denied her access to it and re-populated the profile with information about the new company’s president.  While the former president as the plaintiff won … Continue reading

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Do LinkedIn Status Updates Still Attract Attention?

Here is a post on maximizing the use of LinkedIn for increasing visibility.  For the past couple years I have been advocating the use of status updates on LinkedIn to feature blog content.  However, LinkedIn has made significant changes to … Continue reading

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Linkedin Changes – Good & Bad

The great thing about social media is that it’s mostly free.  As an individual, you have the ability to broadcast your message to thousands and maybe even millions – at no cost. There are downsides to this ease of publication … Continue reading

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How to ‘Socialize’ Your In-Person Events

Here is an excellent summary of ways to publicize your events utilizing many of the various avenues social media provides for you.  In the old days (10 years ago) we were forced to rely on snail mail announcements.  These were … Continue reading

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Get Active on LinkedIn

Here is a good summary of various new LinkedIn features that allow you to take advantage of all changes they have made to their interface and beyond. “Get Active and Get Business” This is item number five and I think … Continue reading

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LinkedIn Endorsements – a Problem for Attorneys?

Andrew Perlman at the Legal Ethics Forum examines LinkedIn endorsements from the perspective of the rules of professional responsibility and see a few issues.  They are: Do the Professional Rules of Responsibility cover endorsements? Given that its “communications concerning a lawyer’s … Continue reading

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Latest on Social Media for Lawyers

I wrote this article because social media is changing so quickly that its hard to keep up.  But if there is one social platform to focus on it is LinkedIn.  And here is why: The focus is professionals and most … Continue reading

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Tip of the Week – Monitor Your Online Traffic!

This article discusses four WordPress plugins that should be used on every business blog or website.  And I agree that all four are essential.  The one I think is often overlooked is “Google Analytics” a powerful tool that you can … Continue reading

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What Rights Do You Have to Your LinkedIn Profile?

Recently California passed into law a provision that prevents employers from compelling employees and applicants to provide them with their social media log-in credentials.  Now comes this issue from a different angle.  Kevin O’Keefe blogged about this issue recently. What … Continue reading

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More on LinkedIn Endorsements

I posted about LinkedIn Endorsements on Friday.  Here is another article from Adrian Dayton on this new development and what it might for you.

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