The Top 100 Most Connected People on LinkedIn
Tweet I’ve compiled a list of the top 100 most connected people on LinkedIn, who represent the top .000044% of LinkedIn’s reported 225 million+ registered users. Here are a few interesting facts: There are only 5 women in the top 100, but 2 are in the top 10, and a total of 4 are in [...]
How to Find Your LinkedIn Network Statistics
Tweet Do you *really* know the size of your LinkedIn network? While everyone can easily find the number of their 1st degree connections and estimated total network size on their LinkedIn home page… …LinkedIn has long since removed the “Network Statistics” feature that allowed you to see their estimate of your [...]
100+ Free Sourcing & Recruiting Tools, Guides, and Resources
Tweet It’s been a LONG time coming, but I finally got around to updating my free sourcing & recruiting tools, guides and resources page where I now keep a current list of the best of my work all in one place for easy bookmarking and reference. You can find it here on my main [...]
LinkedIn’s Voltron Search: What’s New and What’s Missing
Tweet In case you haven’t heard, LinkedIn is rolling out a new search interface globally over the next few weeks. If you’d like to read the official statements and press-friendly content about LinkedIn’s new search functionality, you can find read about the changes on LinkedIn’s blog, TechCrunch, Search Engine Land, Mashable, and PCMag.com. If you’re [...]
LinkedIn Catfish: Fake Profiles, Real People or Fake Photos?
Tweet There have been numerous articles written about fake LinkedIn profiles, and some are really easy to spot because their names aren’t even names. Then there are LinkedIn profiles with names that appear real but the profiles are obviously fake. This person profile actually has some endorsements. I’m pretty sure [...]
First Look at LinkedIn’s New User Interface
Tweet I just stumbled across this YouTube video created by Viveka von Rosen that walks through LinkedIn’s new user interface and functionality. I don’t have LinkedIn’s new UI, and apparently neither does Viveka – she only caught the new look and feel when she was working with one of her client’s profiles. I thought I [...]
Is LinkedIn Locking Down Public Profiles or Just Having Problems?
Tweet Have you noticed anything different about LinkedIn recently – specifically with regard to viewing 3rd degree profiles, searching for headline phrases, searching by first and last name, and using Google and Bing to X-Ray search for public profiles? I have, and either I am encountering some serious and hopefully temporary errors, or LinkedIn [...]
Why Facebook Graph Search is No Threat to LinkedIn…For Now
Tweet As with all new and bright shiny objects, people are quick and eager to make blind and wild predictions, and Facebook’s Graph Search is an excellent example. Facebook announced Graph Search on January 15th, and there are already 100′s of articles published on the possibilities, including how Graph Search will challenge Google in [...]
One of the Most Effective Ways of Growing Your LinkedIn Network
Tweet While there are many ways of growing your LinkedIn network, I’d like to share one with you that is remarkably easy and effective, strategic, and likely one that you haven’t seen before. Here’s the short version: Convert highly connected group-only connections to 1st degree connections. Why is this so effective? There are a [...]
What’s the most effective way to X-Ray search LinkedIn?
Tweet I’ve recently come across some blog posts and some Boolean Strings discussions on LinkedIn that inspired me to go back and tinker with searching LinkedIn via Google and Bing. For example, I continue to see people talk about: Whether or not you should use “pub” and/or “in” (e.g. site:linkedin.com/in | site:linkedin.com/pub) Whether or not [...]
