Informed Podcast by Mark Williams. The podcast for LinkedIn™️ users

LinkedIn update their Contacts app and rename it Connected, the blog announcing this can be read here (screenshots at LinkedInformed.com)

Why not give one of these a try and let me know how you get o…

• You can now unsubscribe from published post notifications (see below)

Click below to watch Jeff Weiner's excellent interview at a recent conference.

This is the best (…

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• LinkedIn faces a lawsuit
• Article about LinkedIn's new search engine - warning, its technical!
• A more simplified commentary on the new search architecture
• What…

• Profile Views Chrome Extension
• LinkedIn's new Job search mobile app
• Messages button for 'Open' profiles (previously Open Link) now look like below as opposed to 'send Inmail'

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• LinkedIn publisher posts and the potential for Google SEO issues?
• Activity history lets you see their number of followers (close to connections number)

What will LinkedIn's new app be?…

My profile showing the new background plus the incentive to upgrade (even though this will be available to all eventually).

This also shows how you can view someone's recent activity.

News

Magnus the puppy just gets more and more popular! 72,000 views as you can see below;

Click on the picture above to view the update

Interview

Ian Moyse Linkedin profile

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• LinkedIn improve the 'Who's viewed your profile' feature. Here is a link to article I published on this.
• Here is a link to the 'Don't invite from a mobile app' status update I posted with the subseq…

• Recruitment Juice - Fast & effective online learning for recruiters.
• The below picture was produced (in seconds) using the Word Swag app

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LinkedIn Stock price takes a tumble after they announce Q1 results

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The 3 Day Start Programme - 30% discount for LinkedInformed listeners, just enter the code 'link…

A break from the normal format this week as the whole episode is dedicated to chatting with Jo Saunders about LinkedIn groups.

As always, if its in black - its a link!

• Jo's Link…

News

• CRM providers experience a 'freeze out' from the LinkedIn API - read more here
• Advertising partners and content partners get preferred API access - article
• Photosharing now available on iPhone …

In this weeks episode I cover the following;

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LinkedIn Reaches 300 million members, you can view the infographic here

Endorsements can now be switched off - hoor…

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LinkedIn's feline April fools joke. Read the article here

LinkedIn’s Moderation Process for Groups - Overview

New layout for Groups - read article here

Heartbleed Bug - informative article on th…

The main topic in this weeks show is premium accounts. Should you pay to use LinkedIn or can you get by as a free user?

I discuss many of the pro's and cons and would welcome any feedback or comments…

News

• False alarm over a change to LinkedIn Contacts - phew!
• 'In The News' feature. Inspired by this article

My Week

This was a very busy week involving running webinars and workshops together with …

According to the worlds leading expert on podcasting, 90% of podcasts don't make it past 7 episodes.....so I'm treading very carefully between now and the next episode!

Covered this week (links in bl…

As from this episode the show will now be broadcast weekly.

Topics covered and relevant links as follows;

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3rd tier connections can no longer be saved to LinkedIn contacts.

The Blazek Scandal. Li…

This week I chatted with Sam about network building strategies

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• Member Blocking - Help center link
• The new 'Who's viewed your profile' - watch my short video here
• LinkedInformed book - Download …