CI 211: Learning Linked In- Part 1

01/07/10 • 46 min

Chris and Bob take a look at Linked In. This episode is the first in a two part series showcasing the many features available on Linked In. Once you’ve listened to the show please visit Linked In and join the CI group . Don’t forget to let us know you heard us on the show. As always thanks for listening and Pod On.

In Part 1 of our in-depth discussion on setting up yourself on Linked In, Bob and Chris walk through a number of key features including:

Signing Up
Setting up your Business Card
Setting up your Profile
Importing your contacts
Requesting and Giving Recommendations
Using your contacts to connect to colleagues and friends who are already on Linked In
Using your contacts to invite friends and colleagues to join you on Linked In
Tweetdeck integration w/ Linked In
Multi Language profiles
Custom URLs
Linked In Applications

Coming up in Part 2 we will cover:

Connections more in-depth including Searching, Browsing, Introductions and sending InMails
Groups
Questions & Answers
Job Boards
Company Pages
Account Settings

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In Part 1 of our in-depth discussion on setting up yourself on Linked In, Bob and Chris walk through a number of key features including:

Signing Up
Setting up your Business Card
Setting up your Profile
Importing your contacts
Requesting and Giving Recommendations
Using your contacts to connect to colleagues and friends who are already on Linked In
Using your contacts to invite friends and colleagues to join you on Linked In
Tweetdeck integration w/ Linked In
Multi Language profiles
Custom URLs
Linked In Applications

Coming up in Part 2 we will cover:

Connections more in-depth including Searching, Browsing, Introductions and sending InMails
Groups
Questions & Answers
Job Boards
Company Pages
Account Settings

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Previous Episode

CI 210: Burning a New Feed

As Bob and I continue to roll out the new Creative Independence Network, we’ve reached a point where if we wanted to split the Creative Independence feed from the Answers for Freelancers! feed, that now would be the ideal time to do it. So, we did. Overall, things are looking good. iTunes has updated the feed to not only point to the new location, but the show is also indexed correctly in the iTunes directory. Our new site, also a bit on the bare-walls-and-no-paint side, is also up and functioning.

You may notice that this isn’t a standard WordPress install. Because we have multiple blogs that we want to keep up and running, and because we’d like to add more creatives to the contributors list moving forward, we’ve chosen to go forward with WordPress MU (multi-user). For the most part, it works much like the standard WordPress package, but it has a few differences in the back end. We’ve also installed BuddyPress which will allow us more social media options moving forward, including starting groups, forums and the like as we choose to roll them out.

4 Main Areas of the Creative Independence Network pre-launch (and subject to change):

Creative Independence Podcast (you’re here right now).
Answers for Freelancers (currently archives. Might it continue as a show?!?) – http://answersforfreelancers.creativeindependence.net/
Bob’s CI blog – http://bobostromstudio.creativeindependence.net/
Chris’ “Aithene Multimedia” site http://aithene.creativeindependence.net/

We were also visited briefly by our old friend, Ken Perkins. Actually, he and Bob had been chatting on Skype when Bob called me to record this episode, so, we spent a few minutes just saying ‘hi’ and seeing what Ken was up to. Unfortunately, Ken wasn’t expecting to record, and forgot to use headphones, so you you can hear Bob and Me in the background, which means we couldn’t marry out audio up with Ken’s without getting a wicked echo effect, so we trimmed it down and just used Ken’s audio as it, which explains the quality of the opening.

That being said, if you want to catch up with Ken or see what he’s been working on lately, you can find his portfolio here – http://kenperkinscreative.com/. Its another great example of using Apple’s very simple to use photo gallery’s as a portfolio.

Please let us know if you experience any strangeness with our feed, or if you see any broken or unupdated feed listings on any directories. Thanks!

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Next Episode

CI 212: Learning Linked In – Part 2

In this episode, we conclude our discussion of LinkedIn by leaving the realm of the personal profile and looking into the many features that Linked In offers for network, for promoting yourself, for promoting you business, and job searching.

Topics covered this episode:

Inviting your friends and colleagues.
Finding people on LinkedIn
Using LinkedIn’s Search
Setting up contact options
Finding and Joining Groups
Starting Groups
The Creative Independence group on Linked In
Job Search
Job Posting
Questions and Answers
Setting up your company profile
Polls
Quick overview of the Account Settings

Have any tips that we missed in these two episodes? Please swing by the Linked In group and drop your answers in the Linked In Tips discussion there.

Feel free to swing by and connect with both Bob and Chris on LinkedIn, and while you’re at it, if you like the show, drop us a recommendation on our LinkedIn accounts.
http://linkedin.com/in/aithene
http://linkedin.com/in/bobostromstudio

The CI Group on Linked In:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2489632&trk=anet_ug_hm&goback=%2Ehom

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