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Welcome back to another show. This week I’m chatting with Andy Foote about the talk given by a LinkedIn executive called ‘creator-side optimization and incentives in social networks’. This was a very interesting a quite revealing insight into how LinkedIn adjusted their algorithm earlier this year to counter what they described as a ‘perverse incentive’ […]

    Welcome to episode 197, I’m back and it’s just me this week. Someone alerted me to a shocking issue regarding invitations to connect this week and it got me thinking about the ineffective way that LinkedIn introduce new features. It seems that they introduce features on a slow roll-out and rely on their users […]

Welcome to episode 195, I had planned to cover a different subject (The dangers of automation – let me know your thoughts on that!) this week but then I got an excellent voicemail question from Giles about following and blocking and it got me thinking about the whole question about following vs connecting so I […]

Welcome to episode 194, this week I have a chat with my friend and fellow LinkedIn Trainer/Consultant Sandra Long about personal branding. Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week LinkedIn Announce some changes to groups I have mentioned previously that I’m aware that LinkedIn are currently working on a project to improve groups and this week […]

  Welcome to episode 193 and a very happy and prosperous new year to you all. I trust everyone had a fantastic break over Christmas. Towards the end of last year, I conducted a survey of LinkedIn users to see how behaviour had changed on LinkedIn. I had a sense that the results would be […]

Welcome to episode 187, this week we are back to the normal format after a few weeks of interviews. I would really appreciate your help with compiling a survey of how LinkedIn users have changed their behaviour over the last 12 months or so. More of that later but firstly…… Interesting Stuff I Saw This […]

Welcome to episode 180, it’s been a busy week for me, I nearly didn’t get time to put this episode together but I’m glad I managed to because I want to talk about the revolution that is happening before our very eyes. Stay tuned for more about that but first…… Clipper Race Update They won!! […]

Welcome to episode 176, this week I am going to share my thoughts on the demise of content marketing and the rise of engagement as a much more effective tool to influence and build trust. But first….. Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week Bumble’s CEO Takes Aim At LinkedIn 18 Enormously Useful LinkedIn Hacks by […]

Welcome to episode 173, this week it’s just me (no interview) and I want to talk about the controversial but also very important topic of plagiarism and copy & pasting posts. But before we get to that I need to catch up on some things I wasn’t able to cover last week plus some other […]

Welcome to episode 168, last week’s show seemed to go down a storm……it seems everyone is checking their influence score and comparing them which can only be a good thing in my opinion. As a followup to that and on a similar track I wanted to focus on article clicks this week, or rather the […]