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Firstly I must apologise for missing last weeks episode, I have been so busy on the Great Manager project. LinkedIn Polls have returned after an absence of 7 years or so. It’s great to have them back and I had high hopes that LinkedIn might have improved on the product in those 8 years…In this episode, […]

Well well well, a lot can happen in a week! Last week I casually mentioned Coronavirus at the end of the episode, like it was something of minor importance, now it dominates everything! Including this episode. Amongst all the panic and negativity out there, I thought I would share with you my own personal journey […]

Hello and welcome to this weeks show. I was both surprised and encouraged to see LinkedIn announce that they are currently testing a new feature: Stories This short form, 24-hour type of content was made popular on Snapchat and Instagram. Will it work for LinkedIn? More of that later but first; Interesting Stuff I Saw […]

  Welcome to episode 260 which has been inspired by two separate incidents that occurred this week. Firstly I had a session with a client who was really struggling to come up with ideas for content – I recommended she should start by using other peoples posts as inspiration to create similar posts. Secondly, a […]

Welcome to episode 259. It’s great to have followers but to increase the visibility of our posts we need to get more of them to engage. This isn’t just about what we write but also about how we treat our followers, especially new ones! This week my main focus is on my new (and not […]

Welcome to this weeks digest of all things LinkedIn. Today I want to address and issue which has always been a tricky question for LinkedIn users to answer…Should you connect to competitors? More of that later but first….. Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week LinkedIn Member number exceeds 645 million Iran-Linked APT34 Invites Victims to […]

Welcome to episode 252. I thought it was about time we revisited Articles this week. I’m not the most prolific article writer so I thought I would ask, fan of the show and business copywriting expert, John Espirian onto the show. More of that later…. Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week LinkedIn have redesigned their […]

Welcome to a new episode. This week I decided to focus on scheduling posts on LinkedIn – it’s not a form of automation that I’m campaigning against with #autoban but it’s not something I have done in years. I will explain why and explore if and when it can be a viable tactic. But first…. […]

Welcome to another episode and a bit of a landmark really, our 250th one! Thank you so much to everyone that subscribes, listens and/or reads the show notes. I consider it a real privilege to host and produce the show and I’ve had such an amazing time putting together all 250 of them! It’s been […]

Hello everyone, This is an unusual episode in that it’s shorter than normal due to the fact I’m leaving for sunny Madrid today to attend the Champions league final frivolities….I nearly type celebrations then…but that would be tempting fate! I nearly skipped a week but I just had so many good posts to talk about……thank […]