Welcome to episode 137. Well, what a crazy week it’s been, quite possibly one of the world’s craziest weeks in living history!

I thought I would take this opportunity to answer some of the many questions you have been asking regarding the new desktop user interface.

But first…..

Interesting Stuff I Saw This Week

LinkedIn Record is rumoured to be rolling out soon to all members. I haven’t seen any official confirmation of this from LinkedIn and I’m not exactly sure how it would work but the opportunity to post 30-second videos to our followers would be great!

You can read the article I refer to here;

LinkedIn’s Big New Feature – Native Video

Facebook have announced that they will provide ways to advertise job openings on business pages. Journalists are getting excited thinking that this is in some way a threat to LinkedIn not realising that the majority of LinkedIn’s success in recruiting is through its search capabilities, not recruitment advertising!

You can read about it here;

Facebook threatens LinkedIn with job opening features

A new scam email has been circulating recently which encourages you to verify your identity with LinkedIn. This is fake and an attempt to steal your identity – be careful!

You can read the full article here;

Scam Says LinkedIn Team Needs Your Photo ID for Account Verification

Connect 365

This is not a scam but a product that is getting a lot of people excited….. Apart from me!

For “Just” $1497 of your hard-earned cash, you can buy a lifetime subscription to this product that has three elements to it.

• A three module training program (which will be out of date when the new UI is released)
• A messenger software extension that will allow you to send Messages to all of your connections on a rotational basis (spam in my opinion and against linkedIn’s terms)
• An Implementation Group (Facebook group with other customers)

I have several problems with this product;

1. The price reflects the fact that it is sold via an affiliate network and not the actual value of the product.
2. The messenger software will not work with the new user interface (and may never)
3. The limited time offer is somewhat suspicious given that we know that LinkedIn is about to undergo a massive change.

These are just my opinions and you should take a look yourself at linkedinselling.com rather than just take my word for it.

Given the imminent changes with LinkedIn, I would not advise anybody to buy any product of this nature (good or bad) until the new user interface is fully released.

The new UI – your questions

In this episode, I provide answers, the best I can, to the following questions that were sent to me. Play the episode (top of this page) to listen to my answers.

• Which of the 17 missing features will return?
• I have a business plus account. Is it worth keeping this account now that the new user interface is coming?
• Can I opt out of the new UI?
• I saw Pro-Finder in the menu in your video does this mean that it’s now available outside of the US?
• Do we still see a public profile URL in the new LinkedIn profile?
• Is the search function exactly the same as it is in the mobile app?

That’s it for this week, don’t forget to leave a voicemail or email me with any questions or suggestions, till next time.

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