A big change of scenery this week as I take the podcast out ‘on the road’ to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. LinkedIn has always been very popular in The Netherlands and as a result some of the most respected LinkedIn experts in the world are found there so this week I jumped on a flight to go and have a chat with two of my favourite LinkedIn trainers Perry Van Beek and Petra Fisher.

News

• Sydney university keeps suits for students LinkedIn profile photos
• LinkedIn 3rd quarter results;
  • Total revenue of $780m broken down as follows;
    • Talent solutions 59% (34% growth)
    • Learning (Lynda) 6%
    • Marketing 18% (28% growth)
    • Premium 17% (21% growth)
  • Revenue is predicted to be $3 billion for the year.
  • Unique visitors have dropped to 25% of total members (27% in Q3 2014, 30% in 2013)
  • 55% of unique visitors are via mobile
  • LinkedIn announce their largest commercial deal ever – with EY for Sales Navigator licences (a sign of the future).

Commentary

I interviewed Perry Van Beek and Petra Fisher, both highly respected Dutch LinkedIn trainers.

Click on the profile images below to view their LinkedIn profiles

Question

I am wondering if it is possible to see previously sent invites or messages any more? I’m asking because I usually tailor an invite to a person and want to refer back to it when I send a thank you note and a longer explanation on why I want to connect with them. I can find the pending ones but not the accepted ones. Before you could go into Sent and see everything invites/messages even if they were accepted.

ANS = Unfortunately LinkedIn does not show you your sent invitations once they have been accepted and even for those pending, you can’t see the message you sent! To see your pending invites go to the people you may know section and select ‘sent invitations’.

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