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Do You Have a LinkedIn Profile Update Strategy?

October 29, 2018 by Marc Miller 3 Comments

LinkedIn Profile Update Strategy? You have plans to update your LinkedIn profile, but do you have a strategy on how you will leverage the update? If you turn on Sharing Profile Edits in your LinkedIn settings, all of your LinkedIn connections will be told that you have updated your profile. I know, I know you have been […]

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Do Others Prejudge You Based on Your LinkedIn Profile? [Updated]

March 21, 2018 by Marc Miller 3 Comments

Do You Prejudge Someone After Looking at their LinkedIn Profile? Do you prejudge people? If you say no … well, I do not believe you. We all do whether we like to believe it or not. Thom Singer’s keynote speech at Product Camp Austin 14 was on how someone decided to prejudge him based on […]

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How Do I Increase Targeted LinkedIn Profile Views?

January 10, 2018 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

Targeted LinkedIn Profile Views? We all want more LinkedIn profile views. We want people coming to our profile but what we really want is for people who can affect our career to review or view our LinkedIn profile. Whether you are looking for a job or looking for leads to new clients, one of the […]

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6 Key Attributes to Your LinkedIn Profile Header [Updated]

December 18, 2017 by Marc Miller 1 Comment

LinkedIn Profile Header The first thing you see on your LinkedIn profile is the LinkedIn Profile Header section. There are 6 areas that I want to address in this article. Note: This is an update of a 2013 post called 5 Key Attributes to Your LinkedIn Profile Summary Photograph Having a high-quality image of yourself […]

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How Many LinkedIn Connections are Enough Connections?

February 20, 2017 by Marc Miller 3 Comments

Enough LinkedIn Connections? How many LinkedIn connections do you need to make the magic happen? The answer is … it depends. It depends on how many people are in your niche. If you are in a highly specialized niche then less may be better. It depends on the size of the networks of your 1st-degree […]

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Free Version of LinkedIn is Dead. May It Rest in Peace.

January 11, 2017 by Marc Miller 18 Comments

Free LinkedIn is Dead I am declaring that the free version of LinkedIn is dead, may it rest in peace. I contributed the following quote to the Career Sherpa’s post 31 EXPERTS SHARE PREDICTIONS FOR JOB SEARCH IN 2017: The assimilation of LinkedIn into Microsoft will mean an acceleration of new features along with higher fees. I […]

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Job Hunting In the Digital Age [Infographic]

November 21, 2016 by guest blogger 3 Comments

Job Hunting In the Digital Age For those looking to make a career change or looking to get back into the job market, starting a new career can be daunting and with evolving technology in the job market and those who are not up to speed with digital tools the job hunt can be difficult. […]

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Office Hours Lessons Learned – It Was Not Pretty!

June 27, 2016 by Marc Miller 3 Comments

Lessons Learned I have learned many lessons during the start of the Office Hours program. Many of these lessons were not pretty. I launched Office Hours in January of 2016 with the intention of creating a community. It was a place to explore new technologies and, more importantly, discuss career issues in, what I had […]

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Is Your LinkedIn Profile an Opportunity Magnet?

June 13, 2016 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

Opportunity Magnet Is your LinkedIn profile an opportunity magnet? Remember that a magnet both attracts and repulses iron. You want your LinkedIn profile to attract desirable opportunities, as well as repulse opportunities that are of no interest. Those are a waste of time to pursue! As you construct your LinkedIn profile, you need to be […]

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