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This is another one best practice to do on a regular basis. I had the misfortune of losing my original LinkedIn account and I lost over 180 recommendations. I had backed up my contacts and my summary but not my recommendations. The reason I hadn’t done that is because I wasn’t aware that you could do that. So one silver lining in my losing my original LinkedIn account is that I learned that you CAN back up your recommendations and I can now share that with you Please watch this short video... Read Full Story

I received the following question today: There is a group on LinkedIn that I would like to “take over” It is an Alumni group in San Diego. I am the current President and we want to use to promote alumni events. The person who set it up has not posted in over a year and they probably won’t care. Is there a way I can find out who set it up or who is the admin and contact them? Can they add me as an admin like you can on FB? Or, can they just give me ownership of the group so I can post... Read Full Story

One reason why LinkedIn is a place where many executives have a presence is because it is relatively more difficult for spammers to send their pitches. This is because you’re limited to sending messages to 50 people at one time. So if you have a large number of contacts, sending a message to all of them is very time intensive. While the 50 people limitation is great for reducing spam, it is also a major hindrance when you have legitimate messages that you would like to send to your contacts... Read Full Story

I recently invited a large number of offline connections to connect with me on LinkedIn. Since I wanted to personalize the invitation, I chose to send the message from my contact manager as opposed to LinkedIn. Using this method allowed me to send multiple invitations at once and using the mail merge feature, personalize each one with the person’s name. In order to make it easier for people to connect with me, I created a link that took them directly to my invite page – click here to see it... Read Full Story

Updating your status on LinkedIn can both help and hurt you on LinkedIn. Used properly, they can be a very powerful component of your LinkedIn strategy. On this post I’ll focus on how they can help you. Your updates should be used to increase your and/or your network’s Visibility / Credibility. You can also use the updates to promote – as long as they are subtle ! Remember that people on LinkedIn want primarily relevant information and connections. They don’t want to be sold! I recently... Read Full Story

Sometimes you want to make changes to your LinkedIn profile and you don’t want these changes broadcasted to your network. There’s an easy solution for this. Please watch the short video below that shows you exactly what you need to do. Read Full Story

This is the final question from a recent interview on MO.com. In addition to your consulting firm you also have a product called ‘QuoteActions’ consisting of motivational quotes and actions sent to businesses each day. How do you continually find inspiration and why do you feel it’s important to pass it on? I’ve been a quote collector for years. I find that quotes pack a lot of punch. However the inspiration comes from doing not thinking. So that’s where I find my inspiration – from the... Read Full Story

This is the second to last question I was asked during a recent interview with MO.com. On your website you ask ‘Are you ready to triple the number of referrals you give and receive?’ Tripling the number of referrals is an impressive promise, what strategies to you employ to fulfill it? It is all about using the VCP process (this is a registered service mark of the Referral Institute.) This process stands for the following : Visibility, Credibility and Profitability. Simply stated, people... Read Full Story

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This is the fourth question I was asked in a recent interview with MO.com You’ve recently started to do presentations in Dubai. How have you managed to gain a foothold in the Middle Eastern market? Have you had to change or alter your message at all or does the core remain the same no matter the culture or type of business you run? LinkedIn is responsible for me doing this! I am a member of a worldwide networking organization called BNI and I was contacted by one of the directors from... Read Full Story