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Lost and Desperate

Random ramblings that might, or might not, relate to training, learning, development, and management

Tag: linkedin

Don’t do this

Don’t send me a connection request on LinkedIn and then, 2 days after I accept it, send me a DM with a cheesy and poor video advertising a product which I wouldn’t buy because I’m not your target market. I ‘know’ you’ve been told novelty works. I ‘know’ you’re trying to make a product look… Read More Don’t do this

October 5, 2023October 4, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

When algorithms don’t help

Blogging daily and re-posting on LinkedIn is a bit of a pain, so I thought I’d try out the WordPress/Jetpack connecting tool. 2 days later, I disconnected it and went back to the previous way of doing things. It saves me a few minutes each day at the cost of several hundred post views. LinkedIn… Read More When algorithms don’t help

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Popular and worthy

There is so much noise on LinkedIn it can be really difficult to find the good stuff. The way the algorithm works means the popular stuff rises to the top. But popular doesn’t mean good. If you’re not curating, searching and looking for the better stuff you’re relying on other people to tell you through… Read More Popular and worthy

September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

LinkedIn isn’t

LinkedIn isn’t Facebook. Twitter isn’t Instagram. TikTok isn’t YouTube YouTube isn’t LinkedIn I’ve noticed that noise is getting louder in each of these platforms and trying to find the signal is even harder. If you’re going to fill up your LinkedIn feed with personal stories, I will stop following you. If LinkedIn becomes the place… Read More LinkedIn isn’t

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 andrewjacobslnd2 Comments

LinkedMetaBookIn

I’m not on Facebook. Notwithstanding how they capture, store, and share data, I don’t see the need to want to know what friends of friends are interested in. The same has been happening recently to LinkedIn. As I make new connections, my timeline immediately fills with comments, shares and upvotes for things that exist outside… Read More LinkedMetaBookIn

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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