More and more I find myself visiting LinkedIn several times a days. I'll hit up Linkedin early in the AM, then about mid-day and then late in the evening.
One of the ways I use Linkedin is to stay in touch with my connections through the use of the birthday and employment anniversary reminders that Linkedin updates me with. The Linkedin updates come with automated messages on the mobile platform (have not seen this on the web version), and you do have the choice to put in a personal message. Thus, with the click of the "send" button, I can keep in touch with connections on a daily basis
When viewing threads from connections and others Linkedin also offers a "Like, Comment or Share" button. But, I think it's time that Linkedin gave us a few additional buttons to make Linkedin fun. What, you can't have some fun with social media?
Here's some additional buttons I wish Linkedin would add to the site!
- boo, hiss button: As much as I would root for a baseball player to get a hit and then boo them when they stink, I think there's a place for a "boo-hiss" button. I would enjoy throwing out a boo or a hiss every now and then for content that should not be posted on LinkedIn! (I'm sure I would get a few of them also).
- OMG Button: Profile pictures are awesome, it helps to put a face to a name. Most profile pictures present the person in a professional light. However on more than a few occasions I had to think, Dude, where the frack did you get that picture from? Did you even look at the picture you just posted of yourself?
- awesome button: If you've really enjoyed a thread, blog or column give it an even better rating with an "awesome" button. Make LinkedIn Fun Again!!
- thumbs down/dislike button: I'd like to be able give a thumbs down (not the person), but to the article, link of thread. When there's a "like" button then there should be a "dislike" button right? Thus, for all of those annoying political threads, I can give them the old thumbs down and hopefully they will get the hint.
- kick or boot button: I would use this for those Linkedin users that fill my wall with senseless threads that they should have posted and facebook.
All kidding aside, I've found Linkedin to be a great resource to see who I may be connected with. I'm a BIG believer in Six degrees of separation and if we dig deep enough we can get connected the right person when we need to.
-=Good Selling=-
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