Lesser-Known Functions
LinkedIn is a great tool with lots of functions. However many people only know less than 10% of them.
These are some little known, but interesting features and behavior of LinkedIn we address in the book:
- LinkedIn is a Three-Degree Network
- Hidden Connections Can Still be Found
- Direct Contact Still Possible Despite Invitation-Filtering
- You Have Lots of Controls over the Emails You Receive through LinkedIn and over Your Overall User Experience
- Send Invitations from Outlook
- Everybody in the Chain Can Read Every Message of an Introduction
- “Name” is Automatically Included When Sending Invitations to Imported Contacts
- Groups Can Help You Raise Your Visibility
- The Amount of Groups You Can Join is Limited
- Groups Have an Initial Limit of 1000 Members
- Abusing Answers Might Block You from Being Able to Ask Questions Ever Again
- How to Become an “Expert”
- How to Remove a Connection
- The Consequences of Choosing “Report as Spam” or “Ignore” and Then “I Don’t Know This Person” When Receiving an Invitation
- What to Do When Your Account is Restricted
- Why You Can’t See the Name of the People in “Who’s Viewed My Profile” in Many Occasions
- The Reason Why You Have Two (or More) Accounts on LinkedIn
- What to Do When You Have Multiple Accounts
- The Reasons Why You Should Add All Your Email Addresses to Your LinkedIn Account
- What Happens with My Contacts When I Import Them?
- Can Everybody See Them?
- How to Change Who Can Contact You
- How to Create a Twitter List from Your LinkedIn Connections
- The Reason Why You Still Can’t Reach Some People Despite Upgrading Your Account
- How to Ask a Question to Many People at Once?
- How to Tag One of Your Contacts or Remove a Tag
- Why Does LinkedIn Work with a (Confusing) Area Designation instead of My Company’s Location?
- How to Get Blog Link to Work
- What to Do When You Have Two Blogs
- How to Quickly Post a Message in Several Groups
- How to Remove and Block Someone Who is Spamming the Group Discussions
