Category Archives: Q & A on LinkedIn

Are you James Bond on LinkedIn?

April 2, 2011 by ,

LinkedIn Anonymous userA question for you.

As you use LinkedIn and look at the profiles of other members, do you consider yourself more like:

a) James Bond on a covert mission to infiltrate enemy lines and weed out enemy spies where stealth and secrecy is paramount and anonymity is your watchword ; or

b) A business networker happy to let people know that you’ve found something of interest on their profile?

While I can see a certain attraction in the James Bond option, I’m not sure that I could quite live up to the billing. So for me, I’m happy for people to see that I have visited their profile – in fact, on a number of occasions, I’ve had people check my profile out in return and then contacted me. Invariably, we have connected up as a result.

There are others, however, who feel more comfortable (more…)

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Deleting a Connection on LinkedIn

December 21, 2010 by ,

LinkedIn Questions and AnswersAnother of the most frequently asked questions within the LinkedIn Answers section is how to delete or remove a connection or, I guess more accurately, how to disconnect from someone on LinkedIn that you are currently connected to.

[Updated May 2013 to include the method to do this with the new formats on LinkedIn as well.]

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Just as an initial comment, no doubt you have a good reason for this but do bear in mind that once you have removed a connection, you will not be able to simply reconnect with them – instead it’s something that currently will need to be done through the LinkedIn Customer Services.

There may, also be other ways to achieve what you want without removing them – for example, if (more…)

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You have two or more LinkedIn profiles?

October 15, 2010 by ,

LinkedIn Questions and AnswersIt can happen that you find yourself with multiple profiles on LinkedIn, and usually this is simply a case of having set up a profile in the past, forgotten about it and then recreated a new one as you start to use LinkedIn more actively again.

Whatever the reason, to get the best out of LinkedIn, you will need to ensure that you focus all of your attention onto a single account. Unfortunately, you cannot merge multiple profiles so what you’ll need to do is (more…)

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