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Rory -----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 9:02 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Linkedin So, I'm mostly setup now except for my glamour shot. What do I do now? Chuck McCown wrote: > Sure, it is a good place to put your best face on things. You can do > as much or little of a life history/resume as you want. > To me it is like a nice rolodex of business contacts that updates > itself. Just last week I used it to track down a lawyer I have not > talked to for about 10 years. He has a new company but there is no > contact info at all on their website! > *From:* CBB - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Monday, July 24, 2017 7:00 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Linkedin > Gotcha. I guess I should go make one too :) I have 5 jobs...can i list > them all? > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Chuck McCown > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Sent:* Monday, July 24, 2017 7:46 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Linkedin > To contact people in the business world. If I don’t have an email > or phone number for someone I can almost always find them there. > Nice to keep tabs on acquaintances as they move from job to job too. > *From:* CBB - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Monday, July 24, 2017 6:45 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Linkedin > What do you use it for, Chuck? > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* ch...@wbmfg.com > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Sent:* Monday, July 24, 2017 6:53 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Linkedin > I use linkedin all the time. I never use Facebook. > Linked in is for boys, FB is for girls. > *From:* Steve Jones > *Sent:* Monday, July 24, 2017 5:49 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Linkedin > There are some very useful targeted usergroups there, > responsive members tend to be pretty qualified on the specific > group topic. That's the biggest benefit, though some of the > people are real fanboy dicks on the group topic, so theres that. > Its got a real good resume builder if youre looking to get out > of the wisp business. > the endorsements thing is kind of cool if youre looking for > somebody to do some work, but anybody can endorse, so its kind > of easily skewed > for whatever reason, liz creekmore is always sitting in the > people you may know page, shes not hard on the eyes, so theres > that. > Its not like facebook where vaguely associated people should > be added, I accept any request, but barely add anybody unless > there is content I want to view that they post about > Its a really good place to find professionals for one off > outsourced projects without having to go through some > outsourcing companies sales glub > On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Paul Stewart > <p...@paulstewart.org> wrote: > > I tried Premium for a while and didn't find it useful .... > I like LinkedIn though a lot .... > If you are job hunting then probably upgrading is worth it > for a period of time .... > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 24, 2017, at 8:07 PM, Mike Hammett > <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > >> If you don't know what you'd use it for at all, I would >> probably shy away from paying for it. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL><https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb><https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions><https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix><https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange><https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From: *"Jay Weekley" <par...@cyberbroadband.net> >> *To: *af@afmug.com >> *Sent: *Monday, July 24, 2017 6:06:10 PM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Linkedin >> >> Is the premium account worth it? >> >> Josh Reynolds wrote: >> > I agree 100%. It is by far the best business to >> business and >> > professional networking tool. >> > >> > On Jul 24, 2017 6:02 PM, "Mike Hammett" <af...@ics-il.net >> > <mailto:af...@ics-il.net>> wrote: >> > >> > It's certainly more useful in business than any other >> social >> media. >> > >> > >> > >> > ----- >> > Mike Hammett >> >Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL >> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>><https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb >> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>><https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions >> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>><https://twitter.com/ICSIL >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL>> >> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix >> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>><https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange >> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>><https://twitter.com/mdwestix >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix>> >> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/ >> <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/>> >> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>> >> > >> > >> > >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>> >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > *From: *"Jay Weekley" <par...@cyberbroadband.net >> > <mailto:par...@cyberbroadband.net>> >> > *To: *af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> >> > *Sent: *Monday, July 24, 2017 6:01:04 PM >> > *Subject: *[AFMUG] OT: Linkedin >> > >> > Is Linkedin actually worth the time and effort to >> use? 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