"How do you solve a problem like Facebook?" Interesting question. Intriguing. Funny, I was talking with my wife about these very issues, & more, just within the past 24 hours. Finally got around to glancing at email just now, this article was the first thing I saw. Obviously it's a controversial article, topic, issue, etc., and …
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I am coming to the conclusion I may finally terminate my LinkedIn account after 15 years there. There are a number of reasons and it both pains and saddens me, but I see no viable alternative. I've worked hard over 15 years to build the largest very high-quality network on the platform, and by most …
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While I'm having a hard time finding the strength, energy, time, etc., to write many blogs, to write any articles, book reviews or much of anything, as well as rare new difficulties doing things I've always done and taken for granted my whole life, such as simply reading, playing computer games, watching shows or films, …
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Hi! I hope you have all been doing well. I've been both ill and insanely busy, which is a rough combination. I don't know how many of you are on LinkedIn, but I have been for 14 years, building a 20,000 person network over that time. Today I published an article there titled "Several Words …
Continue reading Read My New Article on LinkedIn’s New Breed of Spammers
As I've written about a few times this year, I've spent the year building my LinkedIn network in both quantity and quality, but focusing on quality in particular. At this point, I now have 15,500 connections, about 50% of whom are senior executives. I have the top executives at most major corporations in virtually every …
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Every year, I participate in the Goodreads annual Reading Challenge. At the beginning of each year, you set a goal for how many books you'll read that year. Goodreads keeps track of your running total and then lets you know how you've done and what percentage of your goal you met. You can also see …
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As some of you know, I've been "growing" my LinkedIn network (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottholstad/) this year, both in terms of quantity & quality. I’ve been doing this with the goal of having a high-quality network for consulting purposes at some point in the future. I first blogged about this on May 14 (https://hankrules2011.com/2018/05/14/linkedin-and-my-recent-adventures-there-part-i/) & May 15 (https://hankrules2011.com/2018/05/15/linkedin-and-my-recent-adventures-there-part-ii/). …
Continue reading LinkedIn Update: Totally Surreal
Hi! I haven't been blogging as much as I want to, nor have I been as active on some sites like I'd prefer to be, but lately I have been more active on some of my social media and other sites, and I thought I'd let you know about them. Years ago, I got caught …
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