The secret to
LinkedIn is through the groups; your own group and other's.
The
comparisons made here are for those who are utilizing the FREE platform.
Before the
big changes in October 2015, there were two types of groups; open groups and
closed groups. You could only join up to 50 groups. You could send a message to
members of the groups individually without being connected to them.
Since October
2015, there are no more open groups...only closed groups!
What is a
closed group?
1. Anyone can
ask to join the group.
2. Everyone
has to be accepted into the group.
3. You cannot
check out the discussion thread to see if the group is one that you want to
join before joining.
The owners
and managers of the groups can still send out a group message once a week...and
LinkedIn monitors these very closely. These messages cannot be sent even 1
minute before the full 7 days are up to send out the next message. But this has
always been the case.
You can join
up to 100 groups now, which opens up our possible connections considerably.
However, now
we cannot send direct messages to
the members of the groups, to which we belong.
LinkedIn is
in business to make money.
Now, in order to send messages to people we are not
connected to we need to be utilizing a paid platform, which allows us to send a number
of "Inmails" every month.
Because of
these changes, we need to be more aware of the tools at hand on this platform.
I will be addressing some of these tools in my future LinkedIn Tips.
Got a LinkedIn question? Feel free to email me and I will
answer it in my next blog.
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Christine Till
The Marketing Mentress
1-780-904-9557
marketingmentress@gmail.com
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